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Item# 20620
New 3-6-23
Price: $500
CSA 11a, 10¢ milky blue (4 margins large even margins), tied WELAKA FLA double-circle postmark with ms. Aug 19 date at center, on pale green cover to Mrs. W. A. Bryant Care of Gen. Bragg, Chattanooga, Tenn. with W.A. Bryant on back flaps. Ex Ralph Swap. $500.
Stephens-Bryant Family Papers are well known to Confederate postal historians. In the 1970s, the covers were sold through Kaufmann Auctions—very memorable sales—and the correspondence was written up in the Confederate Philatelist. Winston J.T. Stephens (1820-1864) was a plantation owner, militia officer, and Confederate army officer. His wife was Octavia Bryant Stephens (1841-1908). Their letters, as well as those of other family members are housed at the University of Florida. Much information about the family may be found online. Other family members including Henry H. Bryant (1847-1930), Davis H. Bryant (1839-1913), and William A. Bryant (1837-1881).