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FILTER: Area=United States, Sub Area=Confederate States and Civil War-Related, Issue/Country=Confederate States and Civil-War Related, All Sale Dates thru 2025/01/01, Catalogue = Galveston Tex. Express, Symbol IN ("COVER")
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Confederate States and Civil-War Related
Galveston Tex. Jun. 29, 1862. Double-circle datestamp with "Paid" and "10" C.S.A. rate handstamps on buff cover to Boston Mass., sender's route instructions "Via Natchadoches & Louisville", Natchitoches La. was near Fort Jessup Ark. and from there the letter could have been carried across Tennessee, except for the Union occupation of Nashville at this time -- probably carried covertly by express to Boston via Louisville -- pencil docketing "Draft" indicates arrival, Very Fine and unusual 1862 cover from Texas to the North, ex Gallagher, with 1998 P.F. certificate stating genuine usage of the stamp "which did not serve any postal duty"
E. 1,000-1,500
1,600
FILTER: Area=United States, Sub Area=Confederate States and Civil War-Related, Issue/Country=Confederate States and Civil-War Related, All Sale Dates thru 2025/01/01, Catalogue = Galveston Tex. Express, Symbol IN ("COVER")