CSA 11, 10¢ blue tied by "GOODSON" straightline handstamp with month removed (CSA Catalog #SL-03C) on cover to Mary P. Cochran, Charlottesville, Va.; minor soiling just affects stamp, SCARCE CANCEL, according to an article in The Confederate Philatelist (Jan.-Feb. 1994), this marking was in use from Oct. 1863 until the fall of Goodson Va. in the fall of 1864, ex Dietz collection. CCV $1,000. $800.

Goodson straightline postmarks: prior to September 1863, Goodson, Virginia, used a standard steel-rimmed circular datestamp canceling device. Goodson was the site of a cavalry raid by Union General Stoneman on September 18, 1863. In the process, the post office was burned. Apparently, the straightline canceller was carved locally to replace the one lost in the raid. The straightline was used from mid-September 1863 until the area came under full Union control in late 1864. Mail volume from Goodson was quite limited and thus few straightline marked mail from Goodson survives.