CSA #11, 10¢ blue, 4 margins, tied KINSTON / N.C. cds on turned cover to "Miss Kate F. Curtis, Orange County Hillsboro, N. Carolina" Kate was the daughter of Rev. Moses Ashley Curtis, an Episcopal priest who was a preeminent mycologist renowned among botanists even today; inside use bears no stamps but a neat blue HILLSBORO/N.C./JUL/19 double circle and manuscript "Paid" addressed to Kate's brother "J(ohn) H. Curtis, Orange Light Artillery, Kinston, N.C." Curtis was mustered into Company "G" of the 3rd N.C. Light Artillery on March 11, 1862 and then transferred into Company "E" of the 13th N.C. Battalion Light Artillery along with his brother, M.A. Custis, Jr. He rose in the ranks from private to 1st Sergt. Co. E - Captain Henry Dickson's Battery.