10c Greenish Blue, Die B (12c). Horizontal strip of three and single, large margins, tied by faint "Lumpkin Ga." circular datestamp on East-to-West 40c Trans-Mississippi Express Rate cover to Natchitoches La. with sender's routing "Via Meridian Miss.", with original enclosure dated Dec. 22, 1863, regarding legal matters but comments "No war news of any interest since the defeat of Bragg at Missionary Ridge", letter reinforced with tape (stained), the cover is missing part of backflap and has slight wear along edges, small lightened stained spot in strip

FINE APPEARING AND VERY RARE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI EXPRESS COVER -- REPUTED TO BE THE ONLY ONE WITH ITS ORIGINAL LETTER.

According to a notation by A. Earl Weatherly, this is the only 40c Trans-Mississippi Express cover with its original letter, but we cannot verify this claim

Ex Walske. Illustrated in Shenfield book and listed in Krieger as E11 (page 41).

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