Items for Sale - CSA 12, 10¢ Blue Intaglio - Type II on Cover - Section One - Item#c1160
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Item# c1160

CSA #12-ADc, 10¢ greenish blue superb right sheet margin with nice margins all around tied by indistinct balloon cancel of N.C. awaiting a NC student to identify it, addressed on homemade cover to “Lieut. Lavender Ray, Atlanta, Ga. Care of Col. Wright”. Detailed military bio included with copy of CDV. Click on thumbnails at left individually to enlarge.

Lavender Roy Ray was only 18 years old when he enlisted July 6, 1861 as a private in Co A 1st GA Vol. Infantry and was transferred to Co H 1st Ga Cavarly. He rose through the ranks to Lieut and Ordnance Officer of Wheeler’s Crop, Iverson’s Division. At the time of this correspondence, he was detailed to the Ordnance Department in Atlanta reporting to Major Wright.

Price: $100