CSA 7, 5¢ blue pair (4 margins) tied by RALEIGH N.C. FEB 10 double-circle datestamp on cover with "OFFICIAL BUSINESS, C.S. Depository, Raleigh, N.C." Treasury Department imprint to Judge Thos. Ruffin, Graham, Alamance Co. No.Ca. The "Official Business" and "C.S. Depository" are crossed out, indicating private use, Fresh, Extremely Fine. IMPRINT UNLISTED IN CSA CATALOG. $500.
Thomas Ruffin (1787-1870) was an American jurist and justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court. He was ranked by Harvard Law School Dean Roscoe Pound as one of the ten greatest jurists in American history. Despite that accolade, he was an enslaver and slave trader whose statues and portraits were removed from public buildings in 2020. Much more biographical information easily available online.