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Item# 18719
Price: $850
CSA 4, 5¢ blue, said by a prior owner to be Stone 3 but not verified by me, large margins to cut in at right, tied by partial strike of RICHMOND / Va. cds on CAPTURED GENERAL GEORGE B. MCCLELLAN UNION PATRIOTIC to Daniel Setszer, Farmville Va., design with the general's portrait inside a shield with eagle above and "War for the Union" banner in its beak. Stamp is faulty and lifted / reaffixed over a small portion of another stamp to appear complete (really only the edges are affected), Fine appearance, with 1997 CSA certificate, Ex Schopp. $850.
George M. Setszer (also seen as Setzer, Sletzer, Sitzer) served in 2nd Corp Company F, 18th Regiment Virginia Infantry. He enlisted as a private at Farmville on April 23, 1861, as an 18-year old carpenter. He was wounded at Frayser’s Farm on June, 30, 1862; he was killed at Gettysburg July 3, 1863. His signature on a commutation for clothing is in the same hand as the addressed cover and clearly written as Setszer although few seemed to spell it that way.