Confederate States of America / Post Office Department, / Official Business. / Chief of the [Con]tract Bureau imprint(CSA Catalog type CON-06c, CV $500 used) franked with CSA 12a, 10¢ milky blue (tiny sealed tear at bottom) tied RICHMOND Va. JUL [1863] cds over imprint; personal use to the Confederate Vice President, addressed in neat feminine hand to “Hon Alexa H. Stephens, Crawfordville, Georgia” with usual missing top flap and slightly reduced at top with docketing on verso in Stephens’ hand that sender was “Lilly Whitaker 20 July 1863.” Ex David Burton. $350.