US U27, 3¢ star-die entire tied grid and matching blue LEXINGTON Va. MAY 11  (1861) CDS to Greenlee Davidson, Care Governor Letcher, Richmond, Va.; small piece of top flap missing, Very Fine. Confederate Use of U.S. Postage; this possible for less than a month as Virginia joined the Confederacy quite late, May 7, 1861. Ex John Vagnetti. $300.

Greenlee Davidson (1834-1863) was a 27 year-old lawyer when he enlisted February 17, 1862, as a captain. He was commissioned into Richmond Letcher Light Artillery and was Aide de Camp to Governor John Letcher with rank of Lt. Colonel. He was killed in action at Chancellorsville May 3, 1863. His diary and letters were published in 1975.