RICHMOND Va. JUN 4 1861 circular datestamp (Powell type 1a) with matching double strike of PAID / 5 (type D) shortly after the take-over of the postal system by the Confederate POD from the USPOD; on cover to T.C. Williams Esq., Richmond, Va. and thus an OVERPAID DROP use, slightly reduced at top, Ex Harry Muldrow. $90.

T.C. Williams Sr. founded what would become the American Tobacco Company. Brief bio on linked page.