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Beardless Lincoln, campaign cover featuring "The Peoples' Candidate For President" (Weiss AL-98a), franked with a 3¢ dull red (26) tied by an incomplete Oct 10 Sterling, Ms. c.d.s., to Byron, Me.; stamp with bottom perforations clipped, Fine to Very Fine. Suggested Bid $300-400 (Image)
Suggested Bid $300-400
Opening US$ 300.00
Sold...US$ 300.00
Closed..Nov-18-2020, 10:18:19 EST
Sold For 300
Civil War Postal History: Confederate Letters & Documents
Sale No: 746
Lot No: 132
Symbol:
Confederate States, Folded Letter from New Orleans to Spain, July 2, 1861, datelined New Orleans and carried by Adams Express Co. to New York (no Express markings) where it was delivered to forwarding agents Galway, Casado & Teller (blue oval handstamp on the reverse) who took the letter to the Post Office and paid the NEW YORK Br. Pkt. rate (partial red Jul 17 c.d.s.); carried by Cunard's Persia and backstamped London (Jul 27), handstamp "4.Rs." due and backstamped Junquera (Jul 30) and Reus (Jul 31); letter is in Spanish and sent to the Director of Cotton Manufacturing in Reus, Very Fine,
Adams Express Co. normally put mail into the Post Office at Louisville, so Confederate mail from New Orleans through New York is quite rare. Suggested Bid $200-300 (Image)
Suggested Bid $200-300
Opening US$ 550.00
Sold...US$ 550.00
Closed..Nov-18-2020, 11:53:12 EST
Sold For 550
Civil War Postal History: Union General Civil War Covers & Documents
Sale No: 746
Lot No: 18
Symbol:
Battle of Cherbourg, Carte de Visite photograph ca. 1870s by Frederic Jones of London, from a painting by Capt. W. J. Anderson, "Action Off Cherbourg. 19th June 1864", Fine to Very Fine,
The Battle of Cherbourg was between the Sloops of War, U.S.S. Kearsarge and C.S.S. Alabama, the most successful commerce raider in maritime history. Kearsarge finally prevailed, sinking Alabama and rescuing the majority of Alabama's survivors. However, while Kearsarge's Captain John Winslow stood helplessly by, British politician, John Lancaster's private yacht, Deerhound was able to rescue 41 of Alabama's officers and crew, including her Captain Raphael Semmes, and escape with them to Britain. Suggested Bid $150-200 (Image)
Suggested Bid $150-200
Opening US$ 140.00
Sold...US$ 140.00
Closed..Nov-18-2020, 10:13:06 EST
Sold For 140
Sale No: 746
Lot No: 24
Symbol:
Cat No: Collection
Prize Money for Crew Members, Written order dated "U.S. Gunboat Aroostook, Off Galveston, Texas, 14th Sep. 1864"; the two-page order, which is apparently written and signed by then-Lt. Commander Joseph E. Skerrett, assigns Acting Ensign H. L. Ramson, of the Aroostook, to accompany a prize of 38 bales of cotton to the Prize Court in New Orleans and to remain there until a judgment is made; on the back of the order, dated Sep 22, is an order for Ransom to "Take passage on the Arkansas to rejoin your vessel" which has been signed by Commodore "J[ames] S[hedden] Palmer.
Ramson apparently died sometime between his delivering the cotton and the Court awarding the prize money, because also included is a letter to Mrs. H. L. Ramson from the Paymaster of Aroostook dated Jul 6, 1865, confirming that she is entitled to her husband's share of the award money, "$534.76 less the Internal Revenue Tax of 5%"; also included with the lot is a photographic Carte de Visite of Seaman Ransom by G.H. Morand of New York, one of the first professional photographers in New York City, Fine to Very Fine. A marvelous group,
Joseph E. Skerrett went on to become a Rear Admiral. In addition to serving in the West Gulf Blockading Squadron, he headed the Department of Seamanship at the U.S. Naval Academy from 1868 to 1872. He later made important surveys of uncharted areas of the northern Pacific Ocean, and served as Governor of the Philadelphia Naval Asylum from 1886 to 1888. He then went on to be commandant of the Portsmouth Navy Yard from 1889 to 1890 and of the Washington Navy Yard from September 1890 to December 1892, followed by more time in the South Pacific.
