CSA 11-AD, 10¢ blue (4 ample to huge margins) tied bold perfectly struck RICHMOND Va. JUN 1 (1864) circular datestamp (Powell type 6L) on cover to C.Y. Thomas, Martinsville Henry County Va. with pencil docketing Wm Dashago (?), B.M. Cahill May 1864. Ex Harry Muldrow. $125.

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.