Items for Sale - CSA 12, 10¢ Blue Intaglio - Type II on Cover - Section One - Item#20624
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Item# 20624

CSA 12c, 10¢ greenish blue lower left corner single touching at right but large to huge on other 3 sides, tied neat AIKEN S.C. OCT 4 cds on TURNED COVER to Asst. Surgeon R.Y. Dwight Macon Georgia; docketing at top Lyd(ia) Ravenel Oct 7th 1864. Inside use was another CSA 12 also canceled with Aiken postmark and addressed to Lydia Ravenel in Aiken, thus an overpaid drop use likely caused by soldier dropping an already-stamped envelope in the Aiken mail system. Ex Ralph Swap. $200. 

Dr. Richard Yeadon Dwight (1837-1919) served as a Confederate Army physician during the Civil War. His lengthy biography is at findagrave.com contributed by F.T. Hambrecht & J.L. Koste, as well as Bob Krick.

Price: $200