Items for Sale - CSA 12, 10¢ Blue Intaglio - Type II on Cover - Section Three

Item# 18358

Price: $100

CSA 12, 10¢ light blue (small faults) used with manuscript cancel on soldier’s cover to Jno. R. Wallace, Serg. Maj., 38th N.C. Troops, Seales Brigade, Wilcox Division, A.N.V. Light docketing up left side [from] D. H. Wallace. Late use, probably in 1865 as Wallace was promoted to sergeant major December 14, 1864. $100.

John Robeson Wallace was from Duplin County, N.C., and enlisted as a private on May 5, 1862, at the age of 28. He first served in Company A, NC 43rd Infantry. At promotion, he was transferred to Field & Staff, NC 38th Infantry. He surrendered with the Army of Northern Virginia at Appomattox on April 9, 1865.

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