James Shedden Palmer (1810-1867) was, at this time, in command of the 1st Division of Ironclads in the West Gulf Blockading Squadron in the vicinity of New Orleans, and would also go on attain the rank of Rear Admiral in July 1866. Suggested Bid $200-300 (Image)
Suggested Bid $200-300
Opening US$ 160.00
Sold...US$ 200.00
Closed..Nov-18-2020, 10:17:47 EST
Sold For 200
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)
Suggested Bid $250-350
Opening US$ 160.00
Sold...US$ 160.00
Closed..Nov-18-2020, 10:16:55 EST
Sold For 160
General Postal History by Year
Sale No: 746
Lot No: 136
Symbol: Cat No: 185
U.S.S. Alaska, Sloop of War, cover with a purple handstamped "U. S. S. ALASKA" corner card, to West Philadelphia, Pa. and franked with a 5¢ blue (185) tied by a neat New York Station "I" duplex, Oct 16, 1881; minor opening flaws at the bottom, otherwise Very Fine, Ex-Knapp,
Alaska was commissioned in 1869 and sailed to the Far East where she joined the Asiatic Squadron in a visit to Korea to secure a treaty on opening the Kingdom to the West. She participated in the Battle of Ganghwa, helping to secure three Korean forts after they fired upon American vessels. She served in the European Squadron from 1873 to 1876 and the Pacific squadron from 1878 to 1883 and finally carried out hydrographic surveys and sounding of the Alaska Deep and Alaska Rise. She was decommissioned and sold in 1883. Suggested Bid $150-200 (Image)
Suggested Bid $150-200
Opening US$ 250.00
Sold...US$ 250.00
Closed..Nov-18-2020, 11:56:07 EST
Sold For 250
Sale No: 746
Lot No: 137
Symbol:
U.S.S. Canandaigua, Screw Sloop, cover addressed to "Surgeon, Edward Shippen U.S.N., U.S. Ship 'Canandaigua'" in care of Jno. Munroe & Co. in Paris, France, franked with 2¢, 3¢ & 10c 1861-66 Issues (73, 65, 68) tied by target cancels and postmarked Belvidere, N.J., Aug 10, 1866; there is a faint Aug 11 New York exchange office c.d.s., an Aug 22 Calais entry c.d.s., and a boxed "PD", all in red, and a faint Aug 25 Paris backstamp; the onion skin envelope is remarkably well-preserved, missing just a tiny piece of the upper left corner on the front, Fine to Very Fine, and quite attractive,
Canandaigua served with the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron during the Civil War. She participated in the long series of attacks on positions in Charleston harbor during 1863 and 1864. From 1865 to 1869 she cruised with the European Station. She served in the West Indies and Gulf of Mexico with the North Atlantic Station from 1872 until 1875, when she was decommissioned. Suggested Bid $150-200 (Image)
Suggested Bid $150-200
Opening US$ 250.00
Sold...US$ 250.00
Closed..Nov-18-2020, 11:56:42 EST
Sold For 250
Sale No: 746
Lot No: 138
Symbol: Cat No: 185
U.S.S. Hartford, Screw Sloop of War, cover addressed to "Lieut. Fred G. Hyde, U.S. Navy, U. S. Flag Ship Hartford, Care U. S. Consul, Rio Janeiro, Brazil", franked with a pair of cork-canceled 5¢ blue (185) and postmarked Oakland, Cal., Feb 27 (1879) with a red Mar 4 "London/Paid" transit c.d.s. and an Apr 14 Rio backstamp, Very Fine,
Hartford served admirably during the Civil War. In July 1865 she became the flagship of the Asiatic Squadron and served until 1868. She was recommissioned to join the Asiatic Squadron in 1872 and served there until 1875. In 1882 she became flagship of the North Atlantic Squadron, then cruised in the Pacific until decommissioning in 1887. She was rebuilt and recommissioned in October 1899, then transferred to the Atlantic coast to be used as a cruise ship for training midshipmen until October 1912 when she was transferred to Charleston, for use as a station ship. She was decommssion in 1926 and eventually towed to Norfolk Navy Yard where she sank at her berth. Suggested Bid $150-200 (Image)
Suggested Bid $150-200
Opening US$ 120.00
Sold...US$ 120.00
Closed..Nov-18-2020, 11:57:14 EST
Sold For 120
Sale No: 746
Lot No: 139
Symbol: Cat No: Blockade
U.S.S. Hartford, Screw Sloop of War, blue double-lined circle handstamped corner card "U.S.SHIP./HARTFORD", illustrated with a full-rigged three-masted ship on a small cover with manuscript endorsement "Ship's Letter" and postmarked with a clear New York "Due/5/Cents" binocular handstamp, Dec 20, 1878, to Washington D.C. (to the wife of Lt Cmdr. (later Rear Admiral) Purnell Frederick Harrington) and backstamped with a purple Dec 21 "Carrier" c.d.s. An exceedingly rare illustrated ship's handstamp,
Hartford was the flagship of Farragut's West Gulf Blockading Squadron at New Orleans, Mobile Bay and on the Mississippi up to Vicksburg. Twelve of her crewmen were awarded the Medal of Honor. She was flagship of the Asiatic Squadron from 1872 until 1875, the North Atlantic Squadron until March 1884, and in the Pacific until decommissioned in 1887. She was later rebuilt and recommissioned, serving variously as a training and cruise ship for midshipmen, and a station ship at Charleston. She was decommissioned 1926 and eventually towed to Norfolk Navy Yard where she sank at her berth. Suggested Bid $1,000-1,500 (Image)
