CSA 13, 20¢ green tied RICHMOND Va. MAR 31 circular datestamp on U27 3¢ US entire with imprint of Confederate Post Office Department, Chief of the Appointment Bureau, privately used semi-official, addressed to Genl Henry A. Wise, Near Adam’s Run, Colleton Dist(rict), S.C. with note up left end “PM will please forward if Genl Wise has left Adams Run.” Part of flap missing and small restored piece at the top edge of cover well clear of imprint. Ex Earl Antim and David Burton. $1,100.

Henry Alexander Wise (1806-1876) was an attorney, diplomat, politician, and slave owner. As the 33rd Governor of Virginia, Wise served as a significant figure on the path to the Civil War, becoming heavily involved in the 1859 trial of abolitionist John Brown.