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CSA 12a, 10¢ bright blue pair (tiniest top margin faults left stamp), tied EUFAULA / Ala. // AUG / 23 [1863] cds on cover (slightly reduced on right when opened) addressed to Mrs. Julia K. Sternes, Indian Springs, Georgia, which has been crossed out and redirected back to Eufaula with a manuscript “Due 20” for the forwarding and an INDIAN SPRINGS / Ga. // SEPT / 7 /1863 cds. Along with a weighty numbered 10-page letter which began August 15 but was written over several days; Arba also includes a lovely poem written for Julia. He talks about many things, including “drilling the company.” No record of Confederate Army service for Arba; he doubtless participated in the home guard. Julia was on a long multi-city trip, but her main objective was to take in the mineral springs for unspecified ill health. SOLD as part of the Sternes correspondence. Kept on the website to tell the story.
