Lot
2989 
Confederacy, 1862, 2¢ green, horizontal pair, ample to large margins with pre-use crease between stamps, in combination with 1862, 5¢ blue, Archer & Daly print (7) with mostly large margins, all tied by "Goldborough, N.C., Jan 31" cds's on homemade cover to Haywood, N.C., 1861 year docketing at left, with 1¢ deficiency no doubt paid in cash for the 10¢ rate, Extremely Fine, ex-Freeland.Scott No. 3 Estimate $7,500 - 10,000.
A REMARKABLE AND UNIQUE 2¢ JACKSON PAIR AND 5¢ RICHMOND LOCAL ISSUE COMBINATION ON COVER.
The 2¢ rate was authorized for drop rate & circulars as well as newspapers and periodicals weighing less than three ounces. These stamps were sometime used in strips of five paying the ten cent rate.
The letter was written on January 30th and posted on January 31st, 1863 and "answered by letter directed to the care of General Daniel at Kinston, N.C." in February. General Junius Daniel was charged with rebuilding the Wilmington & Weldon railroad bridge that had been destroyed December 17th during the battle of Goldsborough Bridge at the end of Foster's Raid.
Realized: $7,500