10c Yellow Green (68). Bright color, tied by target, "New Orleans La. May 18, 1865" double-circle datestamp on folded cover to Matamoros, Mexico, endorsed "pr. Commercial Express" and with "Commercial Express Co. Paid May 18" double-circle datestamp, neat "Franco" in oval backstamp, light file folds do not affect stamp, Very Fine, Confederate forces west of the Mississippi River surrendered on May 26, 1865, ending the war in Louisiana, just a few days after this was sent

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