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CSA #11 (AD) with a smeared cancel. The stamp is faulty and does not appear to be tied but may be barely tied at the right. To the left is the very scarce Chic(k)amauga semi-circular postmark. The stamp does not appear to have been added or replaced as there is no evidence that another stamp was on the cover. This semicircular postmark is only known used with a stamp and a three line date cancel. This may very well be a very late strike with the woodcut canceller too clogged with ink to be recognizable. From the well-known Killian Correspondence addressed to Miss Eliza C. Killian, Killians Mills, Lincoln County NC. Only about a dozen covers with this iconic postmark are recorded. Cover with a few faults but still presentable. Ex-Brian Green. The entire Eliza C. Killian (1841-1923) correspondence was donated by the family to the Manuscripts Department of the Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and is on file at the library. Eliza C. Killian received numerous letters during the war from her brother, John Killian 23rd NC Inf, and others in the Confederate Army.

$300.00

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