Mr Fancy Cancel CSA 12 COVER TIED CHARLESTON SC 1862 CDS EX-METZ CV$140

Very nice CSA 12 on cover tied by CHARLESTON SC DEC 8 1862 CDS. Owner's mark on th back (from Trish Kaufmann's excellent website:) BM within state of Tennessee - small neat green handstamp, usually seen on Tennessee postal history Billy P. Matz (1925-2008) was widely recognized for his Tennessee postal history collections, mainly of Memphis. The Matz family were fixtures at CSA conventions in the last half of the 20th century, including CSA members Betty, his wife, and sons Rusty and Will. Billy joined the CSA in 1963 as member 1276. He served as president from 1970-71 when I became co-editor of the Confederate Philatelist.