Confederate States
Lot 4259 Confederate States
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Confederacy, 1862, 2¢ green, right margin strip of 3. Tied by grid handstamps on 1862 folded letter to the Central Committee of Relief in Seguin, Guadalupe City, matching "New Braunfels, Tex., Dec 5" cds, letter giving information regarding distribution of relief funds to aid families of newborn children and other charitable purposes; cover with stamp missing at right and natural paper wrinkle in right stamp, Very Fine appearance, accompanied by transcript and historical background, with 1998 C.S.A. certificate. Scott No. 3; Estimate $1,500 - 2,000. The Confederacy had nothing as organized as the Union's U.S. Sanitary Commission or other related organizations to aid soldiers, widows and war-torn families. Locally formed committees were the only Confederate organizations that provided aid to war torn families residing within the Confederacy. Correspondences such as this provide the only remaining glimpses into the operations of these organizations.
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Lot 4259 Confederate States
Scott3
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Confederacy, 1862, 2¢ green, right margin strip of 3. Tied by grid handstamps on 1862 folded letter to the Central Committee of Relief in Seguin, Guadalupe City, matching "New Braunfels, Tex., Dec 5" cds, letter giving information regarding distribution of relief funds to aid families of newborn children and other charitable purposes; cover with stamp missing at right and natural paper wrinkle in right stamp, Very Fine appearance, accompanied by transcript and historical background, with 1998 C.S.A. certificate. Scott No. 3; Estimate $1,500 - 2,000. The Confederacy had nothing as organized as the Union's U.S. Sanitary Commission or other related organizations to aid soldiers, widows and war-torn families. Locally formed committees were the only Confederate organizations that provided aid to war torn families residing within the Confederacy. Correspondences such as this provide the only remaining glimpses into the operations of these organizations.
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