CSA 12c, 10¢ greenish blue (4 margins) tied MACON GA small double-circle datestamp on wallpaper cover of pretty showy pink design, addressed to J.E. Hagood, Pickens CH SC. Original business letter headed Macon February 25, 1864, from W.S. Thomson. $1,200.

James Earle Hagood (1826-1904) was a planter and a merchant as well as a lawyer who served in the South Carolina House and was a longtime Pickens District and U.S. District clerk of court.