Sale 1262 — United States Stamps and Postal History

Sale Date — Tuesday-Thursday, 26-28 July, 2022

Category — General Issues On Cover

Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
477
c
Sale 1262, Lot 477, General Issues On Cover5c Blue, Stone 2 (4). Full even margins all around, tied by blue Raleigh N.C. double-circle datestamp with unclear date on Ordnance Department N.C. semi-official imprint adversity cover made from a commissary invoice, including entries for orders of lard, salt pork and beef, addressed to Mocksville N.C., minor edge wear at left, Very Fine and rare, paper shortages in the Confederacy are well known and necessitated the re-use of various documents to create envelopes, this cover shows that those shortages were not limited to citizens but affected government entities as well

E. 750-1,000
500