SC1182

Turned Cover -- 1st Use (inside) CSA #7 Horz Pair (4-Margin and looks to be on London Paper) tied by the Georgetown SC CDS with a NOV 1862 date and addressed to Mr. Pringle Smith, Columbia SC. 2nd Use (outside) CSA #2e Paterson Stone Y Greenish-Blue (4-Margin) tied by the BLUE Columbia SC CDS 10 DEC (1862) and addressed to Mr. William Dehon, Charleston, So. Ca. Both uses are well displayed with the cover flapped down from the left upper corner. Absolutely beautiful Stone Y stamp and very rarely seen on a turned cover. Very Fine  Ex-Cantey Collection and Ex-Monroe Collection. John Julius Pringle Smith (1816-1894), a lawyer and a very successful planter, was a signer of the South Carolina Ordinance of Secession 12/20/1860. William Dehon (1817-1862) was a Protestant Episcopal Clergyman and rector of St Phillip's Episcopal Church in Charleston. Rev Dehon died 12/5/1862. So the second use of this cover was posted to him 5 days after he died. Pringle Smith and William Dehon were related by marriage as their wives were both from the well-known Middleton family of Charleston, and both are buried in St Phillip's Churchyard in Charleston.

$850.00

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