NC899

Turned Cover -- First Use: CSA #2e Light Milky Blue Paterson Stone Y (4-Margin and a Very Fine stamp) tied by two strikes of the BLUE Danville, Va CDS 12 SEP (1862). Addressed to Mrs. Mary M. McClain, Alexander County NC, Yorks Collegiate Institute. Second Use: CSA #7 Horz Pair (4-Margin with the right stamp showing a filled-in frame variety on the right CC 7-R-v2) Grid Cancel (not tied) and manuscript postal markings at the upper left "York Institute NC 17th July (1863)." Adressed to the Sherriff (sic) of Meclenburge (Meckleburg) County, Charlotte NC. The cover has been folded out for display but has been cut to display the second use (York Institute) on the outside with the Stone Y stamp from the first use flapped up from the lower left. Edge wear. Ex-Maurice Bursey Collection. York Collegiate Institute was a school in Alexander County NC founded by Brantley York in 1856 who founded a number of schools one of which became Duke University. York Collegiate Institute lasted into the early 1900's changing its name to York Institute and had its own listed post office with the post office active 1856-1908. Wartime CSA covers from this school post office are very scarce. This cover could arguably be considered as a College Cover because of the school post office manuscript postal markings. The cover was unfolded to take the scan of the inside First Use (Danville side of the cover) and then resealed. The paper of the cover is thin and shows wear. It is best left the way it is. A copy of the scan of the inside use is included with the cover.

$1,000.00

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