CSA 5, 10¢ rose (scuffing across top) tied small 30-mm CHARLESTON S.C. SEP 7 neat circular datestamp, Welch/Calhoun type A-25 – stated by them as a RARE CIVIL WAR USE (Charleston South Carolina and the Confederate Postmaster Provisionals by Richard L. Calhoun, page 16). Most used were 32-mm; tied on small fresh commercially made envelope to Lieut. Louis G. Young, Care of Genl J.G. Pettigrew, Petersburg, Va. $500.

Louis Gourdin Young was wounded in action eight times during the war. Fascinating bio on linked page.