CSA 1, 5¢ green with 4 ample to full margins, deep shade and sharp impression, tied by bold clear GREENVILLE / Ten. // JAN / 26 / [1862] cds on illuminated ad cover to the Confederate Vice President Hon. Alex.H. Stephens, Richmond, Virginia, with J. H. Rumbough produce and commission merchant, Main Street, Greenville, Tenn. with illustration of building depicting men and a woman in hoop skirt outside the establishment, manuscript "Due 5" paying double-weight letter; back flap removed as usual for the Stephens correspondence, tiny edge tear at top left, still Very Fine. Secretarial docketing on verso states, “M. Kendrick Greenville E. Tennessee Jan. 14th 1862. In reference to the appointment of Mr. Rudler. Wishes to be detached from the Regt. & asks Mr. Stephens to present his application to the Sec. of War with his endorsement & such other statements as he may think it necessary to make. Write him the result.” Ex Gallagher, Freeman, and Schopp, 2014 CSA certificate. A Gem! $2,000.