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Item# 19687
Price: $400
CSA 1, 5¢ green tied neat blue NORFOLK / Va. // APR / 17 / 1861 CDS on wide-black-bordered MOURNING COVER, to Miss Parkie West, Care of Miss P Miners, Hillsboro, N.C., with some staining, back flaps black-edged as well with tear in top flap. Accompanying is a photocopy of the interesting original letter which now resides in the Norfolk Public Library in the Sargeant Memorial Collection, which was established in 1927. The writer, Mattie, says a large French frigate came up to Norfolk for the purpose of the French minister to go to Richmond to see Jeff Davis (and more). Ex Doug Baker. $400. Listed in both Mourning and CSA 1 Covers, Section 2