SC1055

CSA #12 (AD) (4-Margin) (4-Margin) tied by the pre-war Charleston SC smaller single rim postmark 3 NOV with an inverted day logo (1864 by period docketing). This Charleston postmark was only very occasionally used in the Confederate period. The postmarks more commonly used were the small double circle or the large single rim with yeardate and missing digit. This pre-war mark differs from the other more commonly used CSA single rim device in that it is somewhat smaller than the CSA mark, has a different style of lettering, and has no yeardate within the postmark. Only about 40 covers are recorded where this pre-war Charleston postmark was used from mid-1862 to mid-1864. Addressed to Mrs. R. Y. Dwight Care of Dr. Henry Ravenel, Black Oak PO SC. Routing directtion at lower left “Forward direct to Charleston.”  Endorsed at top “R. Y. D. Asst Surg PACS (Provisional Army of the Confederate States).” "R. Y. D." was Dr. Richard Yeadon Dwight (1837-1919) an 1859 graduate of the Medical College of South Carolina. Dr. Dwight entered service in November 1861 as a private in Holcombe's SC Cavalry Legion. By 1864, he was serving as an Assistant Surgeon. Light coarse brown paper cover which appears to be homemade. Small edge and corner faults and a minor reduction at the left. Very clean cover with a nice stamp and a scarce postmark.

$350.00

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