LB5

Stampless Sumter SC (no postmark) cover rated with the distinctive Sumter manuscript "2" for Drop Letter use. The Sumter postmaster did not use a postmark on local drop letters. The Sumter 2c drop letter use is unlisted in the new CSA Catalog. Coarse paper cover with a light address locally to Mr. W. F. B Hainsworth (Haynsworth), Sumter, So. Ca. thru the politeness of A. ----- (cannot make out the last name). William Francis Baker Haynsworth (1824-1905) was a prominent lawyer in Sumter. The notation in the address indicates that the cover was handcarried into Sumter from somewhere else and then "Dropped" at the post office. Scarce Drop Letter use. Very clean cover. Ex-Baum Collection.

$450.00 SOLD