Items for Sale - Confederate Patriotic Covers, Section 2 - Item#20122
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Item# 20122

CSA 1, 5¢ green single with large margins to well in at top where roughly separated prior to use, showing part of adjoining stamp at bottom, tied by SAVANNAH Ga. / Paid // JAN / ? / 1862 circular datestamp on embossed lady's cover with Hand-Held 11-Star Confederate Flag patriotic and "I go to illustrate Georgia -- Bartow" design (F11-9, Slogan 52, CV $1,500) with slogan in red, to Miss Mary A.H. Gay, Decatur Georgia. It has an "At Last" label on the back, some slight soiling, otherwise Very Fine, scarce design, see Confederate Philatelist (No. 242, pp. 72-73) for a biographical sketch of Bartow and the meaning of the phrase "I go to illustrate Georgia." Biography of Mary Ann Harris Gay A charmer. SCV $2,500 for litho on patriotic. $1,000.

Price: $1000