Lot
81 
Confederacy, 1862, 5¢ Blue. Four clear margins except just shaving tip of ornament at right, tied by blue" Columbia, S.C." cds on ladies cover from Ruth L. Nesbitt to her husband, Captain Thomas Nesbitt, 9th Regiment, 3rd Brigade, Georgia State Troops at Newton, Georgia, cover with red piping on front and back edges, reverse showing matching red engraved monogram initials "RLN" of Mrs. Nesbitt on back flap, Very Fine and attractive, ex-Tate (Pictured in Monroe Book, pg. 80). Scott No. 4 Estimate $300 - 400.
There was a great shortage of envelopes in the Confederacy and printed personalized, high quality envelopes were almost non-existent. Blockade runners did import a limited quantity of high quality envelopes but printing services to personalize the envelopes were difficult to obtain.
Realized: $280