CSA 12c (AD), 10¢ greenish blue (4 large margins) tied WYTHEVILLE / VA. // JUN / 1 double-circle datestamp on fresh cover to James H. Reid, Esq., Lynchburg, Va. The double-circle Wytheville cancelling device is much rarer than the single-rim. Choice. $225.

James Henry Reid, Sr. (1804-1869) was treasurer of the Orange & Alexandria Railroad Co. prior to the Civil War. Reid’s son, James Henry, Jr. (1845-1921) was a VMI cadet who resigned from the Institute in January 1864 to join the Confederate Army. He served in 1864-1865 as a private in Co. A, 13th Battalion Virginia Light Artillery (Otey’s Battery) and was paroled at Appomattox.