CSA 11, 10¢ blue, roughly torn margins with double strike tie of RICHMOND VA FEB 19 CDS on all-over green Spotts & Harvey Grocers & Commission Merchants advertising cover addressed to C.Y. Thomas Esq, Martinsville, Henry Co Va, Ex-Dr. Daniel C. Warren, B.R. Williams, and David Burton. $650.

C. Y. Thomas was a man of more than ordinary distinction in Virginia, an attorney of ability who served in the Virginia senate before the War and struggled in vain against secession. Despite this, he held the office of commonwealth attorney during the War and was appointed by the Confederacy to distribute supplies to the needy families of Confederate soldiers.