CSA 13, 20¢ green (4 nice margins) tied by boldly struck ALBANY Ga. FEB 3 1865 CDS on adversity cover fashioned from Hartford Insurance Company policy, legal size reduced at left to normal size cover, addressed to Hon. W.E. Smith MC Richmond, Va. Late use and great addressee “Extra Billy Smith.” Ex David Burton. $850.

William "Extra Billy" Smith was a prominent figure in the Confederate cause during the Civil War. He was a lawyer, congressman, and Governor of Virginia before and during the war; he later served as a major general in the Confederate army, the oldest to hold field command.