CSA 8, 2¢ brown red strip of five, slightly irregular margins, tied by PITTSYLVANIA / C.H. / Va. // NOV / 17 cds on TURNED COVER to George D. Wise, Esq., Care of Gen. H. A. Wise, Charleston, S. Carolina; inside bears defective CSA 11, 10¢ blue, tied by RICHMOND / Va. // NOV / 1? cds, some minor wear, addressed to Mrs. Geo. D. Wise, Pittsylvania C.H., Va. UNUSUAL TURNED COVER WITH EXTREMELY RARE COMBINATION FRANKING. Ex Keeling. 2005 PF certificate 0427991, Scott value for just the strip of 5 on cover $4,500. $3,750.

George Douglas Wise (1831–1908) was a U.S. Representative from Virginia and nephew of Henry Alexander Wise (1806-1876), an American lawyer and politician, U.S. Minister to Brazil under Tyler (1844-47), Governor of Virginia (1856-60, he signed the death warrant of John Brown), and a general in the Confederate Army (1861-65)