5c Blue, Local (7). Two singles, one ample to clear margins, the other slightly in at bottom, tied by bold strike of "Ocola Fla. Jul. 14" (1863) circular datestamp on blue folded letter to Tallahassee, interesting content regarding a ship mishap, Very Fine, this is the only recorded example of the "Ocola" Fla. datestamp, this spelling was used on stampless covers during the early 1850's, this use during the Confederate period was probably inadvertent, each of the 25 other recorded Confederate covers from this town have the correct "Ocala" spelling, ex Kohn, McNeal and Dr. Briggs, illustrated in Briggs book on p. 183

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