Lot
1327 
Confederacy, 1862, 5¢ blue, Stone 2, Position 46, large margins with rich color, tied by "Griffin Ga., Apr 14" cds on 1862 folded letter to J.E. Brown at Milledgeville Ga., some good military content, "…Col J.H. Logan went to Savanah and was refused into Servis & the notorious Briggs a yankee who has been twice arrested id the opperator in the Telegraph office and many of the citizens of Griffin are disatisfied and wish him and every other yankee that is not above suspicion removed from such reponsible stations…William Mosely", Very Fine. Scott No. 4 Estimate $300 - 400.
Joseph Emerson Brown (1821-94), often referred to as Joe Brown, was an attorney and politician, serving as the 42nd Governor of Georgia from 1857 to 1865, the only governor to serve four terms. Brown was a leading secessionist in 1861, and led his state into the Confederacy.
Realized: $575