Suggested Bid $1,000-1,500
Opening US$ 600.00
Closed..Nov-18-2020, 11:57:47 EST
Sold For 0
Sale No: 746
Lot No: 140
Symbol: Cat No: Blockade
U.S.S. Lancaster, Screw Sloop of War, blue "rope"-framed oval handstamp "U.S. FLAG-SHIP/LANCASTER/JUN 25 1871" on a cover to New Haven, Ct. postmarked with a Jun 28 "N.Y. STEAMSHIP/10" c.d.s.; there is an additional, not-quite-complete strike of the blue oval on the reverse; most of top flap missing with a small sealed tear at the top, Fine to Very Fine,
Lancaster was the flagship of the Pacific Squadron during the Civil War. After the war she served in the North Atlantic, then was flagship of the European Squadron from 1881 until 1889. In 1891 she served in the Far East on the Asiatic Squadron and in 1895 she was moved to the South Atlantic Squadron. In 1898, at the outbreak of the Spanish-American War, she was recommissioned to serve as a station ship at Key West. Later she served as a gunnery training ship, then as a receiving ship in Philadelphia and finally as a quarantine detention ship for U.S. Public Health. Suggested Bid $300-400 (Image)
Suggested Bid $300-400
Opening US$ 180.00
Closed..Nov-18-2020, 11:58:00 EST
Sold For 0
Sale No: 746
Lot No: 141
Symbol: Cat No: Blockade
U.S.S. Louisville, City-Class Ironclad Gunboat, choice strike "STEAMER/VICKSBURG" blue boxed handstamp (Milgram 1413) on an exceptionally clean 3¢ pink entire (U58) to New Orleans, La., endorsed "Per Steamer 'Vicksburg' " at the upper left, Very Fine, Ex-Hugh Feldman,
The steamer Vicksburg began life in 1861 as the U.S.S. Louisville. She was at Fort Donelson, Memphis, Vicksburg and the Red River. In July 1865 she was decommissioned and sold at public auction to Daniel T. Head, who renamed her Vicksburg and ran her between Vicksburg and New Orleans. She was destroyed by fire in July 1869. Suggested Bid $500-750 (Image)
Suggested Bid $500-750
Opening US$ 300.00
Closed..Nov-18-2020, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 0
Sale No: 746
Lot No: 142
Symbol: Cat No: 116
U.S.S. Mayflower, Screw Tug, cover addressed to "Pay Master S. Rand U.S.N., U.S.S. 'Mayflower', Care American Consul, Vera Cruz, Mexico", franked with a cork-canceled 10¢ 1869 Pictorial (116), postmarked Portsmouth, N.H., Dec 27 (1870) and endorsed "Per Steamer from New York"; reduced slightly at the right, Fine to Very Fine. This letter was sent when Mayflower was surveying the isthmus at Tehuantepec, Mexico, for a possible inter-oceanic canal,
Mayflower was acquired by the U.S. Navy at the end of the American Civil War. She performed a variety of duties, including survey work along the New England and mid-Atlantic coasts of the United States and served as a dispatch ship. She led the expedition to Tehuantepec, Mexico, to survey the isthmus for a possible inter-oceanic canal. On completion of her official duties, she was recommissioned and issued to the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis for use as a training ship from 1876 to 1892. Suggested Bid $300-400 (Image)
Suggested Bid $300-400
Opening US$ 550.00
Sold...US$ 550.00
Closed..Nov-18-2020, 11:58:34 EST
Sold For 550
Sale No: 746
Lot No: 143
Symbol: Cat No: 220
U.S.S. Mohican, Screw Sloop of War, clear violet oval handstamped corner card "U.S.S., MOHICAN,/APR 30 1892" on a cover to Burlington, Vt., franked with a 2¢ carmine (220) tied by a very light May 1 Olympia, Wash. duplex with a May 6 Burlington backstamp, Fine to Very Fine. A rare handstamped ship's corner card,
Mohican was commissioned in 1885 and spent her entire term of service in the Pacific, at one point surveying Easter Island for the Smithsonian Institution. She made two voyages to Hawaii to protect American interests during the Spanish-American War. She ended her career as a station, receiving ship and sub tender in the Philippines until her decommissioning in 1921. Suggested Bid $200-300 (Image)
Suggested Bid $200-300
Opening US$ 120.00
Closed..Nov-18-2020, 11:58:56 EST
Sold For 0
Sale No: 746
Lot No: 144
Symbol: Cat No: 96
U.S.S. Monocacy, Side-Wheel Gunboat, 1869 cover addressed to "1st Asst. Engineer, E.J. Whitaker U.S.N., U. S. Steamer Monocacy, Care of Thos. Hunt & Co., Hong Kong, China", franked with a cork-canceled 10¢ green F. grill (96) and postmarked with a light Sep 10 Sackets Harbor, N.Y. c.d.s. and a red "San Francisco, Paid All, Oct 3" exchange office c.d.s.; reduced slightly at the left, Fine to Very Fine. This cover would have been carried from San Francisco on the Pacific Mail Steamship Company's China, departing Oct. 4, 1869, and arriving at Hong Kong on Nov. 8.,
Monocacy served in the Asiatic Squadron from 1867 until 1903. During her time with the squadron she surveyed the Inland Sea between Nagasaki and Osaka to locate appropriate sites for lighthouses; she patrolled off the coast of Japan; she charted the Yangtze River and was part of a five-ship survey expedition of the Salee River in Korea. In 1900 she became involved in the Boxer Rebellion and captured seven small craft off Tongku, China. She was sold to Japan in 1903. Suggested Bid $1,000-1,500 (Image)
