CIVILIAN FLAG OF TRUCE via Fortress Monroe: RICHMOND VA. APR 1 1863 with matching "Due 10" straightline, manuscript "Exd" censor marking on stampless cover to John Marshall McCue Esqr, Mt. Solon, Augusta Co Va., Very Fine beauty, ex Walske. The addressee was a prominent Virginia attorney and politician who had three sons in the confederate army. Even though the cover lacks a soldier's endorsement and appears to be civilian in origin, it was still processed through the Richmond post office after transfer and delivered as postage due. $500.