TX426

Statmpless PAID cover with the RED San Augustine, Tex CDS and matching RED PAID 5 handstamp 26 DEC (1861). Appears to be a variation of Type A in the new CSA catalog. The Type A listing is "Unsupported." Period receiving docketing dates the cover to 1861. Folded letter addressed to Dr. J. H. Starr, Nacogdoches, Texas. The letter is a very short one-page letter which is business related. Very clean cover. James Harper Starr (1806-1890) was born in Connecticut but came to Texas in 1837. He practiced medicine in Nacogdoches. He served as an army surgeon and as the Texas Secretary of the Treasury during the Republic of Texas period. In February 1864, he was appointed the Trans-Mississippi agent for the CSA postal service responsible for all Confederate postal operations west of the Mississippi and responsible for devising methods of transporting the mail across the Mississippi. He was headquartered in Marshall, Texas. After the Fall of Vicksburg, the Confederacy was essentially split in two. After the war, he founded the first bank in Marshall, Texas.

$450.00

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