Suggested Bid $1,000-1,500
Opening US$ 650.00
Sold...US$ 650.00
Closed..Nov-18-2020, 11:59:23 EST
Sold For 650
Sale No: 746
Lot No: 145
Symbol: Cat No: 210
U.S.S. Monongahela, Screw Sloop of War, blue double-circle datestamp "U.S.SHIP/MONONGAHELA, Jul 15, 1884" on a cover franked with a cork-canceled 2¢ red brown (210) and postmarked with a Jul 14 Vallejo, Cal. c.d.s. (the day slug had probably not been changed to "15"), to Burlington, Vt. and backstamped there on Jul 21., Very Fine,
Monongahela was with Farragut at New Orleans and Mobile Bay. After the war she was assigned to the West Indies Squadron, during which duty she was landed "high and dry" 100 yards inland by a tsunami that hit St. Croix in November 1867. After repairs she spent three years in the South Atlantic Squadron, followed by duty as a training ship and service with the Asiatic Squadron until decommissioned in 1879. In 1883 she was converted to a supply ship, her rig converted to a bark, and then served variously as a training ship and a Naval Academy practice ship until 1904, when she began serving as a storeship at Guantanamo Bay. She remained there until she was completely destroyed by fire in March 1908. Suggested Bid $200-300 (Image)
Suggested Bid $200-300
Opening US$ 250.00
Sold...US$ 250.00
Closed..Nov-18-2020, 12:00:51 EST
Sold For 250
Sale No: 746
Lot No: 146
Symbol: Cat No: 147
U.S.S. Narragansett, Screw Sloop, 1871 cover to New York City with manuscript endorsement "Ship's Letter, U.S.S. Narragansett, at Callao, Peru, S.A. July 22nd", franked with a 3¢ green (147) tied by an Aug 13 "N. YORK/STEAMSHIP" c.d.s. with an manuscript "Due 7"; stamp with perforation faults due to edge placement, cover open on three sides, Fine. Includes the original, quite easily read 11-page letter, a fascinating account of the ship's voyage, which began in New York on March 21 and, according to the writer, is expected to finish in San Francisco on September 1, after having "sailed from 18,000 to 20,000 miles.",
Narragansett, commissioned in 1859, left Norfolk in March 1860 and spent the entire Civil War in the Pacific, protecting U.S. mail ships from Confederate raiders. In and out of service from 1865 until 1871, she again sailed the Pacific until 1874. She was decommissioned in 1875 and finally, in 1883, sold. Suggested Bid $200-300 (Image)
Suggested Bid $200-300
Opening US$ 170.00
Sold...US$ 170.00
Closed..Nov-18-2020, 12:01:38 EST
Sold For 170
Sale No: 746
Lot No: 147
Symbol: Cat No: 267a
U.S.S. Olympia, multicolor Spanish-American War Patriotic postcard featuring Admiral Dewey and his Flagship Olympia, franked with a 2¢ pink (267a) tied by a week "Mil. Sta. No. 1, Philippine Isls., San Francisco" target duplex, Jan 10, 1899 and mailed to Singapore with a clear Jan 16 receiving c.d.s., Very Fine. A very scarce usage. Suggested Bid $200-300 (Image)
Suggested Bid $200-300
Opening US$ 275.00
Sold...US$ 275.00
Closed..Nov-18-2020, 12:02:15 EST
Sold For 275
Sale No: 746
Lot No: 148
Symbol: Cat No: 205
U.S.S. Quinnebaug, Screw Corvette, 1885 cover addressed to "Lieutenant C.S. Sperry U.S.N., U.S.S. Quinnebaug" in care of U.S. Despatch Agent, B.F. Stevens in London, franked with a cork-canceled 5¢ brown (205) with an illegible "…RIV RT." c.d.s. alongside, backstamped New York, Jan 5(?), with three different Jan 19 London markings and B.F. Stevens "UNITED STATES/DESPATCH AGENT" oval of the same date; forwarded by Stevens to Villefranche sur Mer, France with a Jan 20 "Calais à Paris" entry c.d.s. and an illegible Villefranche backstamp, Fine to Very Fine,
Quinnebaug was commissioned in October 1878 and set sail for Gibraltar in January of 1879 after fitting out at Norfolk. She served a decade in the European Station operating mostly in the Mediterranean. She returned to the New York Navy Yard in June of 1889 where she was decommissioned and then sold in March of 1891. Suggested Bid $150-200 (Image)
Suggested Bid $150-200
Opening US$ 90.00
Closed..Nov-18-2020, 12:02:52 EST
Sold For 0
Sale No: 746
Lot No: 149
Symbol: Cat No: 68, 69
U.S.S. Shenandoah, Screw Sloop, 1866 cover addressed to "John F. Kingsley, Act. 3d Ast. Engr., USS Shenandoah, Bahia, Brazil", franked with cork-canceled 10¢ green & three 12¢ black (68, 69) and postmarked with a light Feb 17 Tioga, Pa. c.d.s., a red Feb 21 "N. York Br. Pkt., …Paid" and a red Mar 5 London/Paid c.d.s. with a red handstamped "40" credit; reduced somewhat at the left, one 12¢ with a straight edge, Fine,
Shenandoah was commissioned in June 1865 and cruised from the Carolinas to Key West searching for blockade-runners. She played an important role in both Battles of Fort Fisher. She was decommissioned and recommissioned four times between 1865 and 1883, spending time in South American and Asian waters in 1865–69, then the European Station (1870–74) and the South Atlantic Squadron (1879–82) before being decommissioned for the final time in 1886. Suggested Bid $500-750 (Image)
Suggested Bid $500-750
