Lot 4498
Confederacy (Virginia Central Railroad) Va. C. R.R., Cobham, 2 Aug, sharp route agent cds on blue cover bearing C.S.A. 10¢ blue (11) four margins, pen "X" cancel to Col. Alfred Landon Rives, Engineer Bureau, War Department, Richmond Va.; flap tear, Very Fine and choice Confederate Railroad station use.Towle No. 303-S-2 Estimate $400 - 600.
Envelope put onto the Virginia Central Railroad on May 2nd 1863 to be carried east to Richmond.
Col. A. L. Rives became the Chief of Bureau on August 13th 1863.
Realized: $550