Lot
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Confederacy, Office of Com'd'nt (Commandant) Conscripts, Tenn./On Official Business. Semi-official imprint on cover to Cleveland, Tenn. franked with 1863-64 10¢ blue (large even margins) tied by double circle "Knoxville, Ten./Aug. 13" (1863) postmark, Extremely Fine (Pictured in Monroe Book, pg. 36); with 2002 C.S.A. certificate. Scott No. 12 Estimate $400 - 600.
The envelope was mailed about three weeks before the Federal forces occupied Knoxville on September 2, 1863. This imprinted envelope is unlisted in the ~ Dietz and is unique. There are other state conscript office imprinted envelopes known from North Carolina, South Carolina and Texas. The Confederate government also had a Bureau of Conscription within the War Department. Three different imprinted envelopes are known from this Bureau.
Refer to the September - October 2003 issue of The Confederate Philatelist (pages 197-198) which featured this unique cover.
Realized: $550