Opening US$ 300.00
Closed..Nov-18-2020, 12:03:09 EST
Sold For 0
Sale No: 746
Lot No: 150
Symbol: Cat No: 214
U.S.S. Yorktown, Gunboat, cover from Dagupan, Philippines to Ithaca, N.Y. with a magenta handstamped "U. S. S. Yorktown" corner card, franked with a pair of 2¢ red (214) tied by a Dagupan duplex c.d.s. Jan 4 (1901), backstamped Ithaca on Feb 11, Fine to Very Fine, Ex-Rawlins,
Yorktown was launched in April of 1888 and joined the Squadron of Evolution. She detached from that squadron at Valparaíso, Chile, during the 1891 Baltimore Crisis and relieved Baltimore at that port. She then took part in the joint British–American sealing patrol in Alaskan waters and served on the Asiatic Station before returning to the United States in 1898. Between 1899 and 1902, she took part in the Philippine–American War and the Boxer Rebellion. She was decommissioned in 1919 and sold in 1921. Suggested Bid $200-300 (Image)
Suggested Bid $200-300
Opening US$ 170.00
Sold...US$ 170.00
Closed..Nov-18-2020, 12:03:52 EST
Sold For 170
Military-/War-Related Covers
Sale No: 746
Lot No: 1
Symbol: Cat No: 10A
U.S.S. Albany, Sloop of War, folded letter addressed to "Commander Chas. T. Platt, U.S.N., Commanding The Albany, Pensacola, Florida", franked with a 3-margin 3¢ orange brown (10A) tied by a Lockport, N.Y. c.d.s., Nov 21 (1851); letter from Platt's son commiserating with his father about disciplinary problems aboard Albany, indicating the son's familiarity with the crew and the problems, Very Fine,
Albany was built in the 1840s for the US Navy. She was among the last of the wooden sloops powered by sail and served prominently in the Mexican War. Before and after her war service, Albany conducted surveillance and observation missions throughout the Caribbean. She, along with her crew, was lost at sea in September 1854. Suggested Bid $250-350 (Image)
Suggested Bid $250-350
Opening US$ 150.00
Closed..Nov-18-2020, 10:04:02 EST
Sold For 0
Sale No: 746
Lot No: 2
Symbol: Cat No: 10A
U.S.S. Albany, Sloop of War, folded letter addressed to "Commander Charles T. Platt U.S.N., Commanding U.S. Ship Albany, Pensacola, Fla.", franked with a 3¢ copper brown (10A) tied by a Lockport, N.Y. c.d.s., Oct 30 (1851); boldly docketed "Recd - 9th Nov"; letter is family news,
Albany was built in the 1840s for the U.S. Navy. She was among the last of the sail-only wooden sloops and served prominently in the Mexican War. Before and after her war service, Albany conducted surveillance and observation missions throughout the Caribbean. She, along with her entire crew, was lost at sea in September 1854. Suggested Bid $150-200 (Image)
Suggested Bid $150-200
Opening US$ 90.00
Closed..Nov-18-2020, 10:04:13 EST
Sold For 0
Sale No: 746
Lot No: 3
Symbol: Cat No: Blockade
U.S.S. Boston, Sloop of War, folded letter to Cincinnati datelined "On Board U.S.S. Boston, Macao Roads [an anchorage east of Macao] July 9th, 1842"; originally addressed to New York and apparently hand-carried there where it was opened and read by the original addressee; then the original address was crossed out and a new address written (front & back) and the letter was placed in the mails and postmarked with a red Dec 21 New York c.d.s. and blue manuscript "25" on the reverse, along with a new - and still intact - yellow "TWK" wax seal, Very Fine. The letter tells of sailing the South Pacific with upcoming visits to the Sandwich Islands and the "friendly Feejees",
Boston was launched on 15 October 1825 and served all around the world. She returned to the U.S. in 1846 and was ordered to join Commodore Conner's Home Squadron blockading the Mexican east coast. While en route to her new station, in November 1846, she was wrecked during a squall on Eleuthera Island, Bahamas. Although the sloop was a total loss, all hands were saved. Suggested Bid $300-400 (Image)
Suggested Bid $300-400
Opening US$ 190.00
Sold...US$ 190.00
Closed..Nov-18-2020, 10:04:45 EST
Sold For 190
Sale No: 746
Lot No: 4
Symbol: Cat No: 14, 17
S.S. Caroline Tucker, Commercial Clipper, Congdon Correspondence cover addressed to "Captain John R. Congdon, Ship Caroline Tucker, Care American Consul, Callao, Peru"horizontal pairs of the 10¢ green, type II, and 12¢ black (14, 17), the 12¢ with a right sheet margin, canceled by faint red grids with a matching Providence c.d.s., Jan 31 (probably 1857) and straightline "PAID"; endorsed "with 3 papers" and marked with a manuscript "2" indicating double weight and a (New York) manuscript "24" (cents credit); reverse with an oval "Forwarded by Crosby & Co., Callao, Peru" forwarders handstamp and an indistinct blue arrival c.d.s.; top flap missing, small stamp and cover flaws including tear at left, Fine, Ex-D. Richardson. Prepaid at double the then-current 22¢ per ½ oz. rate for mail carried by American packet to Panama followed by British packet to Peru.,
AN EXCEPTIONALLY RARE EXAMPLE OF A DOUBLE WEIGHT USE OF THE 22¢ TREATY RATE TO PERU PREPAID WITH STAMPS OF THE 1851 ISSUE —THE RATE DIDN'T GO INTO EFFECT UNTIL DECEMBER 1, 1856.
