Office Assistant Quartermaster, Official Business, large imprint (CSA Catalog # WD-QM-11, CCV $400) on hand-carried cover to [Congressman William W.] Clark at the House of Representatives, Richmond, Va., with ms. directive "Mr. Welsh please deliver to Mr. Clark," believed to be the ONLY KNOWN IMPRINT OF THIS TYPE. Small edge faults. Ex James Snead with photocopy of his Nov-Dec. 1973 article in the Confederate Philatelist which announced this as a newly discovered and unique imprint, 1972 CSA certificate 0351, $350.

Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads: On February 20, 1862 Representative Curry of the Confederate Congress' Rules Committee suggested that a Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads be established. Subsequently, on the 25th of February it was announced that nine Congressman would comprise the newly formed committee. Two of these members were William W. Clark of Georgia and Israel Welsh of Mississippi.