3070 – ERIVAN X

10c blue on soft porous paper, 1863, margins mostly clear on all sides, just touching at lower left, fresh and bright color, tied to folded letter by ideal strike of "Blakely Ala / Jun / 12 / 1863" c.d.s, free strike alongside, to Mobile, Alabama, internally reinforced at bottom, which shows signs of separation as well as slight discoloration, but an exceptional franking, combining a choice single with a superb stike. Illustrated in "New Dietz Confederate States Catalog and Handbook", with 1981 Philatelic Foundation certificate.