Caroline Tucker was built in Stonington, Ct., and operated all over the world. Suggested Bid $2,000-3,000 (Image)
Suggested Bid $2,000-3,000
Opening US$ 1,200.00
Closed..Nov-18-2020, 10:05:54 EST
Sold For 0
Sale No: 746
Lot No: 5
Symbol: Cat No: Blockade
U.S.S. Constellation, Frigate, folded letter addressed to "Lieut. Francis B. White, U.S.F. Constellation, Mediterranean" in care of Capt. Isaac Hull in New York; postmarks with a red "PHIL/2/OCT" c.d.s. and matching "PAID" handstamp, with additional red manuscript "12½" rate, endorsed "to be sent per Ship Alert"; the three-page family letter is from Lt. White's brother, Edwin., Fine to Very Fine,
The 38-gun Constellation, built in 1797, served in many conflicts including the War of 1812 and with Commodore Stephen Decatur's Squadron in the Second Barbary War in the Mediterranean, when this letter was written. Suggested Bid $300-400 (Image)
Suggested Bid $300-400
Opening US$ 700.00
Sold...US$ 700.00
Closed..Nov-18-2020, 10:06:11 EST
Sold For 700
Sale No: 746
Lot No: 6
Symbol: Cat No: Blockade
U.S.S. Constellation, Frigate, folded letter datelined "U. S. Frigate Constellation, off Pensacola Sept 10 1826", postmarked manuscript "Pensacola, 8th September" with matching manuscript "25" to Warren, Pa.; the letter tells of the Florida landscape and of problems with shallow water in the harbor and the"Gulph", where "the moon has no influence on the tides", Very Fine. An excellent Florida Territory cover; the writer, one Charles Wayne who would, soon after this letter was written, become a Navy surgeon, was the nephew of "Mad" Anthony Wayne,
The 38-gun Constellation, built in 1797, served in many conflicts including the War of 1812 and with Commodore Stephen Decatur's Squadron in the Second Barbary War in the Mediterranean. She also served in the Pacific and the Caribbean as part of the West Indies Squadron. Suggested Bid $250-350 (Image)
Suggested Bid $250-350
Opening US$ 500.00
Sold...US$ 500.00
Closed..Nov-18-2020, 10:06:40 EST
Sold For 500
Sale No: 746
Lot No: 7
Symbol: Cat No: 13
U.S.S. Cyane, Sloop of War, small cover addressed to "Lieut. Leonard H. Lyne, U.S.N., U. S. Sloop of War 'Cyane', Aspinwall" and endorsed "Per Steamer 'Illinois' Via Nw. York", franked with a pretty four-margin horizontal pair of 10¢ green type I (13), tied by a light 1857 Petersburg, Va. c.d.s. (month & day not struck up), long docketing notation as received Feb 15, 1857, Very Fine,
A RARE EXAMPLE OF A NICE PAIR PAIR OF TEN-CENT TYPE I ON COVER.
Cyane operated with the Pacific Squadron protecting commerce along the western coast of the Americas. In 1863 she prevented the sloop J. M. Chapman from being used as a Confederate privateer when boarding parties from Cyane took control of the ship as it was preparing to leave San Francisco. Suggested Bid $2,000-3,000 (Image)
Suggested Bid $2,000-3,000
Opening US$ 1,600.00
Sold...US$ 1,600.00
Closed..Nov-18-2020, 10:07:22 EST
Sold For 1600
Sale No: 746
Lot No: 8
Symbol: Cat No: Blockade
U.S.S. Falmouth, Sloop of War, folded letter to Philadelphia with manuscript endorsement "U.S.S. Falmouth" (in pencil) and datelined the same at Paita, Peru, May 2, 1833; on the reverse it is docketed "Paita May 4 1833, Forwd by Garcia & Girdon, Recd. at the Navy Depot 15th Sept."; once received at Washington Navy Yard, the letter was endorsed "Navy Department", franked with the signature of Secretary of the Navy, Levi Woodbury and entered the mails postmarked with a light Sep 15 City of Washington c.d.s. and matching "FREE", Fine to Very Fine,
Falmouth launched in 1827. She was removed from ordinary at the start of the war and moved to Aspinwall (Colon) as a stationary stores ship. She served there resupplying ships in the Caribbean that were protecting commerce until 1863 when she was sold. Suggested Bid $350-500 (Image)
Suggested Bid $350-500
Opening US$ 225.00
Sold...US$ 225.00
Closed..Nov-18-2020, 10:08:03 EST
Sold For 225
Sale No: 746
Lot No: 9
Symbol:
U.S.S. Guerriere, Frigate, folded letter datelined "U. S. Frigate Guerriere, Gibraltar, November 10. 1819" and postmarked with a red Jan 29 New-Bedford, Ms. c.d.s. and a matching straightline "SHIP" with a manuscript "14½" rate, to Hartford, Vermont; letter is quite fragile and missing a small piece of the back and content, about Fine,
Guerriere was launched on June 20, 1814, and attached to the Delaware Flotilla. She was transferred to serve as the flagship for Captain Stephen Decatur's squadron to serve in the United States Navy during the Second Barbary War protecting American merchant commerce from piracy from Algiers and other Barbary States. A treaty with Algiers was negotiated on board and she then led the squadron in a show of force, resulting in peace treaties with Tunis and Tripoli in the summer of 1815. She served for seven years as a schoolship at the Norfolk Naval Yard, training midshipmen before the permanent Naval Academy was established. In 1828 she was ordered out to serve as flagship for the US Navy squadron headed for duties in the Pacific. She was decommissioned in 1831 and remained in ordinary in the Naval Yard until broken up in 1841. Suggested Bid $200-300 (Image)
Suggested Bid $200-300
Opening US$ 140.00
Sold...US$ 140.00
Closed..Nov-18-2020, 10:08:22 EST
Sold For 140
Sale No: 746
Lot No: 10
Symbol:
U.S.S. Independence, Ship of the Line, folded letter datelined "U. S. Frigate Independence, July 10th [1839], Rio de Janeiro", sent as an enclosure to Washington D.C., the address leaf postmarked with a straightline "SHIP", a Sep 7 Boston c.d.s. and a manuscript "27", all in red; the letter, in which the writer tells of having been in Buenos Aires and Montevideo, and address leaf are brittle and split along folds, the letter partially repaired, otherwise Fine to Very Fine,
