CSA #12, 10¢ deep blue (appears to be Keatinge & Ball which would make this very early, but sold without that specific guarantee) tied neat DANVILLE / VA / SEP / 22 (1864) cds on homemade cover docketed from “Capt R Saunders 21st Sept 1864” to “C.Y. Thomas Esq Henry Court House Virga”; 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. Saunders was likely from Saunders Store. $250.