Items for Sale - CSA 12, 10¢ Blue Intaglio - Type II on Cover - Section Three - Item#13405
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Item# 13405

CSA 12, 10¢ blue tied DANVILLE / VA. // NOV / 25 cds on turned cover to George D. Wise Esq., Care of Gen. H[enry] A. Wise, Charleston, South Carolina. Inside use franked with CSA 11, 10¢ blue tied bold neat CHARLESTON / S.C. // SEP / 17 cds and addressed to Mrs. George Wise at Pittsylvania C.H., Virginia. A wonderful double franking.  Forthcoming subject of  my column “The Confederate Post” in The American Stamp Dealer & Collector. [SC] [VA] $350.

George Wise was a nephew of General Henry A. Wise (1806-1876); George served as a captain during the war, was a lawyer by trade and served as Virginia Commonwealth Attorney and in several U.S. Congresses after the war. Gen. Wise was a U.S. Congressman, U.S. minister to Brazil for 1843-47 and Governor of Virginia 1856-1860 as well as a General in the Confederate States Army. His brigade in the Army of Northern Virginia was credited with saving the city at the First Battle of Petersburg.

Price: $350