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TX364

CSA #98xu2 Galveston, Tex PAID 10 Provisional with the usual weak strike of the woodcut provisional mark which is still easily identifiable. Galveston, Tex small double circle CDS dated in NOV. From the Neblett Correspondence addressed to Mrs. L. S. Neblett, Anderson, Grimes Co., Texas. Adversity Cover made from a printed used ship's Bill of Lading displayed flapped up from the left lower corner. Very clean cover with a 1997 CSA Certificate. The cover was sent by William Henry Neblett (1826-1871) home to his wife "Lizzie" Scott Neblett. William Henry Neblett enlisted as a private in Co I 20th Tex Inf 3/9/1863. The unit essentially spent the war guarding theTexas coast at Galveston. In December 1863, Pvt Neblett was detailed to the Adjutant General's Office in Galveston. The Neblett Correspondence is well documented and contains quite a number of different covers between Galveston and Anderson including provisionals.

$1,500.00 SOLD

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