January 26, 2022: “Erivan” Collection Part VI

9a, 1863 10c Milk blue, "TEN", huge margins all around including enormous bottom sheet margin, pretty milky color distinctive to the first printing, tied by "Richmond Va. Apr 25 1863" cds (two days after earliest known use), signed endorsement "MRH Garnett MC" (Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett) and addressed in his hand to his wife in Loretto, Virginia, small stains expertly removed, Extremely Fine, a spectacular usernProvenance: Louis Grunin (Private transaction)rnA prominent Virginian, Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett (1821-1864) served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1856 to 1861 and the Confederate States House of Representatives from 1862 until his untimely death by typhoid in 1864. His home "Elmwood" in Loretto, Virginia was built in 1774 and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places."Erivan" Collection Part VI