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The Barry K. Schwartz Collection of Kentucky Postal History continued...

Confederate Post Offices in Kentucky continued...
Lot Sym. Lot Description  
4163 c Columbus Ky.> Bold circular datestamp with unreadable date on buff cover to Mifflin Tenn., manuscript <<Due 5>> and in the same hand << Paid 5 Cents postage M.S.E.,>>> soldiers endorsement from member of 13th
Regt. Tenn. Vol., bottom right andColumbus Ky. Bold circular datestamp with unreadable date on buff cover to Mifflin Tenn., manuscript "Due 5" and in the same hand "I Paid 5 Cents postage M.S.E.", soldier's endorsement from member of 13th Regt. Tenn. Vol., bottom right and left corners clipped and repaired, reduced at right, rare and unusual (Image)

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E. 500-750

SOLD for $425.00
Will close during Public Auction
4164 c Columbus Ky. Feb. - .> Partly readable circular datestamp on small 1862 cover to Eggs Point Miss. with soldiers endorsement from member of Bolivar Troops, 1st Battalion, Miss. Cavalry, ^DUE5^ two-line
handstamp, with original letter which mentioColumbus Ky. Feb. - . Partly readable circular datestamp on small 1862 cover to Egg's Point Miss. with soldier's endorsement from member of Bolivar Troops, 1st Battalion, Miss. Cavalry, "DUE/5" two-line handstamp, with original letter which mentions Zollicoffer and action on the Tennessee River, flap removed, otherwise Very Fine (Image)

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E. 500-750

SOLD for $450.00
Will close during Public Auction
4165 c Hickman Ky. Sep. 5, 1861.> Double-circle datestamp with manuscript Pd 5 C.S.A. rate on small cover to Laconia Ark., pencil soldiers endorsement <<John B. Abercombie, Fourth Reg. Tenn. Vol.,>> rate overstruck
^DUE 5^ at Memphis, backflap partiaHickman Ky. Sep. 5, 1861. Double-circle datestamp with manuscript "Pd 5" C.S.A. rate on small cover to Laconia Ark., pencil soldier's endorsement "John B. Abercombie, Fourth Reg. Tenn. Vol.", rate overstruck "DUE 5" at Memphis, backflap partially removed and small mended nicks at top

THE EARLIEST RECORDED COVER FROM CONFEDERATE KENTUCKY, POSTMARKED JUST TWO DAYS AFTER THE SEPTEMBER 3, 1861, INVASION OF KENTUCKY BY THE CONFEDERATE ARMY.

Kentucky proclaimed its policy of neutrality on May 20, 1861, but the pro-Confederate and pro-Union citizens within the state were wary of an invasion force throughout the summer months, with each side accusing the other of breaching neutrality. Finally, to preempt a Federal occupation of Columbus, General Leonidas Polk ordered General Gideon Pillow to move on Hickman and Columbus, Pillow's troops entered Hickman on the morning of September 3. In response, General Ulysses S. Grant seized Paducah on September 6, and the Unionist movement in Kentucky gained momentum, ending neutrality.

This cover, postmarked at Hickman on September 5, is an extremely early Confederate occupation date. There is no record of an earlier postmark from any Confederate post office in Kentucky.

Ex Gallagher and Agre. (Image)

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E. 1,500-2,000

SOLD for $1,200.00
Will close during Public Auction
4166 c Hopkinsville Ky. Dec. 12, 1861.> Partly clear double-circle datestamp with manuscript Due 5 on blue on buff <Jefferson Davis Medallion and Verse Patriotic> cover to Elm Grove Miss., soldiers endorsement from
member of 7th Regt. Miss. Vol., ^DUE5Hopkinsville Ky. Dec. 12, 1861. Partly clear double-circle datestamp with manuscript "Due 5" on blue on buff Jefferson Davis Medallion and Verse Patriotic cover to Elm Grove Miss., soldier's endorsement from member of 7th Regt. Miss. Vol., "DUE/5" two-line handstamp applied in transit at Memphis, with original letter, slight wear at left and faint waterstain at bottom right

VERY FINE. A RARE AND CHOICE CONFEDERATE PATRIOTIC COVER FROM THE CONFEDERATE-OCCUPIED TOWN OF HOPKINSVILLE, KENTUCKY.

Ex Nunnelley (Image)

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E. 2,000-3,000

SOLD for $2,300.00
Will close during Public Auction


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