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The Steven C. Walske Collection of Special Mail Routes of the American Civil War continued...

C.S.A. Post Office Mail to the U.S.
Lot Sym. Lot Description  
28 c Baton Rouge La. Jun. 1, 1861 -- First Day of the Confederate States Postal System.> Mostly clear strike of circular datestamp with prominent date, Paid handstamp and manuscript 10 C.S.A. rate, crossed out in blue
manuscript which also cancels andBaton Rouge La. Jun. 1, 1861 -- First Day of the Confederate States Postal System. Mostly clear strike of circular datestamp with prominent date, "Paid" handstamp and manuscript "10" C.S.A. rate, crossed out in blue manuscript which also cancels and ties 3c Dull Red, Ty. III (26) on yellow cover to Huntington (Long Island) N.Y., from the Waller correspondence, immaculate condition

EXTREMELY FINE. AN OUTSTANDING COVER POSTMARKED ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES POSTAL SYSTEM AND ADDRESSED TO THE NORTH, BEARING BOTH CONFEDERATE AND UNITED STATES POSTAGE FOR THE FIRST TIME POSSIBLE.

This cover was mailed from Baton Rouge on June 1 and reached Memphis, Tennessee, on June 3, just three days before the U.S. suspended service at that post office. The 10c C.S.A. postage paid the over-500 miles rate, and the sender affixed the 3c 1857 stamp to pay U.S. postage once the letter crossed the border. This date -- June 1, 1861 -- is the earliest that postage of both sides could be used together in a mixed franking.

Illustrated in Special Routes (p. 13). Ex Everett and McCarren (Image)

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E. 4,000-5,000

SOLD for $4,500.00
Will close during Public Auction
29 c Baton Rouge La. Jun. 5, 1861.> Mostly clear circular datestamp with matching Paid and 10 handstamps on yellow cover to Huntington (Long Island) N.Y., from the Waller correspondence, <3c Dull Red, Ty. III (26)>
with blue manuscript cancel, blue peBaton Rouge La. Jun. 5, 1861. Mostly clear circular datestamp with matching "Paid" and "10" handstamps on yellow cover to Huntington (Long Island) N.Y., from the Waller correspondence, 3c Dull Red, Ty. III (26) with blue manuscript cancel, blue pencil "10", manuscript "Recd 14th June" docketing, top edge of cover restored and one backflap added, stamp has faults

VERY FINE APPEARANCE. ONE OF THE LAST PIECES OF REGULAR MAIL TO CROSS THE BORDER FROM THE CONFEDERATE STATES INTO THE UNITED STATES.

This cover was mailed from Baton Rouge on June 5 and would normally have passed through Memphis, Tennessee. However, since the U.S. suspended service at that office on June 6, the letter was routed through Nashville and arrived at Louisville around June 10. It was sent north without penalty. The 10c C.S.A. postage paid the over-500 miles rate, and the sender affixed the 3c 1857 stamp to pay U.S. postage once the letter crossed the border.

Ex Everett and Gunter (Image)

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E. 1,500-2,000

SOLD for $1,800.00
Will close during Public Auction
30 c Savannah Ga. Paid Jun. 5, 1861.> Partly clear circular datestamp and <10 C.S.A. rate> handstamp on <3c Red on Buff Star Die entire (U27)> to Wilmington Del., diverted to U.S. Dead Letter Office with <Dead Letter
Office P.O. Dpt. Jun. 29, 1861> ovSavannah Ga. Paid Jun. 5, 1861. Partly clear circular datestamp and "10" C.S.A. rate handstamp on 3c Red on Buff Star Die entire (U27) to Wilmington Del., diverted to U.S. Dead Letter Office with "Dead Letter Office P.O. Dpt. Jun. 29, 1861" oval datestamp and "Due 3 cts." straightline, blue Baltimore datestamp on back, part of flap and backstamp missing

VERY FINE. A RARE NORTHBOUND COVER THAT CROSSED THE BORDER BETWEEN THE CONFEDERATE STATES AND UNITED STATES AT NASHVILLE JUST PRIOR TO SUSPENSION OF THIS MAIL ROUTE, PREPAID WITH POSTAGE OF BOTH SIDES.

This cover was mailed from Savannah on June 5, passed through Nashville and arrived at Louisville around June 10. It was sent north without penalty, although once it reached Baltimore it was diverted to the Dead Letter Office. The 10c C.S.A. postage paid the over-500 miles rate. (Image)

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E. 1,500-2,000

SOLD for $2,700.00
Will close during Public Auction
31 c Monroe N.C. June 5 (1861).> Manuscript postmark and <Paid 10 C.S.A. rate> (with additional smaller 10) on <3c Red on Buff Star Die entire (U27) to Manchester Mo.,> passed through Louisville two days before that
mail route was closed, upon arriv"Monroe N.C. June 5" (1861). Manuscript postmark and "Paid 10" C.S.A. rate (with additional smaller "10") on 3c Red on Buff Star Die entire (U27) to Manchester Mo., passed through Louisville two days before that mail route was closed, upon arrival in St. Louis it was backstamped with "Saint Louis Mo. Jun. 13, 1861" circular datestamp and diverted to the U.S. Dead Letter Office, "Dead Letter Office P.O. Dpt. Jun. 29, 1861" oval datestamp and "Due 3 cts." straightline applied upon release, minor dampstains at right and left, with original letter (see below)

A REMARKABLE POSTAL HISTORY ARTIFACT, BEING ONE OF THE LAST COVERS TO TRAVEL ACROSS THE LINES BY REGULAR MAIL FROM THE CONFEDERATE STATES TO THE UNITED STATES, SHOWING THE POSTAGE RATES OF BOTH GOVERNMENTS.

On June 12, 1861, the U.S. suspended service at the Nashville post office, which effectively closed down the last remaining northbound mail route from the Confederate States. The Nashville postmaster continued to forward northbound mail, but letters were stopped at Louisville starting on June 13. This letter reached Louisville around June 11 and was sent on to St. Louis, however, at that distributing point, it was diverted to the U.S. Dead Letter Office.

The letter enclosure was first dated May 28 at Monroe N.C. and written by the addressee's sister. It is an articulate and heartfelt commentary on wartime preparations: "Tailors were hired to cut & fit, while the ladies of Monroe made up a suit apiece for all of them beside the tents, towels, knapsacks &c. necessary for a camp equipage. The poor fellows left yesterday, & a fine looking set of young men can hardly be found. They were the flower of the county." etc. Shortly after, the addressee's brother picked up the pen, noting that his children had scribbled on the letter (a few lines of rebel sentiment) and adding another page of commentary.

In this one cover and letter we have the essential elements of disunion at the start of the Civil War: family members separated by conflict, two separate postal systems using the last thin thread of mail exchange, and the radical change in the cost of sending letters for correspondents in the South.

Illustrated in Special Routes (p. 14). (Image)

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E. 1,500-2,000

SOLD for $1,600.00
Will close during Public Auction

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