US 3¢ dull red #26 tied RICHMOND / Va. // APR / 8 / 1861 on cover from Albert C. Skaden to his sister Maria Skaden in Stockbridge, NY, mailed nine days before Virginia seceded. Accompanied by nice article by the late Herbert P. McNeal in a 2000 AP about the Skaden correspondence, much of which originated in Florida. $180.