VA3343

Stampless PAID cover with the Cobham, Va CDS 11 Sept (1861) and handstamp PAID 5 Type A 5(ms). Cover from the Rives Correspondence addressed to Alfred L. Rives Esq Captain of Engineers Care of James B. Macmurdo Esqr, Richmond, Virginia. Small piece missing from top back flap, otherwise Very Fine. Alfred Landon Rives (1830-1903) was promoted Lt Col May 1863 and Col March 1864. He served in Richmond mainly as the second ranking officer in the Engineer Bureau. The Rives Correspondence is well known and contains many of the known Cobham railroad postmarks. This cover is unusual in that it is early in the war and is not a Cobham railroad cover but instead traveled as a handstamped PAID cover. James Brown Macmurdo (1806-1867), mentioned on the cover, was not associated with the Engineer Department but was instead Capt Rives' father-in-law with whom he was most likely staying at this time.

$175.00

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