Independence was a ship of the line, but unlike her sister ships, she was cut down and refitted as a large frigate. She served as flagship for the Brazilian, Mediterranean and Pacific Squadrons. In 1857 she became the receiving ship for Mare Island, serving there until 1912. Suggested Bid $150-200 (Image)
Suggested Bid $150-200
Opening US$ 100.00
Sold...US$ 100.00
Closed..Nov-18-2020, 10:08:44 EST
Sold For 100
Sale No: 746
Lot No: 11
Symbol:
U.S.S. John Adams, Frigate, folded letter datelined "U S Ship John Adams, Fernandina, Amelia Island, Jany. 5th 1818", sent free to the Postmaster at Batavia, N.Y. with manuscript "Free" and illegible franking signature dated Jan 10; entered the mails at Washington D.C. with a brown Jan 21 "WASHN. CITY" and matching handstamped "FREE". The writer, one Ben Follett, provides interesting contradictory Slavery content, joking about perhaps "falling in love" at an upcoming social event, "…if I can find a marriageable Plantation with 100 or 150 Negroes on it, and a pretty girl at the head of the whole concern." And later, when relating the capture of a "patriot Privateer" with her "prize", a Spanish Slave Schooner, and after observing the terrible physical condition of the captive slaves, he writes, "If there is any such place as Hell, Slave traders, in my opinion, will occupy a warm corner in it.", Very Fine,
John Adams was commissioned in 1799. She had a long and storied career including obtaining the surrender of Amelia Island from French Privateer Commodore Louis-Michel Aury just before this letter was written. During the Civil War she served in the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron. She was the flagship for the inner blockade at Charleston until the city was evacuated and she entered the harbor. Suggested Bid $150-200 (Image)
Suggested Bid $150-200
Opening US$ 250.00
Sold...US$ 250.00
Closed..Nov-18-2020, 10:09:33 EST
Sold For 250
Sale No: 746
Lot No: 12
Symbol:
U.S.S. Missouri, Side-Wheel Frigate, folded address leaf docketed "Wm B Tremain to D. Green, Crew of U.S.S. Missouri, Ansd 3 Feb 1842", postmarked with a red Jan 28 "New-York Ship/7 cts" c.d.s., to General Duff Green in Washington D.C., Very Fine. Correspondence from the first U.S.S. Missouri is very rare, given its less than two years of service time.,
Missouri, commissioned early in 1841, crossed the Atlantic on a diplomatic voyage in August 1843 - the first transatlantic crossing by an American steam-powered warship. While anchored at Gibraltar, a crewman accidentally caused a fire in the storeroom. The flames spread rapidly, making it necessary to abandon ship and, after burning for more than four hours, causing the forward powder magazine to explode, completely destroying the ship. Suggested Bid $150-200 (Image)
Suggested Bid $150-200
Opening US$ 100.00
Sold...US$ 100.00
Closed..Nov-18-2020, 10:09:48 EST
Sold For 100
Sale No: 746
Lot No: 13
Symbol:
U.S.S. Raritan, Frigate, cover with manuscript endorsement "Raritan, Rio de Janeiro, Sept 6th 1845", postmarked with a nice strike of a red Oct 27 "New-York Ship/7 cts" c.d.s., to Kingston, R.I., Very Fine,
Raritan was built in 1820 but not launched until 1843. She served in the South Atlantic as flagship for Commodore Daniel Turner until returning to the United States in November 1845. She operated with the Home Squadron as it blockaded the east coast of Mexico and supported Army forces during the war with Mexico. She joined Potomac in landing 500 men at Point Isabel to reinforce that military depot in May 1846. In 1849 she served as flagship of the West Indies Squadron, then as flagship for the Home Squadron. She was then transferred to the Pacific to cruise between Panama and Cape Horn. In 1852 she was placed in ordinary at Norfolk, where she remained until she was destroyed by Union forces April 20, 1861, as they evacuated the Navy Yard. Suggested Bid $150-200 (Image)
Suggested Bid $150-200
Opening US$ 90.00
Closed..Nov-18-2020, 10:10:19 EST
Sold For 0
Sale No: 746
Lot No: 14
Symbol: Cat No: 1844
U.S.S. Raritan, Frigate, folded letter addressed to "Passd. Midshipn. Robert Townsend, Frigate Raritan, Rio de Janeiro, South America, Care of Naval Lyceum, Brooklyn, N.Y., the letter is from Townsend's mother and is datelined Albany, N.Y., August 17, 1844; it is marked with a penciled "Paid" but no Albany postmark; handstamped with a partial "U S NAVAL LYCEUM" Full-Rigged Ship oval; in the meantime, Midshipman Townsend had transferred from the Raritan to the Porpoise so the cover was returned to New York via Annapolis with all the original routing crossed off, including the penciled "Paid", with a red Mar 13 (1844) Annapolis c.d.s., a matching straightline "SHIP" and a manuscript "20¾" with another light, but virtually complete strike of the "U S NAVAL LYCEUM" oval on the reverse (along with some some contemporaneous pencil notes; bit of ink erosion where the "Care of…" endorsement is crossed out, Fine to Very Fine,
Raritan was built in 1820 but not launched until 1843. She served in the South Atlantic as flagship for Commodore Daniel Turner until returning to the United States in November 1845. She operated with the Home Squadron, then as flagship of the West Indies Squadron, and again with the Home Squadron, this time as flag ship. She was then transferred to the Pacific for a year, then, in 1852 retired at Norfolk, where she remained until she was destroyed by Union forces as they evacuated the Navy Yard.
