CSA 5, 10¢ rose (small faults) tied by RICHMOND Va. JUL 11 1862 CDS on legal-size cover to P.H. Mangum, Forestville, Wake Co(unty)N.C., with Confederate States of America, War Department, Official Business imprint (CSA Catalog type WD-07, CV $400 with common stamp, which this is not), folded in at left, but could be shown either way, professionally repaired at top including addition of paper and part of imprint, Scarce use with 10¢ rose! Ex David Burton. LL $650.

Priestley Hinton Mangum, Jr. was a farmer and agricultural promoter. He was born in Wake County, North Carolina. Mangum was a Whig before the war and a Democrat afterwards. He was graduated from Wake Forest College in 1851. He was a farmer all his life, a student and advocate of progressive agricultural techniques, especially the promotion of terracing as a form of erosion control.