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Item# 18710
Price: $1,800
CSA 4b, 5¢ light milky blue, Stone 2, (defective) tied by YORKTOWN / VA. // MAY / 1 / 1862 cds on patriotic cover to Mrs. Mary B. Blackford, Box 6, Lynchburg Virginia, with blue Jefferson Davis Medallion, 7-Star Flags and 10-Star Sunburst Patriotic design (CSA catalog type JD-1B); slightly reduced at left not affecting design. Nice juxtaposition of blue Davis stamp next to blue Davis medallion. SCV $2,500 for CSA 4 on a patriotic. $1,800.
Mary Berkeley Minor Blackford (1802-1896) was said to have taught her sons to hate slavery and to love the Union. The Blackford Family Papers 1742-2003 are at UNC. It includes scattered correspondence to her from former slaves in Liberia.