CSA 4, 5¢ blue (4 huge margins showing part of adjacent stamp at right, small sealed tear at left) tied 1862 blue COLUMBIA / S.C. on gray illuminated Columbia Female College cover (CSA Catalog SC-03, CV $1,250) with 2001 PSE certificate 50994 stating stamp added, addressed to A. B. Springs, Fort Mills, S.C., Ex Littlejohn and Richard A. Hall. $250.

Andrew Baxter Springs (1819-1886) was one of York County’s best known and respected men. He owned Springfield plantation north of the small town of Fort Mill and was one of the York County representatives in the SC legislature. The Yorkville Enquirer in 1858 wrote about Springs: "Major Springs is the most assiduous cultivator of fine fruit in the whole country and can boast of an orchard of the rarest and most delicious fruits. His selections of stock are from the nurseries of the South, and constitute much of the variety that produce through the entire fruit season." Amazingly enough, Springs Farm of Fort Mill is still in business today. Springs enlisted in the Confederate Army but, because of age, he was sent home.