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Confederate States Stamps & Covers

LotNo.

Symbol

CatNo.

Lot Description

2021

Confederacy, U.S. Used in the Confederacy Cover Group. Balance of 15 covers; with 10 U.S. 3¢ (26) usages with postmarks including "Alexandria, Va., May 16, 1861", "Wheeling, Va., May 22, 1861", "Natchez, Miss., May 2, 1861", "Charleston, S.C., Feb 16, 1861", "Charleston, S.C., Apr 7, 1861", red "Pittsylvania C.H., Va., May 6" (last day of independent state) with enclosure regarding negro merchant, "Yorkville, S.C., Mar 13", etc., 4 U.S. 3¢ Star Die (U27) usages (one missing additional stamp) with "La Grange, Tex., Apr 5, 1861" & "Augusta, Ga. Feb 15"; condition varied, generally F.-V.F.
Estimate; $500 - 750. (Image1)

Est. $500-750
SOLD for $450.00
Will close during Public Auction

2022

Confederacy, Florida State Postmark Group. Of seven covers; with "Warrington, Fla." stampless with "Paid" and "5" handstamps, "Saint Augustine, Fla." cds on U.S. #26 franked independent state cover with corner cards, four Tallahassee cds usages including two turned cover usages (#7 & #12 usages), and a Gainsville, Fla. cds tying #7 pair, F.-V.F. or better.
Estimate; $500 - 750. (Image1)

Est. $500-750
SOLD for $325.00
Will close during Public Auction

2023

Confederacy, Georgia Stampless Cover Group. Balance of 16 covers; cds's including Savannah with Paid 5 and Paid 10 ratemarkers, similar Columbus, others with Hawkinsville, Marietta, Griffin, Ringgold, Washington, Forsyth, red Sparta, Covington, red Buck Eye, etc.; condition varies, generally F.-V.F. or better.
Estimate; $300 - 400. (Image1)

Est. $300-400
SOLD for $475.00
Will close during Public Auction

2024

Confederacy, North Carolina Stampless Cover Group. Balance of 15 covers; cds's including Warrenton & Oxford with various ratemarkers, others with Ashville, Oaks, Ridgeway, blue Taylorsville, Elizabethtown, Ashboro & Fayetteville on same cover, manuscript with Lovely Mt., etc.; condition varies, generally F.-V.F. or better.
Estimate; $300 - 400. (Image1)

Est. $300-400
SOLD for $450.00
Will close during Public Auction

2025

Confederacy, South Carolina Postal History Collection. A two volume collection giving a wonderful overview of South Carolina Postal History, includes a large number of Handstamped Paids from a wide variety of towns, a few Adversity covers are noted, additionally there is a wonderful range of covers from Columbia including a couple provisionals and some nice Charleston covers as well, condition is mixed, but the is a fine lot worth careful inspection.
Estimate; $2,000 - 3,000.

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Est. $2,000-3,000
SOLD for $2,300.00
Will close during Public Auction

2026

Confederacy, South Carolina Cover Stock. Group over 30 covers identified in sleeves; includes 8 stampless usages from towns including Manning, Pocotaligo, Sumter (ex-Kohn, Green cert), Yorkville, Cheraw, etc., two U.S. used in C.S.A. usages (both U.S. #26 from Charleston) and an Independent State use (U.S. U26 from Columbia), regular issue usages including #1 x2, #2 x2, #4 including pair from Greenville, #7 usages including two singles tied by violet Pendleton cds (P.F. cert) and #11 & 12 mostly common usages; condition mixed, worth review.
Estimate; $500 - 750.

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Est. $500-750
SOLD for $750.00
Will close during Public Auction

2027

Confederacy, South Carolina Stampless Cover Group. Balance of 21 covers; with cds's including Charleston (both types) with various ratemarkers, similar Columbia and Pocotalico, Five Mile, red Pomaria, Stateburgh, Camden, Rock Hill with Paid 30 rate, manuscript with Dacusville, etc.; condition varies, generally Fine or better.
Estimate; $300 - 400. (Image1)

Est. $300-400
SOLD for $500.00
Will close during Public Auction

2028

Confederacy, Sumter, S.C. Cover Group. Of 20 covers; includes 8 stampless items including unusual manuscript "2" drop over "10" handstamp rate (with early letter regarding cover), some incoming usages including turned, stamped items including Independent State and U.S. used in C.S.A, usages on 3¢ Nesbitt entires, also incoming U.S. used in C.S.A. with scarce U.S. #25 from Manning S.C., regular issues including #2, #6 & 7 usages, #11 usages including adversity, also included a Sumter merchant $1 token coin; condition varied, generally Fine or better.
Estimate; $400 - 600.

