Items for Sale - CSA 12, 10¢ Blue Intaglio - Type II on Cover - Section One - Item#7412
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Item# 7412

CSA #12-KB, 10¢ deep blue, a wonderful shade, canceled with neat WASHINGTON / GA cds and hinged over a 90% ripped off 5¢ green use thus a very scarce double use of this envelope with obviousdouble cancels from different towns. Original use was to “Mr. W. W. Hill, Washington, Ga” and then sent back or elsewhere with separate handwriting at lower left to “Care of Gen. Wayne 29 Distrcit G. M. Camp Georgia Atlanta.” Enthusiastic notes of Van Dyk MacBride on verso. Subject of a forthcoming article in “The Confederate Post” in The American Stamp Dealer and Collector.  Click on thumbnails at left individually to enlarge.

Henry C. Wayne was born and died in Savannah, Georgia (1810 – 1883). Wayne joined the army and became an officer in the army. In 1855, he was a major and was chosen to head up the army's camel project. He was sent to the Middle East to purchase camels. On his return he was sent to Texas where the army experimented with using camels instead of mules as pack animals. Wayne resigned his commission in late 1860 and was appointed Adjutant General of the State of Georgia until the end of the Civil War. He is best known for trying to defend Atlanta against Sherman with the cadets of the Georgia military institute. More complete bio/photo enclosed.

Price: $375