Lot 473
Confederacy, 1862, 5¢ Blue. Tight margins, used with 1862, 5¢ light blue, De La Rue printing, both tied by blue "Petersburg Va." cds on homemade oatmeal cover addressed to "Mrs. Anne P. Hopkins, Hampden Sidney P.O., Prince Edward County, Va."; couple stain spots, F.-V.F.Scott No. 4+6 Estimate $300 - 400.
This letter was from Abner C. Hopkins, who was commissioned in the 2nd Virginia Infantry and served as Chaplain of the Stonewall Brigade. He married Anne P. Atkinson.
Realized: $350