5c Blue, Local (7). Margins all around, small fault top right corner, tied by "Richmond Va. Dec. 4" circular datestamp on unsealed envelope with blue lining, addressed locally to a sergeant in Perry's Brigade, Anderson's Division, A.P. Hill's Corps, manuscript "Flag of Truce", top with pencil "Miss Annie Gaines. Dear Miss. No excuse or apology can I offer for my boldness in addressing you especially on such a subject.", Very Fine flag-of-truce use, possibly carried by a civilian passing through Union lines, illustrated in the Monroe book (p. 93)

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