CHARLESTON / S.C. // JUL / 1 / 186_ bold clear cds – this postmark without last digit was used 1862-65. Based on the movements of the 51st Georgia Regiment, this would have been 1862 which makes it the FIRST DAY of the UNIVERSAL RATE. It is endorsed by Private I. G. Nobles, 51 Rigement Ga Vols [Army Northern Virginia] on cover to James a. Nobles, Georgetown, Ga. with manuscript “Due 20”. CCV $200 without regard to the important date. The 51st Georgia participated in the Battle of Secessionville (or First Battle of James Island) in June 1862. $850.