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United States and Confederate States Postal History and Foreign Stamps and Covers continued...

Smuggled and Flag-of-Truce Mail
Lot Sym. Lot Description  
2476 c Smuggled Thru-the-Lines Mail.> 3c Dull Red, Ty. II (26) tied by Louisville Jul. 7, 1861 double-circle datestamp and grid on cover and 3c Red Star Die entire (U27) with same Louisville datestamp (Jul. 14),
original letter from a daughter to her mothSmuggled Thru-the-Lines Mail. 3c Dull Red, Ty. II (26) tied by "Louisville Jul. 7, 1861" double-circle datestamp and grid on cover and 3c Red Star Die entire (U27) with same Louisville datestamp (Jul. 14), original letter from a daughter to her mother (Mrs. C. Waller) in Chicago, datelined "Airlie July 5th 1861" (Airlie Plantation at Pecan Grove La.) describes sending letters to and from Confederate Louisiana via private individuals in Louisville and New Orleans willing to carry them, this letter was carried by a Mr. Overton in Lexington and mailed at Louisville, mentions the need to pay 5c or 10c postage on southbound letters, entire has small edge tear, Very Fine (Image)

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E. 200-300

SOLD for $400.00
Will close during Public Auction
2477 c Smuggled Thru-the-Lines Mail.> Cover to Mrs. C. Waller in Chicago, same correspondence as lot 2476, sent to U.S. Dead Letter Office presumably because postage was not applied, bold Dead Letter Office Mar. 5,
1862 circular datestamp, pencil X, WaSmuggled Thru-the-Lines Mail. Cover to Mrs. C. Waller in Chicago, same correspondence as lot 2476, sent to U.S. Dead Letter Office presumably because postage was not applied, bold "Dead Letter Office Mar. 5, 1862" circular datestamp, pencil "X", "Washington D.C. Mar. 6, 1862" circular datestamp and "DUE 6cts" straightline handstamp, blue "Chicago Ill 8 A.M." carrier datestamp on back, original letter datelined "Airlie La. Jany. 30th 1862" (Airlie Plantation at Pecan Grove La.), Very Fine, smuggled thru the lines and either intercepted or sent to D.L.O. for non-prepayment of postage (Image)

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E. 500-750

SOLD for $1,100.00
Will close during Public Auction
2478 c Monroe La. Dec. 20 (1863?).> Circular datestamp and ms. Due 10c on cover to Mrs. Catharine Carson, Tyler Tex., soldiers letter endorsement in pencil <<Soldiers Letter, W W Carson, Co B, McNeils Batt. Cav.,>>
folded at left, one backflap added, oMonroe La. Dec. 20 (1863?). Circular datestamp and ms. "Due 10c" on cover to Mrs. Catharine Carson, Tyler Tex., soldier's letter endorsement in pencil "Soldiers Letter, W W Carson, Co B, McNeils Batt. Cav.", folded at left, one backflap added, otherwise Fine, accompanied by a letter from New York dated Nov. 8, 1863, which appears to be in the same hand as address and expresses sympathy to the writer's sister over the death of her husband, Mr. Gunter described the cover and enclosure as "Through the Lines via Monroe" but we cannot confirm that the letter goes with this cover, nor is it clear how a letter from New York would be sent via Monroe with a soldier's endorsement (Image)

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E. 300-400

SOLD for $160.00
Will close during Public Auction
2479 c Monroe La. Apr. 8 (1865?).> Circular datestamp and ms. Due 10 on cover to Mrs. James G. Carson, Tyler Tex., soldiers letter endorsement in pencil <<J. Carson, Co B, McNeils Regt,>> repaired flap and cleaned,
otherwise Fine, accompanied by a lettMonroe La. Apr. 8 (1865?). Circular datestamp and ms. "Due 10" on cover to Mrs. James G. Carson, Tyler Tex., soldier's letter endorsement in pencil "J. Carson, Co B, McNeils Regt", repaired flap and cleaned, otherwise Fine, accompanied by a letter from Chicago dated Feb. 17, 1865, from the brother of the addressee, Mr. Gunter described the cover and enclosure as "Through the Lines via Monroe" but, as in the case of lot 2478, we cannot confirm that the letter goes with this cover, nor is it clear how a letter from Chicago would be sent via Monroe with a soldier's endorsement, the letter mentions sending articles to the addressee and the uncertainty of letters reaching their destination (Image)

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E. 300-400

SOLD for $170.00
Will close during Public Auction
2480 c Norfolk Va. Nov. 23, 1861.> Blue circular datestamp and matching <Paid 10c.> in circle on small <flag-of-truce> cover to Alexandria La., senders notation <<Postage inside>> (10c for C.S.A. postage), ms. ExdV
censor mark, Extremely Fine, an esNorfolk Va. Nov. 23, 1861. Blue circular datestamp and matching "Paid 10c." in circle on small flag-of-truce cover to Alexandria La., sender's notation "Postage inside" (10c for C.S.A. postage), ms. "Exd/V" censor mark, Extremely Fine, an especially clean and attractive example of this scarce thru-the-lines use via Norfolk, this exchange point was only used for a brief period early in the war, the 10c C.S.A. rate makes this quite rare (Image)

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E. 500-750

SOLD for $950.00
Will close during Public Auction
2481 c Smuggled Mail from New Orleans.> 3c Rose (65) with wide straddle-pane margin showing part of stamp from adjoining pane, tied by brush stroke, bold <Summit Miss.> dateless circle handstamp on small cover to
Berzelia Ga., ms. <<from Orleans>> and <Smuggled Mail from New Orleans. 3c Rose (65) with wide straddle-pane margin showing part of stamp from adjoining pane, tied by brush stroke, bold "Summit Miss." dateless circle handstamp on small cover to Berzelia Ga., ms. "from Orleans" and "due 10c", additional ms. "Pd WEL", receipt docketing "Recd 4 Feb/64"

VERY FINE. AN EXTREMELY RARE COVER SMUGGLED OUT OF FEDERAL-OCCUPIED NEW ORLEANS AND PLACED INTO THE CONFEDERATE MAILS AT SUMMIT, MISSISSIPPI.

The manuscript "from Orleans" notation applied at the Summit post offices indicates that the postmaster was aware of the letter's origin and familiar with the practice of smuggling mail out of New Orleans where Confederate sympathizers were under the governance of the U.S. military. Because of its location on the New Orleans, Jackson and Great Northern Railroad, the town of Summit, Mississippi, was an exchange point for thru-the-lines mail to and from the western Confederacy. The U.S. stamp was affixed in New Orleans, but it served no purpose in the Confederate mail system. (Image)

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E. 1,500-2,000

SOLD for $2,100.00
Will close during Public Auction

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