CSA 1, 5¢ green and CSA 4, 5¢ blue tied in combination by RICHMOND Va. JUL 7 1862 circular datestamp (Powell type 3d) on cover to Mrs. Robert W. Barnwell, Columbia, So Carolina. Ex Harry Muldrow. Lovely mixed franking. $550.
Robert Woodward Barnwell (1801-1882) was a planter, lawyer, and educator from South Carolina who served as a senator for both the United States and Confederate States. He was a public defender of slavery and secession, personally enslaving at least 128 people.