CSA 2-P, 10¢ light blue, Paterson printing, position 1 on TURNED COVER with massive left and wide top sheet margins, full margins right and bottom, stamp slightly affixed over edge of cover with expected tiniest edge tears, tied by boldly struck PROCTOR'S CREEK Va. SEP 29, 1862 circular datestamp, to Mrs. L.M. Fleet, King William Co(unty) Va. Aylett P.O. Click here to see inside original use nside original use privately carried by another officer to  Lieut. A. Frederick Fleet, 26th Regt. Va. Vols., Extremely Fine showpiece stamp and cover, ex Salzer & Myerson. $1,000.

Alexander Frederick "Fred" FLEET Sr. (1843 – 1911) was Culver Military Academy superintendent from 1896 to 1910. He joined the Confederate Army in 1861, serving as a lieutenant and aide-de-camp to Gen. Henry Wise. He attained the grade of adjutant general in Wise’s Brigade. Fleet was present at Gen. Lee's surrender at Appomattox. Much more information is easily accessible online. His correspondence is known to serious Confederate collectors. The letters of Fred Fleet were published in 1962, in the book Green Mount: A Virginia Plantation Family During the Civil War.