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Lot
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1861, 5¢ green, left margin single, wide sheet margin with large margins around, tied by "Granville, S.C., Jan 20" cds on 1862 cover to Ft. Defiance, N.C., with pencil postscript on inside of flap…20th All quiet. Probably a mistake about the arrival of the Burnside Expedition., Extremely Fine, certainly one of the earliest Confederate references to the Burnside Expedition; with 2015 P.F. certificate. Scott No. 1 Estimate $1,500 - 2,000.
A GEM 1861 5¢ GREEN USAGE ON COVER WITH EARLY REFERENCE TO THE PENDING BURNSIDE EXPEDITION.
Although the Burnside Expedition initially started on the 5th of January, due to problems including severe weather, it wasn't until February 7, 1862 that a hundred Union vessels steamed down Croatan Sound to land an amphibious force on Roanoke Island starting the first engagement of the expedition.