NC957

CSA #6 Horz Pair (margins a little tight) tied by the Wilmington NC CDS 23 AUG. Railroad address to Donald McRae Esq, Prest Endor Iron Works, McIvers Station, Fayetteville & Western Rail Road via Fayetteville N. C. Light gray Overall Advertising Cover "Merchant Insurance Co. of Hartford, Conn Capital $200,000." Imprint of a New York City printer. Contains as part of the design an illustration of Mercury with a Shield. Example of a Connecticut advertising cover used in Confederate North Carolina. Cover with a minor edge repair to a little insect nibbling at the lower left edge. Overall a very clean appearance and quite a scarce use. Ex-Kilbourne, Ex-Hannen CSA Railroad Collection.

The Western Railroad was a short 43 mile line connecting Fayetteville to the coal fields at Egypt (now Cumnock) NC. McIver's Station was not a post office but was the terminus of the railroad line at the coal fields and the location of the Endor Iron Works (Endor Iron Furnace) founded by brothers John and Donald McRae of Wilmington NC. The Iron Works supplied pig iron to the Confederacy 1862-1865 which was used to make weapons. The Iron Works is currently being restored as a Lee County tourist attraction.		 $850.00

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