The two covers below were sent between Kentucky cities to the same Louisville address.
The first is postmarked July 1861 in Lexington, KY, after the stamp it contains was demonetized, I believe, but before Kentucky joined the Confederacy in December of that year. As there probably was little enforcement of the prohibition against using these stamps, particularly, it would seem, for intra-state mailings away from the nation's population centers, such a usage may be quite common.
The second cover from Cloverport, KY, does not have a year in its cancellation, but contains a hand notation of 1863, perhaps taken from the letter it no longer contains. If correctly dated, the town of 920 inhabitants, according to the 1860 census, kept using its demonetization-replacement stamps -- presumably received prior to its December 1861 succession -- during the war.
The letters appear to be addressed to children, possibly written by the same hand.
Any observations, corrections or clarifications would be welcome.
