SC927 USA #26 with a Grid cancel and the large single rim Charleston SC “15” CDS 14 MAR 1861 USA Used in CSA South Carolina. The Charleston postmark with the internal “15” is a pre-war mark used 1857-1860. At the present time, there are only two recorded examples of this Charleston postmark used in the Confederate period. The second is dated 25 MAR 1861 on a Trans-Atlantic cover to France offered as SC928. Addressed to W. Edw Dick Esq, Sumter So. Ca. Period docketing at left concerns the original contents “receipt for interest due on bond...” Clean cover with backflap opening tears and a small sealed edge tear top center at the top of the CDS. Ex-Calhoun. $550.00

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