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Postal History Confederate Civil War Postal History
Sale No: 746
Lot No: 130
Symbol: Cat No: Blockade
Confederate States, Soldier's Letter, wonderful five-page letter datelined "Magnuts Hill [La.], May 1st 64", written by Private J. A. Frierson, describing, in part, an engagement with "2 Gun Boats and 3 transports." The lead gunboat passed but "we bursted the boiler of one transport so we captured her, we crippled another which the other Gun Boat towed up the River…"; he also notes that nearly 200 "negroes" died from scalding when the boiler on the first transport burst and "we had fine fun (if so it might be termed) shooting the yankees as they would jump off the transport and move up the bank."; includes the cover of transmittal to Kingston, La. endorsed "Private - J. Alison Frierson, Co. G. 27th Regt. La. Vol.", franked with a pen-canceled 5¢ blue (7) and postmarked with a clear May 6 Mansfield, La. c.d.s., Very Fine,
Commodore Thomas Selfridge in his report identifies the five boats as the gunboats Cricket, Juliet and Fort Hindmen with two transports, the Champion #3 and #5. Champion #3's boiler exploded killing the captain and 193 others. The lead gunboat, Cricket, with Rear Admiral Porter on board suffered 60% casualties including the pilot. Porter took over under fire, guiding the severely damaged boat out of danger. The other gunboats were also heavily damaged by the 20 Confederate artillery pieces. Suggested Bid $400-600 (Image)
Suggested Bid $400-600
Opening US$ 375.00
Sold...US$ 375.00
Closed..Nov-18-2020, 11:49:32 EST
Sold For 375
Sale No: 746
Lot No: 131
Symbol: Cat No: Texas
Confederate States, Mississippi River Flotilla - Battle of Sabine Pass, letter datelined San Augustine (Texas), Oct 5, 1863, from one Samuel Wilson, recounting the battle, which took place a month earlier on Sep 8, the relevant passage, "We have had a fight latterly, at Sabine Pass, killed about 50 yankees & took 300 prisoners & two gun boats, & we never lost a man"; includes the cover of transmittal, franked with a pair of 5¢ Davis tied by an Oct 30 Canton, Miss. c.d.s. and addressed to Sunny Side P.O., Va.; cover missing bottom flap, both the cover and the letter with edge wear, Fine. The cover was apparently hand-carried across the Mississippi and entered the mails at Canton,
Sabine River Pass was the most lopsided Confederate victory of the war. Forty-four Confederate gunners who had been sent to the abandoned Fort Griffin as punishment defeated Banks' expeditionary force of 5000 men, 18 transports and four gunboats. The Navy lost the gunboats Sachem and Clifton. Banks withdrew leaving 50 dead and 300 prisoners. The Confederates had no casualties. Suggested Bid $200-300 (Image)
Suggested Bid $200-300
Opening US$ 325.00
Sold...US$ 325.00
Closed..Nov-18-2020, 11:51:17 EST
Sold For 325
Adversity Covers
Sale No: 746
Lot No: 128
Symbol: Cat No: 2e
Confederate States, Twice-Used Adversity Cover, the first use is from Macon, Ga. to Mrs. John McIntosh Kell in Darien, Ga. and is franked in the upper right corner with a 10¢ light milky blue, stone Y (2e) tied by a partial Macon c.d.s. with a manuscript "Nov 17" date; the second use is from Riceboro, Ga. to Mrs. Kell in Macon and is franked with a pair of 5¢ green, stone 2 (1) tied by two undated Riceboro, Geo. circles, Fine to Very Fine. Most unusual having two usages on the same side of the cover.,
John McIntosh Kell was 1st Lieutenant and Executive Officer of the commerce raider C.S.S. Alabama. He later served as Adjutant General of Georgia from 1887 until his death in 1900. Suggested Bid $600-800 (Image)
Suggested Bid $600-800
Opening US$ 425.00
Sold...US$ 425.00
Closed..Nov-18-2020, 11:48:26 EST
Sold For 425
Blockade Covers
Sale No: 746
Lot No: 126
Symbol: Cat No: Dec 14
Confederate States, Blockade Mail - Outgoing, cover from the Locke Correspondence from Savannah to London and forwarded to Rome, Italy; sent under cover to Nassau, via the blockade-runner Hansa out of Wilmington, N.C., on Oct 19, then by British West Indies Line's Corsica to New York where it was posted unpaid on Nov 16 and sent on Cunard's Persia to Queenstown, arriving on Dec 11, and on to London (Dec 14); the cover was then redirected to Rome by way of Paris (Dec 15), arriving on Dec 21; multiple handstamped and manuscript rates; open on three sides, Fine to Very Fine. Walske/Trepel census number BO-Nas-48, Ex-Walske, signed Kimbrough. Suggested Bid $1,500-2,000 (Image)
Suggested Bid $1,500-2,000
Opening US$ 900.00
Sold...US$ 900.00
Closed..Nov-18-2020, 11:50:20 EST
Sold For 900
Sale No: 746
Lot No: 127
Symbol: Cat No: Blockade
Confederate States, Blockade Mail - Incoming, small cover carried by the British blockade-runner Banshee, handstamped "SHIP" with a manuscript "12" (cents due), addressed to "Major Daniel E. Huger, Hendersonville, N. Carolina, C.S. America", postmarked with a partial May 29 Wilmington, N.C. c.d.s. and endorsed "favoured by Capt. Stiles"; top flap missing, repaired tear at the top, Fine. Capt. Stiles would have been a misidentification of Banshee's Capt. Steele, making the year 1863, signed Kimbrough,
