CSA 1c, 5¢ olive green, (slightly in at top, small repair at right), tied by partly clear strike of LAGRANGE / GA. // MAY cds on small patriotic cover (4” x 1 ½”) to Francis McWaters, Oxford, Ga. with Hand-Held 11-Star Confederate Flag and "Fast Colors...warranted not to run" design (F11-9, Slogan 33), tiny tear at left edge, SCV $2,500, 2001 CSA certificate, Ex Schopp. Scarce litho on a patriotic! $1,200.

Francis M. McWaters served in Company E, 41st Georgia Infantry; he enlisted as a private March 4, 1862. He was appointed 4th Sergeant July 13, 1862. Wounded, date and place not given. Died of gangrene in Empire Hospital at Vineville, Macon, Ga., October 27, 1864.