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Charleston SC large single rim CDS 25 AUG (1863) with large handstamp soldier's (Due) 10 Type K. Blue paper cover from the Grimball Correspondence addressed to J. Berkley Grimball, Spartanburg, Spartanburg (District). So. Ca. Receiving docketing at left "W. H. Grimball 24th Aug 1863." Endorsed at upper left "Fort Sumter Lt W. H. Grimball 1st SC Artillery." John Berkley Grimball (1800-1892) was a prominent South Carolina planter and plantation owner with sons in Confederate service. The family correspondence is extensive and is known also for blockade covers. The correspondence is archived at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. William Heyward Grimball (1837-1864) was one of J. Berkley Grimball's sons and served as a Lieut in the 1st SC Art at Fort Sumter and James Island. He died of Typhoid Fever at Charleston SC 7/27/1864 contracted while serving on James Island. Very Fine Cover. Ex- Brian Green.

$200.00 SOLD

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