CSA 12, 10¢ blue used with faint pen cancel and matching manuscript postmark of Cascade Va. Feby 25th (1864) on small wide-bordered mourning cover to W. Gaston Henderson, Okolona Miss. Upper right corner a bit rounded, otherwise Fine. The VPHS Catalog shows a manuscript postmark used only between Dec. 12, 1861, and June 18, 1863; population not listed in the 1900 census. Click here to see the back of the cover. There are very few mourning covers used this late in the war for various reasons from desensitization to war-related fatalities due to repeated exposure to such news to the difficulty finding stationery due to the blockade. Ex Wm. A. Fox and Renate W. Thayer. $300.

William Gaston Henderson (1828-1901) was the postmaster at Biloxi, Mississippi, from 1897-1902, followed by his daughter, who completed his unexpired term.