Lot 3737
Confederacy, 1863, 2¢ brown red (8), horizontal strip of five, large margins to just touched at top left & top right, left stamp showing double transfer, attractive shade, tied by three strikes of blue "Greensborough N.C. Apr. 1" c.d.s. on envelope to Thomas Ruffin in Graham, N.C., Very Fine. Scott $5,000
Provenance: Caspary, Grunin, Tara, Corwin
Exceptional quality, Ruffin was a delegate to the Peace Congress in 1861.
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