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Confederate States Stamps & Covers continued...

LotNo.

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CatNo.

Lot Description

2041

Confederacy, South Carolina Advertising Covers. Balance of over 30 covers and a few fronts; with 10 stampless usages including "P. Cantwell, Family Groceries, Columbia, S.C." allover illustrated shaded ad showing bottles and other sundries, green boxed "Columbia Factory & Machine Works, Columbia, S.C." cameo corner card, U.S. used in C.S.A. including Geo. W. Williams & Co., Wholesale Grocers, Charleston, S.C. cameo corner card use, and 12 regular issue usages including #1 and #7 pair on separate "Columbia Female College, Columbia, S.C." illustrated shaded ad covers showing college building, #2 on William, Birnie & Co., General Commission Merchants, Charleston, S.C. cameo corner card cover (used in Georgia), also includes couple faulty 10X1 usages; condition varied, generally Fine or better.
Estimate; $1,000 - 1,500.

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

2042

Confederacy, Tennessee Advertising Covers. Balance of 12 covers; with 8 stampless usages with Chattanooga all over hardware ad on reverse, illustrated allover shaded "Larry Harmstad, Steam Boat Agent and Forwarding Merchant, Memphis" ad showing steamboat (handcarried and faulty at top), green "Cole & Dyer, Wholesale Dealers, Memphis, Tenn." allover shaded ad used from Little Rock, Ark., and 4 regular issue usages including pink allover illustrated "Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tenn." ad cover with #2 (cleaned and stamp margins restored); condition varied, generally Fine or better.
Estimate; $400 - 600.

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Est. $400-600
SOLD for $900.00
Will close during Public Auction

2043

Confederacy, Richmond, Va. Advertising Covers. Balance of over 30 covers most from exhibit; with 15 stampless including red "Samuel Ayres & Co., Commission & Forwarding Merchants" fancy cameo, illustrated "Old Dominion Insurance Co." shaded ad (manuscript Piedmont, Va. postmark), illustrated Spotswood Hotel shaded ad, couple hand carried Adams Southern Express covers, etc., couple U.S. used in C.S.A. usages, and 14 regular issue usages including #1 adversity cover with albino embossed bookseller corner card on backflap, #11 on allover shaded "Spotts & Harvey, Grocer & Commission Merchant" ad cover, #12 with "Richmond Christian Advocate" green cameo, etc.; condition varied, generally F.-V.F. or better.
Estimate; $1,000 - 1,500.

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Est. $1,000-1,500
SOLD for $1,300.00
Will close during Public Auction

2044

Confederacy, Virginia Advertising Covers. Balance of over 40 covers; with 15 stampless including "Lancaster House, Goodson, Va." shield cameo corner card showing Masonic square & compass at center, printed box "Daily & Weekly Express, Petersburg, Va." (newspaper) corner card, allover shaded "Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Va." ad, couple female colleges and a railroad ad hand carried, etc., couple U.S. used in C.S.A. usages including illustrated Green's Mansion House, Alexandria, Va. allover hotel scene ad on cover reverse, and 22 regular issue on cover usages including #1's on grocer cameo covers from Petersburg, pair usage with boxed "Chiles H. Ferrell, Attorney at Law, Halifax Court House, Va." corner card, boxed "Farmville Female College", oval "Evangelical Tract Society, Petersburg, Va.", etc., couple mix issue frankings; condition varied, generally Fine or better.
Estimate; $1,500 - 2,000.

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Est. $1,500-2,000
SOLD for $1,700.00
Will close during Public Auction

2045

Confederacy, Ladies Covers Group. Balance of 26 covers; with 8 stampless embossed covers, one enamel, from towns including Tudor Hall, Va., Jonesborough, Te., Valdosta, Ga., Clarksville, Ga., Spartanburg, S.C., Lima, S.C., etc., and 18 regular issues usages including #1 x3 including pair, #4 x3 including pair, #6-7 pair usages x5 and various later issue usages; condition varies, generally F.-V.F. or better.
Estimate; $750 - 1,000. (Image1)

Est. $750-1,000
SOLD for $850.00
Will close during Public Auction

2046

Confederacy, Mourning Cover Group. Balance of 7 covers; with 3 stampless one from Brunswick, Ga. to Tybee Island, red "Clarksville, Ten." cds with blue "Paid 10" (other with indistinct postmark), 4 regular issue usages including #2 from Rome Ga., #6 right margin vertical pair tied by University of Virginia, Va. cds, #12 tied by Abbeville C.H., S.C. cds, and #11 tied by Richmond, Va. cds; condition varied, generally F.-V.F. or better.
Estimate; $500 - 750. (Image1)

Est. $500-750
SOLD for $1,300.00
Will close during Public Auction

2047

Confederacy, Turned Cover Group. Balance of 11 covers and front; mix of mostly later issue frankings including #6 pair and #7 single (with due 5) inside, #7 pair including inside, #11-12 including couple on both sides, #12/7 combination, some with stampless, couple U.S. frankings inside with C.S.A. stampless usages, various postmarks throughout; condition varied, generally Fine or better.
Estimate; $500 - 750. (Image1)

Est. $500-750
SOLD for $725.00
Will close during Public Auction

2048

Confederacy, Adversity Covers. Balance of 38 covers; with 8 stampless including 4 handcarried made from various printed items, postal usage including manuscript Morris, Va. postmark on turned cover (with enclosure) and another made from enlisted men roll form, regular issues usages include #2 on old Britton Todd & Co. sales accounting documents from Petersburg, Va., #4 usages with stamp placed over U.S. 1861, 3¢ pink entire from Mount Jackson, Va., another from Columbus, Miss. o cover made from Mobile cotton bale shipping forms, other later #6-7 or #10-11 usages mostly on a various print forms and documents,#7 pair (both sides) turned cover, #11 printed adversity showing impression of dime (possibly to pay postage), with a host of various townmarks; condition varies, generally Fine or better.
Estimate; $2,000 - 3,000.

