Items for Sale - CSA 13, 20¢ Green Intaglio on Cover - Item#19937
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Item# 19937

CSA 13 (light pre-use crease and tiniest tear) used on cover with scarce “Millers (Tavern, Essex County) Va. Nov the 15, 1864” postmark on fresh cover to Miss Jennie P Barron, Care of Dr. Flournay, Charlotte C House, Virginia, top back flap missing. This postmark is listed in the VPHS catalog from Sep 1862-Nov 15, 1864. Doubtless this cover is the basis for the listing, making it the LATEST RECORDED USE. The handwriting matches the June 28, 1864, listing in the catalog, 1987 PF Certificate 0175403. $950.

Miller’s Tavern had a population of 78, as listed in the VPHS catalog. Essex County is on the Middle Peninsula of Virginia, home to the 17th century port city of Tappahannock on the shores of the Rappahannock River. Jennie P. Barron was a daughter of Capt. Samuel Barron (1836-1892), Confederate States Navy.  He had an illustrious career which incredibly began at age two in the U.S. Navy. He reported to active duty at age six, the youngest person ever to receive a commission and go on active duty in the U.S. The Barrons were a prominent seafaring family from Norfolk and Essex County. Virginia P. Barron (1844-1888) was called Jennie. She was somewhat of an orphan, as her mother and sister died of yellow fever in 1855 and Capt. Barron spent much of the war in Paris as a Confederate agent.

 

Price: $950