1942 Florence County SC Real Estate Deed Leah Townsend Petway Stamps # 1149

Original 1942 Florence County, South Carolina real-estate deed transferring property from Leah Townsend to Rennie Rollins Petway for the stated consideration of $1,500. The deed covers Lots 18 and 19 of the Nettles Lands in Florence County, comprising approximately 9½ acres with about 400 feet of frontage on the Florence–Darlington Highway, U.S. Route 52. The document was executed and notarized on December 5, 1942, and recorded in Florence County Deed Book 90, page 255. An especially attractive feature is the group of seven original documentary revenue stamps still attached to the deed: * Four United States documentary stamps totaling $1.65 * Three South Carolina documentary stamps totaling $3.00 The document also includes original signatures, witness signatures, embossed notary seals, county recording information, and a later handwritten notation documenting a 1985 transfer from Rinnie/Rennie Rollins Petway to Oscar Watts. A desirable piece of Florence County legal, real-estate, genealogical, postal-revenue, and local-history memorabilia. The grantee’s first name appears with spelling variations including Rennie, Fennie, and Rinnie in the document and later notation. Condition is fair to good for its age, with original storage folds, toning, light staining, handling wear, faint impressions, and handwritten archival notations. The stamps remain attached and the document is readable and appears complete. Please examine all photographs carefully, as they are part of the description. Sold as an original historical collectible document. The stamps have not been removed or altered.