Lot
3034 
Confederacy, 1863, 10¢ blue, three horizontal strips of three and single, all tied by "Goldsborough, N.C., Jun 25" cds's on legal size 1864 cover addressed to Col. Geo. Wortham in Plymouth, N.C.; pairs with some nicks near top edge and backflap missing, otherwise Very Fine, a very scarce 70¢ multiple rate franking.Scott No. 11 Estimate $400 - 600.
George Wortham was colonel of the 50th North Carolina and commander of CSA troops in the Plymouth garrison. In mid-April 1864, Confederate forces retook Plymouth, NC. with the iron clad ram "CSS Albemarle" proved decisive. Two thousand Federal forces were captured.
Realized: $700