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Est. $2,000-3,000
SOLD for $1,900.00
Will close during Public Auction

2049

Confederacy, Stamp and Cancellation Study Collection. Well over 250 stamps on stockpages in binder; starting with over 50 #1's with a little less than half mint including pair and several with plate positions identified, used with a nice variety of cancellations including colored, over 30 #2's with various printing and shades, 6 mint including pair, couple unused #3's (flaws), over 50 #4's with a nice balance of */o, mint including block of 4, shades and some with stone identifies, used including express cancel, fancy and various town marks, six 5's used, #6-7's with mint multiple and some useful used, eight #8's mint including pair, #9 cut-to shape and tied on piece, an array of #11-12's with useful mint including plate strip, used with some better cancellations including several railroad, field grids, strip of three from Florida, couple perf'd/roulette items needing to be checked, #13's with marginal block of 10 with part imprint, mint singles in shades and a used example with railroad cancel (creased), couple #14 and a selection of N.O. provisional issues; condition varies with many nice items throughout, inspection recommended.
Estimate; $5,000 - 7,500.

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Est. $5,000-7,500
SOLD for $9,500.00
Will close during Public Auction

2050

Confederacy, Stamp Balance. Nice group of 13 items with many multiples; singles include used #47X1 and 5a, others mint including #81X1 and 3 x2, multiples including #6 gutter block of 8, #8 gutter strip of four and bottom margin gutter pair, #11 including gutter block of 4, Archer & Daly and Keatinge & Ball imprint blocks of 12, #12 Keatinge & Ball imprint block of 12, also a posthumous Davis 10¢ essay of 9 in black on large card; most mint with original gum, some flaws, Scott cat in excess of $10,000.
Estimate; $2,000 - 3,000.

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Est. $2,000-3,000
SOLD for $2,600.00
Will close during Public Auction

2051

Confederacy, Better Cover Group. Of 13 covers and two fronts; includes eight Postmaster Provisional usages including #16X1 x2, 52XU2, 56X2 x2 fronts including one on Davis Medallion patriotic front (both would cat $12,750 if on cover), 58X2 x2 and 61X2, regular issues including scarce #5a usage, interesting forwarding usage to railroad station, a #1 official roulette issue uncanceled on unused cover (with cert and photocopy of R. Weill letter), couple nice stampless covers, etc.; condition mixed mostly confined to scarce material, on cover provisional's alone cat $14,000.
Estimate; $2,000 - 3,000.

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Est. $2,000-3,000
SOLD for $2,200.00
Will close during Public Auction

2052

Confederacy, Regular Issues on Cover Balance. Of over 50 covers; includes #2 usage from Florida and three #2e singles on oversized document, eleven #4 usages including three pairs, nice array of towns, "telegram" endorsed, 3rd day of use, etc, nice #5 usage from Emory, Ala. (stamp lifted and placed back, C.S.A. cert.), over 25 #6-7 usages with many in pairs, including turned usage, "Monks Corner" local use, scarce Texas military use, #11-12 usages including "Strawberry Ferry" local endorsement, wallpaper usage, colored cancel, blockade content, etc.; condition varies with many nice items throughout.
Estimate; $2,000 - 3,000.

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Est. $2,000-3,000
SOLD for $3,000.00
Will close during Public Auction

2053

Confederacy, Regular Issues on Cover Group. Balance of over 60 covers; includes #1 usage from Galveston (stamp nick), three #2 usages, one with manuscript Drewrysville, Va. postmark, four #4 usages with two in pairs, #5 usage from Mt Carmel, N.C., #9 usage faulty but genuine (cert), majority #6-7, 10-11 usages with a wide rang of townmarks, adversity, forwarded, etc.; condition varies, generally Fine or better.
Estimate; $1,500 - 2,000. (Image1) (Image2)

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

2054

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Confederacy, Collection. Small binder with neat assemblage starting with an almost full set of stamps (but no "Frameline") on White Ace pages, including 1, 4, 5, 9 used, and 2, 3, 6-7-8, and 11-14 unused., then pages with additional stamps, including 11e used, 13 used with town cancel, another used 1, a 4a unused, and another 5 used plus a 62X2 unused, many stamps have faults and repairs and need careful inspection, total Scott catalog value of stamps is $4,400+, group of covers including 4 Union patriotics, 4 Texas CSA stampless covers, including Owensville, Tarrant, Mount Pleasant (2), 7 other CSA covers, including 2 #1's, one from Atlanta with 1863 letter, plus various 11's and 12's on cover, ends with 6 U.S. war-years covers, some from Union occupied Southern cities as Port Royal, S.C., Nashville, and Alexandria, Va; Covers are also in mixed condition with faults and repairs and should be inspected, some with interesting military addresses, still a nice old-time group put together years ago.
Estimate; $1,000 - 1,500.

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Est. $1,000-1,500
SOLD for $1,050.00
Will close during Public Auction

2055

Confederacy, Cover Balance. Mix of over 30 covers; includes Provisionals with 68XU1 & 56X2, albino embossed Douglas-Johnson campaign cover franked with #7 pair, some ad covers including Tallahassee stampless, rare Arkansas ad corner card cover (faulty), hand carried cover to Maysville, S.C. endorsed "Special Express", some O.B. imprint covers mostly unused or hand carried, etc.; condition varies, generally Fine or better.
Estimate; $400 - 600.

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Est. $400-600
SOLD for $700.00
Will close during Public Auction

2056