Items for Sale - Advertising and College Covers - Item#16251
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Item# 16251

CSA 1-AB, 5¢ olive green, uncanceled but unquestionably belongs according to Hendershott who acquired it with other Kern correspondence. Stamps were usually canceled with a grid and it simply missed this step. Town postmark of FARMVILLE / VA. // DEC / 16 [1861] used on illuminated all-over college cover showing the college, Farmville Female College, CSA Catalog type VA-09e with catalog value of $1,500. Strongly addressed to J. Kern Jr. Capitol House, Richmond, Va., open 2 sides. Ex Littlejohn and Plantation Collection. $1,000.

Price: $1000