LURAY Va. JUN 1 (day in pen) blue CDS with matching PAID (CC type A, CV $200) on cover. The date was changed in pen to “July” by postmaster. If used in 1861, it is ordinary. If 1862, it is the FIRST DAY OF UNIVERSAL RATE CHANGE. With the additional “pd” noted (possibly as paid 10¢, not 5¢), it is more likely than not to be 1862, but there is no way to prove it. addressed to Dr. A.G. Grinnan near Orange CH Va. Rounded corner at upper left. Ex John Vagnetti. $200.

Andrew Glassell Grinnan (1827-1902) was born in Fredericksburg, the son of Daniel Grinnan, Jr., and his second wife Helen Buchan Glassell. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in medicine in 1848 and practiced at Madison Court House, Virginia, until 1859, when he married and moved to his estate, "Brampton," near Rapidan Station, Madison County, Virginia. After his marriage to Georgia Screven Bryan on June 2, 1859, at "Eagle's Point," Gloucester County, Virginia, he gave up medicine for business interests. Hundreds of his letters and other papers are housed at the Special Collections Library at UVA.