TX390 |
USA Star Die with Patent Lines with the small single rim Linden, Tex CDS 19 MAY (1861) USA Used in CSA Texas.
Addressed to Mr. Sam H. Quinn, Falcon PO, Columbia County, Ark. The
cover is dated one day after Arkansas joined the CSA. The cover shows
some soiling, some edge tears, and has been repaired along the right
side where opened roughly. Certainly the cover has problems, but
currently this cover is belived to be the only recorded example of US
postage used from this Texas town during the Confederate period and is
the basis for the CSA Catalog listing. Ex-Camina Texas Postal History
Collection. |
$400.00 |