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VA3076

Stampless Soldiers Due cover with a full strike of the Richmond, Va CDS Powell Type 3f with DUE 10 handstamp Type Q 26 AUG 1862. Illustrated Overall Advertising Cover "P. Cantwell Dealer in Choice Family Groceries, Provisionals, Wines, Liquors, &c &c." from Columbia SC. Illustrations of food and liquor bottles. Imprint of a New York City printer. This design is not listed in the current CSA catalog. Endorsed at left "From Lt W. T. Field, Co C 4th Regt SCV." (Unit also known as the 13th Battalion SC Inf). Addressed to Mrs. W. T. Field, Arnold's Mill, So. Ca. with routing instruction "via G C H S C." (Greenville Court House). Unusual to have a South Carolina overall advertising cover used in Richmond. Perhaps the soldier brought some with him to use for letters home as there are a few advertising covers with the same design known from the same correspondence. Minor edge wear but an overall very clean appearance. Dr William Thomas Field (1836-1904) served throughout the war. After the war, he was elected to the state legislature and was a member of the South Carolina Constitutional Convention in 1896.

$800.00

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