CSA #12c, 10¢ bluish green with huge margins all around, tied neat CHARLESTON / S.C. // MAR / 22 cds on pristine homemade cover to Mrs. O. H. Middleton, Columbia, S. Carolina, Extremely Fine  $180.

Oliver Hering Middleton (1798-1892)  was born at Clifton, Gloucestershire, England; educated at South Carolina College; entered U. S. Naval Academy but resigned and retired to his estates and the life of an opulent planter.