Good news. My cover has been declared genuine
The Confederate Stamp Alliance,
www.csalliance.org says:
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The cover is perfectly genuine used from Richmond, Va to Atlanta, Ga. The stamps are CSA #6 London Print. The genuine Richmond postmark is what is referred to as a Powell Type 3f which was in use AUG-DEC 1862. Multiple different Richmond postmarks were in use during the Confederate period with 7 major types and quite a number of subtypes. They have all been categorized in Peter Powell's book on CSA Richmond postal markings published in 1987. I believe the date on this postmark is 16 AUG 1862. The coarse brown paper is typical of Confederate covers due to paper shortages.
It took some time, but it is gratifying to get to the bottom of this.
marty
Posted 07/23/2010 01:20 am
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