Banshee made seven successful blockade runs between the Caribbean and Wilmington before she was captured in November 1863. She was purchased by the Navy from the New York Prize Court, converted to a Gunboat and commissioned U.S.S. Banshee in June 1864. She served in the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron and the Potomac River Flotilla. Suggested Bid $1,000-1,500 (Image)
Suggested Bid $1,000-1,500
Opening US$ 700.00
Sold...US$ 700.00
Closed..Nov-18-2020, 11:47:47 EST
Sold For 700
Postal History by State
Sale No: 746
Lot No: 16
Symbol: Cat No: 65
Naval Ship Mail, cover franked with a 3¢ rose (65) tied by a clear strike of the scarce undated double-circle "U. S. SHIP" with fleurons, to Winchester, Mass.; flap tear, Very Fine. According to Milgram, there are fewer than 25 recorded examples of this particular "U.S. SHIP" handstamp. Suggested Bid $150-200 (Image)
Suggested Bid $150-200
Opening US$ 90.00
Closed..Nov-18-2020, 10:11:20 EST
Sold For 0
Sale No: 746
Lot No: 17
Symbol:
Soldier's Due Mail, small Seated Liberty patriotic cover (Weiss F-SI 23) to Wendell, Mass., properly endorsed with manuscript "soldier letter" and rubber-stamped "(E)F Jones, Colonel Mass 26th", postmarked "U.S. SHIP/ 3cts." in circle; reduced at the left with a bit of toning and edge wear at the top, about Fine. This cover would have been mailed sometime between Dec 3, 1861 and Apr 15, 1862, when the 26th Massachusetts was based at Ship Island, Miss. Suggested Bid $150-200 (Image)
Suggested Bid $150-200
Opening US$ 160.00
Sold...US$ 160.00
Closed..Nov-18-2020, 10:11:56 EST
Sold For 160
Sale No: 746
Lot No: 19
Symbol: Cat No: 65
Battle of Hampton Roads, marvelous 3½-page letter datelined "Fortress Monroe, March 1862", written by Private Chester W. Cobb, describing the battle between the Confederate Ironclad Virginia and the Union Navy, in part, "…as severe a Naval Engagement as ever witnessed on any water. Had it not been for the timely arrival of the Ericcson Battery [the Monitor] our whole harbor would have been 'cleaned out'…the largest balls from the Gun Boats had no more effect on the 'Merrimack' [then the C.S.S. Virginia] than so many peas."; Cobb also notes the "Rebel's" name for the Monitor: "the black Yankee cheese box on a raft"; also noted, "Prof. Lowe the Balloonist arrived here today with his Balloon where he is expected to remain for the present."includes the cover of transmittal to Clinton Junction, Wis. franked with a 3¢ rose (65) tied by a Mar 18 Old Point Comfort, Va. c.d.s., Very Fine. Suggested Bid $300-400 (Image)
Suggested Bid $300-400
Opening US$ 475.00
Sold...US$ 475.00
Closed..Nov-18-2020, 10:14:01 EST
Sold For 475
Sale No: 746
Lot No: 20
Symbol: Cat No: 65
Ship Island, Miss., cover franked with a pen-canceled 3¢ rose (65) and postmarked with the straightline "SHIP ISLAND/ MISS." with manuscript "Apr 14" date and "Due 3", to Philadelphia, Very Fine. The letter must have weighed more than a half ounce, thus incurring the extra 3¢ due. Suggested Bid $150-200 (Image)
Suggested Bid $150-200
Opening US$ 225.00
Sold...US$ 225.00
Closed..Nov-18-2020, 10:14:42 EST
Sold For 225
Sale No: 746
Lot No: 21
Symbol: Cat No: 65
Ship Island, Miss., Flag patriotic cover (Weiss F-R 205), franked with a grid-canceled 3¢ rose (65) and postmarked with a Ship Island, Miss. c.d.s., May 30 (1862), to Brandon, Vt.; docketed May 28, 1862; reduced somewhat at the right, Fine to Very Fine,
The Ship Island Postmaster, John Parker, received a Government circular date stamp in late April of 1862, but was soon ordered by his brother-in-law and commander of the occupying forces, General Benjamin Butler, to take over the Post Office in New Orleans. He took the Ship Island circular handstamp with him and used it in New Orleans until receiving a New Orleans device from the Post Office Department in Washington on or about June 2. The two-line handstamp continued in use on Ship Island for the convenience of the few soldiers remaining there. Suggested Bid $300-400 (Image)
Suggested Bid $300-400
Opening US$ 325.00
Sold...US$ 800.00
Closed..Nov-18-2020, 10:15:34 EST
Sold For 800
Sale No: 746
Lot No: 22
Symbol: Cat No: 65
Ship Island, Miss., 8th N. H. Regiment patriotic cover featuring a Soldier with Rifle, Flag, Cannon & Ship at anchor (Weiss M-F 5), franked with a pen-canceled pair of 3¢ rose (65) and postmarked manuscript "Ship Island, March 21 1862", to Bath, N.H. and postmarked on arrival with a clear blue Apr 10 c.d.s.; corners slightly rounded and stamps slightly damaged, Fine and rare,
This was the first day that the Ship Island Postmaster, John Parker used this manuscript postmark. It was in use for only seven days before Parker replaced it with the well-known two-line handstamp. Suggested Bid $300-400 (Image)
Suggested Bid $300-400
Opening US$ 300.00
Sold...US$ 300.00
Closed..Nov-18-2020, 10:16:36 EST
Sold For 300
Sale No: 746
Lot No: 23
Symbol:
Ship Island, Miss. - Soldier's Due, cover to Charlestown, Mass., properly endorsed "Soldiers letter, C A R Dimon Adjt E Bay State Rgt" and postmarked "U.S. SHIP/ 3cts." in circle; includes original letter datelined "Ship Island Mississippi March 11th, 62" telling of camp life and mentioning General Butler. Suggested Bid $250-350 (Image)
