CSA 4b, 5¢ milky blue pair tied blue PETERSBURG Va. JUL 5 on small mourning cover to Thaddeus McGee, Raleigh N Carolina, Via Richmond. Click here to see the back of the cover. Ex Renate W. Thayer. $650. 

Thaddeus McGee (1827-1874) was a merchant, trading as MeGee & Williams from Raleigh, NC. The family papers at the Southern Historical Collection of UNC at Chapel Hill. Many items relate to the difficulties experienced in trying to locate goods to sell.