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RED/ROSE CSA#5 10c CONFEDERATE STATES COVER Jul 1862 Montgomery Ala to Athens Ga
$ 79.2
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Pre-owned Confederate States of America cover with RARE Rose CSA#5 Thomas Jefferson stamp, affixed vertically. Montgomery, Alabama. to Athens, Georgia, July 1862.~ 6 X 3 1/8 in.
CSA #5, 10
¢ rose
tied bold neat
Montgomery / Ala.
// Jul / 1862 cds on cover
Pre-owned CSA cover with rose/red CSA#5 1862 reissue of Thomas Jefferson stamp. Postmark socked on the nose. This stamp was designed by Charles Ludwig and 1,150,000 were printed.
The first record of its use was March 10, 1862. This stamp was used to send letters over 500 miles.
Cover addressed to:
“Sam L. May, Athens, Georgia, Care R
ank of Tennessee”
or "
...Care Bank of Tennessee
"
Postmarked: “
Montgomery Ala., Jul. —, 1862
”
Stamped with
one red/rose Thomas Jefferson CSA#5
, reads: “Postage Confederate States of America Ten Cents”.
Back of cover reads, in li
ght pencil: “
Gilliland, Howell & Co., Charleston, S.C
”
ID# Covers 06.181