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Est. $400-600
SOLD for $500.00
Will close during Public Auction

2029

Confederacy, Tennessee Cover Stock. Group over 16 covers identified in sleeves; includes stampless usages from towns including Columbia, red Clarksville with blue "Paid 5" rate handstamp, Dresden, etc., regular issue usages including #1 x3 from Memphis, Knoxville & Nashville, #2 x3, #5 with manuscript McMillan postmark, etc.; condition is mixed, inspect.
Estimate; $300 - 400.

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Est. $300-400
SOLD for $475.00
Will close during Public Auction

2030

Confederacy, Texas Cover Stock. Group over 16 covers identified in sleeves; includes 11 stampless usages from towns including Independence, Ownensville, Huntsville, Chapel Hill, Anderson, Belton, Boston, discernible Mt. Pleasant with 5 rate handstamp struck four times, etc., regular issue usages including #4 from Galveston, #6 solo use from Austin & #7 pair tied by Elkhart manuscript, etc.; condition mixed, worth review.
Estimate; $400 - 600.

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Est. $400-600
SOLD for $575.00
Will close during Public Auction

2031

Confederacy, (Virginia) Richmond, Va. Postal History Collection. An outstanding collection housed in nine Scott album all individually mounted and neatly written up covering virtually ever aspect of Confederate Philately in Richmond, Va., many better covers and usages abound in this fascinating collection, included are Stampless covers (both civilian & soldier usages), Independent States & United States CSA usages, Adversity covers, Wallpaper Covers, Patriotic covers, Missent usages, covers with Advertised markings, Blue Richmond Postmarks, one interesting cover addressed to the Quartermaster of the Irish Battalion, Overpaid Drop usages, Turned covers, Forwarded usages, etc., noted is one cover franked with 2¢ Green (#3), 5 or six covers franked with 10¢ rose (#5), three covers with #8 single and one with strip of 5, three cover franked with 10¢ TEN (#9), a 10¢ Frameline on a piece, three covers franked with 20¢ green (#13), plus a number of combination frankings and much more, mixed condition, however this is a very nice lot and deserves careful inspection.
Estimate; $7,500 - 10,000.

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Est. $7,500-10,000
SOLD for $14,500.00
Will close during Public Auction

2032

Confederacy, Virginia Cover Stock. Group over 55 covers identified in sleeves; includes 14 stampless usages from towns including Halifax C.H., Howardsville, Locust Bottom manuscript, Sweet Chalybeat, Richmond including usage to Scotland a month prior to secession, etc., regular issue usages including #1 x8 including couple pair usages and attorney corner card use, #2 x6 including turned and adversity usages, #4 x5 including couple pair usages and #4+6 combination, #5, #6-7 usages x9 including couple single usages including drop, and #11 & 12 mostly common usages; condition mixed, worth review.
Estimate; $1,000 - 1,500.

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Est. $1,000-1,500
SOLD for $1,400.00
Will close during Public Auction

2033

Confederacy, Virginia Stampless Cover Group. Balance of 19 covers; cds's with Richmond with various ratemarkers, Marion with "Paid 5" and "Paid 10" rate handstamps, similar Cobham, rimless Forest Depot, Monterey, Norfolk, etc., manuscript postmarks including Rockfish Depot and Jarrett's Station, etc.; condition varies, generally F.-V.F. or better.
Estimate; $300 - 400. (Image1)

Est. $300-400
SOLD for $475.00
Will close during Public Auction

2034

Confederacy, Stampless Cover Group. Balance of 30 covers from Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee & Texas; cds's including Alabama with Troy and Prattville, Louisiana with red Alexandria with various rates, blue St. Joseph with large Paid 5, Mississippi with red Louisville, Canton with woodblock Paid 5, Tennessee with Greenville, faulty negative Union City, "San Antonio, Tex., Paid" in red and green; condition varies, otherwise Fine or better.
Estimate; $500 - 750.

