Lot 1401
Confederacy, 1862, 5¢ light milky blue (4b), Fine horizontal pair canceled manuscript "1862" on a folded letter to Clarksville Tex. postmarked neat blue "Paris, Texas, Sep 10" c.d.s., Very Fine. The Letter is from G.W. Wright (and signed by him) to B.H. Epperson in which Wright addresses war time price gouging and quotes orders he has received from J.C. Robertson in Tyler and from General H.P. Bee in San Antonio, the latter reading ("You will regulate and establish a tariff of prices on all articles of prime necessity, whenever the disloyal and avaricious render this course necessary by exhorbitant charges."
Estimate $400 - 500
George Washington Wright was the Provost Marshal of Red River County; Benjamin H Epperson was a personal friend of Sam Houston and a member of the first Confederate Congress.
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| Realized $350 |
