VA3315

CSA #1 Stone 1 Position 12 (4-Margin with small pre-affixing scissors cut lower left and showing a transient Acid Flaw variety in "E' of "CENTS" CC 1-1-v7) and CSA #6 (margin tight at bottom left) used in combination to make the 10c rate tied together and to the cover by the Richmond, Va CDS Powell Type 3a 16 JUL 1862. Blue paper cover addressed to Col George Blow Sr, Littleton, Sussex County, Virginia. Period notation under the top back flap in the same hand as the address "The small new stamp is a perfect likeness of Jeff Davis." Very Fine Ex-Brian Green. George Blow Sr (1787-1870), a veteran of the War of 1812 as an officer in the 4th Virginia Militia, was from a prominent family and was a major plantation owner in Sussex County, Virginia. His title of "Col" comes from the fact that he was a pre-war Colonel of the 15th Virginia Militia for over 20 years. He had no service in the Civil War due to his age.

$750.00

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