RT31 USA #U10 Postal Stationery with a full strike of the small double circle Blue Raleigh NC CDS 23 MAY 1861 North Carolina Independent State. The North Carolina Independent State period is the shortest of all lasting only 7 days (20 MAY 1861 - 27 MAY 1861). Addressed to Miss Annie B. S. Pettigrew, Scuppernong, N. Carolina. Part of backflap torn away in opening, but otherwise Very Fine. PF Certificate #108 008 from 1982. SOLD