Items for Sale - CSA 4, 5¢ Blue Lithograph on Cover - Item#19328
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Item# 19328

CSA 4b, 5¢ light milky blue pair (4 ample to huge margins) tied blue RALEIGH / N.C. // JUN / 3 / 1862, likely Stone 3 but not plated – a lovely shade, addressed on pristine cover to Dr. E. Burke Haywood, Exchange Hotel, Richmond, Va., top back flap missing, Ex Eben D. Finney. SCV $650. $350.

Surgeon Edmund Burke Haywood (1825-1894) was a physician, Confederate surgeon and medical administrator. He established the first North Carolina military hospital during the Civil War. He was the focus of one of my columns January 2012. Much more biographical information available online.

Price: $350