National Postal Museum
Confederate mourning cover
May 14, 1861
United States 3-cent George Washington (USA Scott 26), cancelled by a blue concentric target. Envelope is postmarked by Charlottesville, Virginia, May 14, 1861, on an envelope addressed to William Cabell Rives, a member of the Provisional Confederate Congress meeting in Montgomery. Rives had previously served in the United States Senate and the House of Representatives and as Ambassador to France.
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