CSA 11-ADc, 10¢ greenish blue (4 large to enormous margins) tied RICHMOND Va. FEB 2 (1864) circular datestamp (Powell type 6L) on fresh cover to Maj. Absalom Koiner, Fishersville, Augusta Co. (Va.) Ex Wm A Fox and Harry Muldrow. $150.

Absalom Koiner (1824-1920) enlisted as a captain April 19, 1861 at Staunton, Va. He was commissioned into Co. H, Virginia 5th Infantry as captain of the Augusta Rifles, Stonewall’s Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia. and was promoted through the ranks to full colonel. He was a member of the Virginia legislature before and after the war. He was a farmer in Fisherville, Shenandoah Valley.