Robert Townsend, the addressee, eventually rose to the rank of Captain and had a highly successful career with the Union Navy during the Civil War. Suggested Bid $500-750 (Image)
Suggested Bid $500-750
Opening US$ 325.00
Sold...US$ 325.00
Closed..Nov-18-2020, 10:10:44 EST
Sold For 325
Sale No: 746
Lot No: 15
Symbol: Cat No: Blockade
U.S.S. Shark, Schooner, folded letter datelined "U. S. Schooner Shark, Corfu [Ionian Islands] July 30th 1836" with a red "PHILa/ 6/ OCT" octagon and matching, lightly struck "SHIP" with a red manuscript "23¾" rate; sent care of the U.S. Consul to Newport, R.I.; letter is 3½ partly cross-written pages from a sailor to his wife telling of the voyage, cholera in Trieste, etc; bit of wax seal damage, Fine to Very Fine. A rare point of origin; the rate was 18¾¢ to Newport plus the 2¢ ship fee.,
Shark was built in the Washington Navy Yard and launched on May 17, 1821. She sailed August 7 to make her first cruise for the suppression of the slave trade and piracy, arriving in Sierra Leone in October and then returned to New York January 1, 1822. In February of the same year she joined Commodore James Biddle's squadron and continued her work on the suppression of slave trading and piracy from the West Indies to Africa. In 1832 she was assigned to the Pacific Squadron and set sail from Hampton Roads. She was the first United States man-of-war to pass through the Straits of Magellan from east to west, December 13, 1839, en route to Callao, Peru. During the next five years, she spent much of her time along the coast of Peru to protect American citizens and property during civil disturbances in that country. She sank after hitting a shoal near the mouth of the Columbia River in September 1846. Suggested Bid $250-350 (Image)
Suggested Bid $250-350
Opening US$ 150.00
Sold...US$ 150.00
Closed..Nov-18-2020, 10:10:59 EST
Sold For 150
Ship Covers Naval Ship Covers
Sale No: 746
Lot No: 30
Symbol: Cat No: 65
U.S.S. Acacia, Steam Tugboat, cover with manuscript endorsement "U.S.S. 'Acacia', Off Charleston S.C., 2-28-'65"—ten days after the surrender of Charleston—franked with a 3¢ rose (65) tied by a straightline "U.S. SHIP" with a Philadelphia, Mar 7, 1865 c.d.s. and a handstamped "Due 6", to Terryville, Conn.; edge flaws, Fine. The letter must have been over half an ounce, shortpaid by 3¢, and charged double.,
Acacia was launched as the Vicksburg in September of 1863, then purchased by the Navy and commissioned as U.S.S. Acacia on Oct 28 of the same year and served as part of the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron. Her greatest success was the capture of the Julia, an iron-hulled blockade-runner that had grounded and been abandoned off Cape Romain, South Carolina. Suggested Bid $200-300 (Image)
Suggested Bid $200-300
Opening US$ 375.00
Sold...US$ 375.00
Closed..Nov-18-2020, 10:21:43 EST
Sold For 375
Sale No: 746
Lot No: 31
Symbol: Cat No: 65
U.S.S. Acacia, Steam Tugboat, cover with manuscript endorsement "U.S.S. 'Acacia', Off Charleston S.C., 11-4-'64" and franked with a 3¢ rose (65) tied by a four-point star-in-circle with a Nov 9 New York c.d.s. alongside, to Bristol, Conn.; edge flaws, Fine,
Acacia was launched as the Vicksburg in September of 1863, then purchased by the Navy and commissioned as U.S.S. Acacia on Oct 28 of the same year and served as part of the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron. Her greatest success was the capture of the Julia, an iron-hulled blockade-runner that had grounded and been abandoned off Cape Romain, South Carolina. Suggested Bid $200-300 (Image)
Suggested Bid $200-300
Opening US$ 130.00
Sold...US$ 250.00
Closed..Nov-18-2020, 10:22:39 EST
Sold For 250
Sale No: 746
Lot No: 32
Symbol: Cat No: 65
U.S.S. Adirondack, Screw Sloop, cover addressed to "Lieut. James Packer, U.S. Steamer 'Adirondack', Old Point Comfort, Virginia.", franked with a 3¢ rose (65) tied by a Newark, N.J. c.d.s., Aug 10, 1863; reduced slightly at the left, Very Fine. An exceedingly rare cover, Adirondack being in service for less than two months from her Commissioning on June 30, to her loss on August 23.,
Adirondack was commissioned in 1862 with a complement of 160. She was assigned to the West Gulf Blockading Squadron but was diverted to investigate a British-built vessel being fitted as a CSN cruiser in the Bahamas. After verifying the information she was ordered to Port Royal but on learning that the CSS Alabama had departed for the Bahamas, Welles ordered her back to the Bahamas where she struck a reef and was lost after only two months of service. Suggested Bid $300-400 (Image)
Suggested Bid $300-400
Opening US$ 225.00
Sold...US$ 225.00
Closed..Nov-18-2020, 10:23:28 EST
Sold For 225
Sale No: 746
Lot No: 33
Symbol: Cat No: Blockade
U.S.S. Albatross, Screw Gunboat,Admiral David G. Farragut endorsement on a folded letter, forwarded by mail pouch; from the Captain of the U.S.S. Albatross to Secretary of the Navy, Gideon Welles, recommending Masters Mate William Harcourt for promotion to Acting Gunner; datelined "U S Steamer Albatross, Pensacola Bay, Nov 4th 1862", endorsed on the outside "Respectfully forwarded with enclosures [signed] 'D.G. Farragut', Rear Admiral Comdg WGBlg Squad"; the letter is signed by three of the ship's officers, including Executive Officer Theodore B. DuBois, who would take over command of Albatross when her captain, John E. Hart, died of yellow fever in June 1863, Very Fine,
Albatross, built in 1858 as a screw steamer was acquired by the Navy in 1861 and outfitted as a gunboat. She was briefly assigned to the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron before being transferred to the West Gulf Blockading Squadron for the remainder of the war. She participated in lower Mississippi operations then served on blockade duty. Suggested Bid $500-750 (Image)
