11-star flag patriotic (CSA catalog type F11-16, CV $750), addressed to Miss Sallie E. Dix, Care of Judge Geo. P. Scarborough, Oxford, N.C., with missing stamp and indecipherable cds at lower left, the patriotic is also an adversity cover fashioned from an 1850s-dated printed form for “merchandize.” Fresh cover worth finding a stamp and restoring. $200.