3c Orange Brown, Ty. II (10A). Rich color, large margins to just clear, tied by "Doakes Ville Ark. Jul. 13" Choctaw Nation double-circle datestamp on 1852 folded letter to New York, letter included a draft which was torn out, remaining contents refer to the draft and how it was to be applied, central file fold clear of stamp, Very Fine, the community of Doakesville was once the largest town in the Choctaw Nation and flourished from the 1830s until shortly after the Civil War, it served as the Choctaw National Capital from 1850 until 1863, and is where General Stand Watie became the last Confederate General to surrender, in June of 1865 (http://www.ou.edu/cas/archsur/counties/choctaw.htm)

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