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Est. $500-750
SOLD for $1,600.00
Will close during Public Auction

2035

Confederacy, Stampless Cover Balance. Of 11 covers; includes two Bowling Green, Ky. usages with different ratemarkers, Columbus Ky., couple Florida usages including turned cover to A. Stephens, Thibodeaux, La. to Gen. Bragg in Pensacola, overweight legal size cover from Charleston with "Paid 15" rate, P.O. official usage, etc..
Estimate; $500 - 750.

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Est. $500-750
SOLD for $425.00
Will close during Public Auction

2036

Confederacy, Alabama Advertising Covers. Balance of 17 covers; with 4 stampless including printed back corner card from Selma and red illustrated Talladega Insurance Co., Alabama circular corner card on backflap showing locomotive, 4 U.S. used in Confederacy covers including green "Richardson, Moore & Co., Wholesale Grocers, Mobile, Ala." cameo corner card used second to last day U.S. stamps could be used in the south, and 9 regular issue usages including #2 on Attorney at Law, Greenville, Ala. corner card cover, #5 (faulty) on cover to "Clark's County Rangers, Tupelo, Miss" with red "Dickinson & Kilpatrick, Attorneys at Law, Grove Hill, Ala." cameo corner card; condition varied, generally Fine or better.
Estimate; $400 - 600.

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Est. $400-600
SOLD for $650.00
Will close during Public Auction

2037

Confederacy, Georgia Advertising Covers. Balance of over 40 covers; includes 19 stampless usages, Augusta, Ga. with three nice wholesale grocer cameos and "Southern Foundery and Machine Shop", Macon with illustrated Hayden & Goolsby, Sale & Livery Stable cameo showing two-horse drawn coach, 4 U.S. used in Confederacy usages (all U.S. 26) including University of Georgia cameo from Athens, and 19 regular issue usages with #2 on illustrated "J.H. Alford, Livery & Sale Stables, Augusta, Ga." cameo cover showing two-horse drawn buggy, another different buggy & wagon cameo from August with #2 defective, four #1 usages with grocer and marble works companies, etc.; condition mix, generally Fine or better.
Estimate; $1,500 - 2,000.

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Est. $1,500-2,000
SOLD for $1,500.00
Will close during Public Auction

2038

Confederacy, Louisiana Advertising Covers. Balance of 20 covers; includes 4 stampless with Mt. Lebanon University oval corner card and a legal size court cover to Marshall, Tex. with "Thos. H. Pitts, Recorder and Notary Public, Shreveport, La." oval corner card and "Paid 40" rating, 7 U.S. used in Confederacy covers including allover shaded "Payan & Carhart, Wholesale Dealers in Fashion & Clothing, New Orleans" ad, and 9 regular issue usages including five #1 usages (mostly albino embossed corner cards) and a #4 usage with printed merchant ad on reverse; condition varies, generally Fine or better.
Estimate; $400 - 600.

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Est. $400-600
SOLD for $750.00
Will close during Public Auction

2039

Confederacy, Mississippi Advertising Covers. Balance of 5 covers/front; with 2 stampless including attorney printed corner card from Raleigh and pink illustrated allover A. Brown & Co., General Merchant, Ripley, Miss. shaded ad showing four-mule wagon scene, and 3 regular issue usages including #1 on gray allover Klein & Brothers, Fine Watches, Jewelry, Cutlery, Pistols, Vicksburg, Miss. shaded ad front to New Orleans with boxed "Adv" handstamp; condition varied, generally Fine or better.
Estimate; $300 - 400.

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Est. $300-400
SOLD for $575.00
Will close during Public Auction

2040

Confederacy, North Carolina Advertising Covers. Balance of 19 covers and a few fronts; with 11 stampless covers including grocer boxed corner card usage from Hendersonville, N.C. and a pink allover shaded Salem Mutual Insurance Co., Salem, N.C. ad, regular issues (later issue frankings) including turned cover usage with publishing hose ad inside (handcarried) and another publisher boxed printed ad from Greensboro, front with illustrated "Military Academy, Hillsborough, N.C." ad showing academy building and a #68XU11 usage on albino embossed Raleigh & Gaston Railroad corner card with railroad enclosure; condition varied, generally Fine or better.
Estimate; $500 - 750.

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Est. $500-750
SOLD for $950.00
Will close during Public Auction