BUCKINGHAM C.H. Va. JAN 5 red circular datestamp with matching PAID and ms. 10 on small wide-bordered mourning cover to Miss Annie E. Wise, Brandy Station Culpeper Co. Va. Back flaps also beautifully edged in black and shows wonderfully with top back flap raised. Click here to see the back of the cover. Extremely Fine Gem. Ex Renate W. Thayer. $650.

Governor Henry A. Wise was a prominent figure in the secessionist movement in Virginia and played a significant role in the state joining the Confederacy. He later became a brigadier general in the Confederate Army. Annie (1837-1914) was one of his daughters.