Items for Sale - CSA 4, 5¢ Blue Lithograph on Cover - Item#16475
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Item# 16475

CSA 4, 5¢ blue (4 margins) tied WALHALLA / S.C. // MAR / 31 [1862] cds on folded MUSTER ROLL (!) addressed to Col. J. W. Norris, Rock Hills PO, Anderson District, So. Ca.; inside is the 18 July 1862 dated Muster Roll of the 1st State Reserves, Capt. Norris’ Company with list of officers and soldiers. Both postmark and inside date perfectly genuine but seemingly at odds; perhaps outer folded lettersheet used as letter paper later in the year (speculation). In CSA military records, J.W. Norris enlisted 8-1-63 as a Sergt. Major in Co. C, SC 1st State Troops Infantry. Some reinforced file folds, RARE! $350.

Price: $350