FREDERICKSBURG 5 VA PAID (integral postmark) JUN 14 (1861) circular datestamp with matching PAID straightline on small mourning cover to Lieut. R.L. Maury, Smithfield, Isle of Wight Co., Virginia and Chg. Box 41 W.T.H. (likely William T. Herndon, close relative of Ann Maury). Sequential Roman numeral XXXIV (34) at top and included in the Paul Bearer census of the Maury Mourning Covers.  Click here to see the census, survey and history of Maury, son of Navy Commodore Matthew Fontaine Maury. The Paul Bearer mourning cover exhibit is also available on the Exhibits page on this site. This is the listing illustration for the CSA Catalog stampless cover listing type A. Reduced at left on opening, customary for this popular correspondence, edge wear. Flap tip embossed and sealed with intact black wax seal. Ex Renate Thayer. $200.