Lot
2975 
Confederacy, 1861, 10¢ blue, Paterson printing, ample to large margins, tied by light Charlestown, S.C. cds on fresh cover to "Capt. John McCrady, C.S. Engineer Office, Savannah, Ga.", Very Fine and choice.Scott No. 2 Estimate $200 - 300.
John McCrady, was born in Charleston, studied at Harvard and later became a professor of mathematics at the College of Charleston. He resigned his position at the outbreak of the war and became an officer in the Confederate engineers. After the close of the war, the rest of his life was academic.
Realized: $280