LB1

USA 3c RED Nesbitt Postal Stationey (1854) (U10 buff) with a Grid Cancel and the Sumter SC CDS 5 JAN 1861 to the left. Yeardate is in the CDS. South Carolina Independent State. Addressed to Hon T. B. Fraser, Charleston, So. Ca. Light period ink stain at upper left. Small edge piece out at the top center not involving the postmark and does not distract from an overall very clean appearance. Otherwise a very clean cover. Thomas Boone Fraser Sr (1825-1900), a lawyer and a circuit judge, was a native of Sumter SC and is buried there. His son, Thomas Boone Fraser Jr (1860-1925), became an Associate Justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court. Ex-Baum Collection.

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