CSA 11a, 10¢ milky blue (4 huge to ample margins) tied with pen cancel and manuscript Winterpock (Va) April 30th postmark which is illustrated in the VPHS Catalog as the listing example. Population 656 in 1900; today it is an unincorporated community in western Chesterfield County that does not have its own post office. 1863 per contents docketing on verso. Shown by VPHS as used from Dec. 4, 1861 to July 28, 1863. Used on mourning cover to Rev. Thomas H. Early, Petersburg, Virginia, with unusual “pinking shears frilly” edges and an embossed seal; some opening faults but still quite lovely. Click here to see the back of the cover. Ex Renate Thayer. $400.