CSA 12-KBa, 10¢ bright blue Keatinge & Ball, deep rich color, large to full margins including portion of adjoining stamp at left, tied by HENDERSON / N.C. // SEP / 1 cds on red, green and lilac floral wallpaper cover, to Mrs. Emma L. Speight, town portion of address erased/stain inside and one flap reinforced, Very Fine, a beautiful wallpaper cover with an elaborate design, Ex Kohn and Schopp. $1,800.

Emma Lewis Speight (1811-1895) of Whitakers, Edgecombe County, N.C., was the wife of Methodist pastor, Rev. John Francis Speight. The family papers (1795-1906) are at UNC. Rev. Speight (1804-1860) was also a farmer and trustee of Jamestown Female College. They were married in 1840 and had 3 children.