CSA 9, 10¢ blue T-E-N (stamp with rounded LL corner) tied grid with matching FARMVILLE / Va. // JUN / 2 / 1863 (inverted) cds on back flaps of small commercially made laid paper ladies cover to Mrs. Doctor Bagby, Care of Dr. Bagby, Literary Messenger Office, Richmond, Va. SCV $1,600. $500.

George William Bagby (1828-1883) was named editor of the Southern Literary Messenger in 1860 and used the journal to promote Southern secessionism before and during the Civil War. He was a 32 year-old physician when he enlisted 25 Apr 1861 as a private in Co. A. VA 11th Infantry. He was discharged 23 Sept 1861 due to chronic dyspepsia from which he suffered all his life and which eventually killed him; he also served in Co. F, VA 3rd Battalion Reserves Infantry. He tied his fortunes so closely to the Confederate cause that in April 1865 he fled Richmond aboard the same train that carried Confederate president Jefferson Davis and his entourage to Danville.