cover Richmond Va. Apr 2 1861, two mostly clear c.d.s. tying vertical pair and single U.S. 1c Blue type V (24) on extraordinarily fresh orange cover to N.Y. with 'Office Virginia Central Railroad, R.R.B.' printed imprint at T., top stamp of pair has some short perfs., still very fine, attractive and desirable, used after the formation of the Confederacy, but fifteen days before Virginia formally seceded on April 17, 1861