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Free Domestic Shipping. "Horse Pasture Va. Mar 21 1860" small-town Henry County, Virginia manuscript cancel with a Scott# 26 on a folded LETTER from J. H. Pedigo addressed to "Edward S. Brown, Esqr., Sunny Side, Cumberland Co., Va." In addition to this being a great "horse topical" philatelic item, the content is valuable. The letter is two pages and is datelined "Horse Pasture Henry Co., Va March 18 1860" and is headed "Dear Sir." Content Transcript: "Yours was rec'd some three weeks ago & I was then on the eve of a trip to Patrick. There was so much difficulty in surveying this Cooper & Dodd land, or rather in identifying that I have failed heretofore to do the work. I employed my father to finish the work & it will be done soon if it can be done at all. If the survey of Old Flemming's land which was made by order of the Circuit Court in a controversey between Flemming & the Clouds - from whom F. purchased a great part of the land understood to belong to Cooper will be taken. And a part of what remains is taken by a Whitlock Survey on the other side. But I think it probable from the investigation I have already made that there is error in the Flemming survey. This land will sell for a better price than at any time heretofore on account of the demand for timber in that neighborhood, viz, if it can be so identified that the purchaser would have no doubt about it. When my father completes the Survey, I will write you all about it - the Kind of sale that can be made, etc. I regret that I could not attend to this matter heretofore as promptly as I promised to do, but I will do better in the future. Truly Yours, J. H. Pedigo." This is an original postal item, not a reproduction. This item is a "stamped folded letter" insomuch as the writer used a large sheet of paper to write their letter and then folded it - leaving a space for the address, stamp and postal marking - and then sealed it, addressed it and took it to the post office were the stamp was applied if it was not already placed by the sender. The postmaster applied the markings appropriate for and gave it to the postrider/postwagon or stage. You are buying BOTH the postal envelope AND the original letter. ONE of the reasons it is collectible is because of the fact that the local postmaster applied postal markings considered appropriate for the letter's journey--namely: The originating town name and a rate. In addition to being collectible because the addressee or the town from which it was sent, it is a collectable item of "postal history" because of the rates, markings usage, the addressee or something that might appeal to the collector. Free Domestic Shipping.
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