Lot
4058 
Confederacy, Buck Horn Ark. Feb 23, clear strike of cds with matching "Paid" and circled "10" rating handstamps (Dietz type IB) on 1862 folded letter addressed to H.A. Montgomery at Memphis Tenn., business letter concerning an order for telegraph poles, Very Fine, ex-Winter, Boshwit. Estimate $500 - 750.
ONE OF TWO RECORDED BUCK HORN COVERS AND THE ONLY EXAMPLE OF THIS RATE.
This was a double-rate usage because it contained an extra copy of the agreement that is referred to in the letter but no longer accompanying. The only other recorded Buck Horn cover is a follow-up from the same correspondence dated Apr. 28 at the single 5¢ rate concerning the loss of the poles due to rough water in the White River (ex-Everett, Agre).
Realized: $475