NC659 |
CSA #68xu1 Raleigh NC Handstamp
PAID 5 Provisional with the small double circle Raleigh NC CDS in BLUE 10 AUG 1861 and
the PAID 5
Control Mark in RED.
Very decent strikes of the postal markings. Orange paper cover
addressed to J. J. Hoyle Esq, Knob Creek, Cleaveland NC. Part of
backflap missing. Light edge mounting marks at bottom center and left
center. Very clean appearing cover. Joseph J. Hoyle would later enlist
at age 24 in Co F 55th
NC Inf
on 5/30/1862. He was promoted Sergt 11/25/1862 and commissioned 1st Lt
3/11/1863. He was wounded at Globe Tavern, Va 8/18/1864 and died of his
wounds at a Richmond hospital 9/1/1864. Very clean cover. |
$450.00 |