Items for Sale - CSA 12, 10¢ Blue Intaglio - Type II on Cover - Section Two - Item#20822
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Item# 20822

CSA 12a, 10¢ bright milky blue (4 large margins) tied scarce small-town (population 28 per VPHS) manuscript postmark of White Gate Va June 16 (used as the illustration for the VPHS Catalog, Giles County) on cover to Miss Julia A. Hale Blewston (Blue Stone) Tazewell County Va. (population 27) ONE TINY TOWN TO ANOTHER. White Gate today is simply called a “cultural feature” in Giles County. The Blue Stone post office reported opened in 1828 and closed in 1904, apparently vanished from existence.  Ex Harrison. $200.

Price: $180