VA3200 |
CSA #1 Stone 2 Position 16 (4-Margin) tied by the Yorktown, Va CDS
20 APR (1862). Coarse brown paper cover from the Blackford
Correspondence addressed to Mrs. Mary B. Blackford, Box 6, Lynchburg,
Virginia. Minor period stain at the upper right not affecting anything,
otherwise a very clean cover.
The addressee, Mary Berkeley
Blackford (1802-1896) was the wife of William Matthews Blackford
(1801-1864). The Blackford family was a very prominent Lynchburg
family. She was the mother of five sons who all served in the
Confederate Army and all survived the war. But the sender of this cover
is not identified. |
$200.00 |