| VA3398 |
CSA
#1 Stone 2 Position 41 (margin just barely touches at the
left) tied by the Richmond, Va Powell
Type 2c CDS 9 JAN (1862. Orange paper cover addressed to Henry St Geo
Harris, Diana Mills, Buckingham (County) (Virginia). Advertising
Cover with a large illustrated shield cameo in Black and
White "H. M. Smith. Manufacturer & Dealer in
Agricultural Machinery. No 14 Main St. Richmond, Va." Two
farm machines illustrated in the advertisement. The addressee,
according to the Federal Census of 1860 and the Federal Slave Census of
1860, was a wealthy planter in Buckingham County who owned 54 slaves at
the time. Exceptionally clean Advertising Cover Ex-Bleuler. |
$475.00 |