The "Erivan" Collection of United and Confederate States Part V

"Maj. Gen. McClellan," gray all-over design with printed address lines, Reagles imprint on reverse, franked with horizontal pair of 1862 5c Blue (7, left stamp with interesting inking flaw) tied by New Market, Virginia datestamp, address faded, stamps with small faults due to placement and horizontal crease before application, slightly reduced at left, black cardstock adhered to reverse, still Fine and attractive use of a Union patriotic in the Confederacy, perhaps captured by Southern troops during McClellan's ill-fated Peninsula Campaign in 1862 (Walcott 353)rnProvenance: Jon Bischel (Nutmeg Sale 27, 2000)Confederate Patriotic Covers