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Sale 43: The Westpex Sale

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Confederate States: The Monroe Collection: Unusual Postal Markings

Lot 18    

Confederacy, Army Field Post Markings. two covers each franked with 1863-64 10¢ blue, both with large even margins, first is 10¢ (#12) tied by Army Field Post Office target cancel (Dietz ANV-2T) on cover posted by Chaplain Abner Crump Hopkins, 2nd Virginia Infantry, Stonewall's Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia, to his wife in Painesville, Virginia., second is 10¢ (#11) tied by Army Field Post Office grid cancel (Dietz ANT-2EG) on cover sent by Captain Stephen D. Clements, 41st Georgia Infantry, Army of Tennessee to his wife in Belleview, Georgia, Very Fine (Pictured in Monroe Book, pg. 76).
Scott No. 11, 12    Estimate $150 - 200.

Army field post covers rarely have a post office or date cancellation and all field post markings are in black. Army of Tennessee field covers are far less common than their Army of Northern Virginia counterparts.

Realized: $180

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