The Kilbourne Collection of CSA Stamps and Postal History continued...

**10c Blue Engraved–Dies A and B continued...**
Lot	Sym.	Lot Description
823		10c Deep Blue, Die A, Keatinge & Ball (11). Ample margins to clear at right, tied by neat pen cancel with matching "Blackville SoC. April 5/65" postmark on adversity cover made from an 1854 Wentworth Street Baptist Church announcement, addressed to Table Mountain S.C., Very Fine and unusual, sent just days before Lee's army surrendered at Appomattox Court House (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. $ 300-400 SOLD for $325.00 Will close during Public Auction
824		10c Deep Blue, Die B, Keatinge & Ball (12). Intense shade, large margins all around, left corner slight bend from placement over edge of cover, tied by Charlotte N.C. circular datestamp on small homemade cover to Richmond, some ink matching the address also on the stamp, original contents dated Mar. 19, 1865, Very Fine use near the end of the war, ex MacBride (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. $ 200-300 SOLD for $140.00 Will close during Public Auction
825		10c Deep Blue, Die B, Keatinge & Ball (12). Huge margins, tied by blurry strike of Farmville Va. circular datestamp on homemade oatmeal cover to Henry County C.H. Va., turned use, inside first use also franked with 10c Deep Blue, Die B, Keatinge & Ball (12), tied by Raleigh N.C. double-circle datestamp and addressed to Farmville, outside stamp with some slight toning, still Extremely Fine, ex Emerson and Muzzy (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. $ 300-400 SOLD for $250.00 Will close during Public Auction
826		10c Deep Blue, Die B, Keatinge & Ball (12). Vertical pair, large even margins, tied by "Richmond Va. Feb. 7" (1865) circular datestamp on blue cover to Thompson's Crossroads Va., Extremely Fine, a superb pair and cover as well as a scarce double-rate use of the late Keatinge & Ball printing, ex Muzzy and Everett (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. $ 400-500 SOLD for $325.00 Will close during Public Auction
827		10c Deep Blue, Die B, Keatinge & Ball (12). Huge margins to clear at upper right, tied by "Anderson S.C. Apr. 13" (1865) circular datestamp on homemade oatmeal cover to Spartanburg S.C., few nicks at top, Very Fine and a rare late use, mailed four days after Lee's surrender at Appomattox Court House, ex Telep (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. $ 300-400 SOLD for $425.00 Will close during Public Auction
828		10c Deep Blue, Die A, Keatinge & Ball (11). Large margins to touched at top right, corner nicked at bottom left far from design, tied by blue "Hillsboro N.C. Apr. 8" (1865) circular datestamp on small homemade oatmeal cover to Oxford N.C., manuscript *"For the Sassafras Fork Mails"* directive at bottom, original soldier's letter dated April 7, 1865, Very Fine cover sent the day before Lee surrendered at Appomattox Court House, with an unusual route directive which was likely an attempt to direct the letter around Union positions, Sassafras Fork is only 12 miles north of Oxford (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. $ 300-400 SOLD for $300.00 Will close during Public Auction

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