ADAMS EX. CO. * LOUISVILLE, KY. * // JUL / 10 (inverted date) / 1861 clearly struck cds on northbound cover to L. C. Dewing, Care Dewing Thayer & Co, 784 Chambers St., New York, originated somewhere in the South, franked with US 26, 3¢ dull red straddle pane at right, tied by blue grid with matching LOUISVILLE / KY. // JUL / 11 double circle datestamp, cover reduced, manuscript “40/1” at top, reduced at right into express marking and large sealed tear extending from the bottom edge of cover up to express marking, Special Routes Census No. N-AD-15.  $500.