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Cross of the Mystery Corps.

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:22.00 USD Estimated At:45.00 - 65.00 USD
Cross of the Mystery Corps.
Intriguing midnight blue stylized Maltese cross, in solid circle, with hub, perhaps a printers' variant for 5th Corps, 1st Division, on yellow cover. Scott #65, a pale dull red not shown in McClung, 4-ring concentric, Washington, D.C. c.d.s., Feb. 27, "1865 No. 29" in period pencil at top. To "Miss Cordelia A. Chapin, West Bloomfield, Ontario Co., N.Y." Stamp with fast and high perfs into design at left and top, very wide margins at bottom and right. Some postal wear, two ink blots in blank area, clever old repair at left where irregular strip lacking at opening, with inlaid yellow sliver, exactly matching in shade and texture, edge of circle redrawn, else satisfactory.