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Atlanta, Ga., 1861, 10¢ black, clear circular provisional handstamp, "Atlanta Ga. Oct 14, 1861" cds backstamp on green-lined stationery with military address to Capt. B.G. Yancey F.D., Co. T.R.R. Cobb's Geo. Legion, Yorktown Va. ; missing flap, Very Fine.

Scott No. 6XU6   ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦  $550.

Benjamin Cudworth Yancey (1817-1891) was a prominent politician and before the war was the minister to the Argentine Republic under Buchanan. Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb, brother of Howell Cobb, was promoted to Brig. Gen. Nov. 1st 1862 and was killed at Fredericksburg Dec. 13th 1862 while defending the "Sunken Road." .