#64 Pink I Think? Plus Cert-Ingram Question

I think the stamp in the photos is a #64 pink. I picture the envelope with it, because I watched the stamp fall off the envelope....so I (emphasis on I) know it was attached, but...and you can see the bleed through of the pen cancel on the envelope. Thoughts on if it is a #64?
Which leads to second questions......should I get it certified? How does one go about doing that?

Thanks in advance!

Dave

Title should have said CERT-ING questions (darn autocorrect!)

The 64/65 stamp in released in mid August 1861, Thus this cover would have to be 1862 or after. Texas is in Confederacy in July 1862, 1863, and 1864. So the earliest this can be is 1865. This is well after the fall 1861 pink era. Yours is a normal Scott 65.

That is a rather scarce postmark. The PO was in operation from
1848 to 1877. If the cover can be gently cleaned, pressed etc. and the stamp carefully replaced, you will have a desirable cover.

Thanks John and Wbrob. As a matter of fact the letter inside is dated 1868. But I'm having trouble calling it a #65, the color is entirely different from what I have that I'm calling a 65. It's much lighter. Plus I'm not convinced someone could have gotten some of the #64's when they were issued, Texas being in the confederacy or not.
Anybody else have an opinion?

Nobody here is going to call it a #64 from that image, plus, an 1868 usage makes it all but impossible. You have a nice Texas cover there, leave it at that.

Thanks. I got a little out in front of my skis on this one.

Dave, the genuine #64 has an almost bluish cast to it, which your stamp does not (it is simply faded, I think). Go to the Philatelic Foundation website at http://www.philatelicfoundation.org and search on Scott #64 and you'll see some good examples.

Thanks Dudley....again, I let myself get out over my skis and I should have just gone with what everyone was saying.

Yea, that Texas cover is way more interesting than that stamp ever will be (probably). Texas postal history - it seems like a lot of the material is often ugly, but it is very collectible, and uncommon. So hang on to that cover. Someone will want it someday, when you are done with it.