CSA 4, 5¢ blue tied neat COLUMBIA / S.C. // JUN / 30 [1862] - the LAST DAY OF THE 5¢ RATE before the universal 10¢ rate on July 1, 1862. Used on STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, HEAD QUARTERS imprinted cover (CSA Catalog Type S-SC-17) addressed to Mrs. Wm. H. Gist, Unionville, SC. Back flap restoration, expertly silked. $450.

William Henry Gist was the 68th Governor of South Carolina from 1858-1860 and a leader of the secession movement / signer of the Ordinance of Secession. He had two sons who fought for the Confederacy, the eldest of whom was killed by a Union sharpshooter outside Chattanooga in 1863. He was a cousin of States Rights Gist, the Confederate brigadier general who died leading a charge at the Battle of Franklin, Tennessee.