VA3216

CSA #11c (AD) Greenish-Blue (4-Margin with a lower sheet margin) tied by the GOODSON (Va) Straight Line cancel CC SL-03C with the month removed (late state). Light coarse paper cover addressed to Mrs. J. Adair Pleasants, Box No 762, Richmond, Va. Sealed back flap opening tear just extending to the top right of the front of the cover not affecting the stamp or the postmark. Very clean appearing cover. Nice example of this straight line cancel. Ex-Bush. John Adair Pleasants (1826-1893), a Virginia planter and farmer, served as a clerk in the Treasury Department in Richmond during the war. He evacuated Richmond on the train with the contents of the Treasury Department and Jefferson Davis and other government officials when the city fell. He is buried in Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond.

$850.00

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