Lot
2029 
Confederacy, Evans & Cogswell Stationers & Printers, Columbia S.C., oval corner card with printed charge box notation at top right on orange cover bearing 10¢ blue (11), large margins, tied by blue "Columbia S.C." cds to Robert Barnwell Rhett, Editor of Charleston Mercury, Charleston S.C.; couple small edge flaws, Very Fine and scarce ad from this firm while in Columbia. Estimate $200 - 300.
When areas of Charleston were subjected to the shelling by Union batteries, some businesses moved to Columbia. The printing firm of Evans & Cogswell was one of these businesses. They build a printing plant at the corner of Gervais and Huger streets in 1863 and began printed currency for the Confederate government. On the night of February 17, 1865, Sherman's Army burned this print plant. The original brick walls stood, it was later rebuilt and still stands to this day.
Realized: $350