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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, F.-V.F. Most unusual having two usages on the same side of the cover., . Estimate $750 - 1,000
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. (Image)
Estimate $750-1,000
Opening US$ 400.00
Sold...US$ 500.00
Closed..Sep-14-2021, 15:31:37 EST
Sold For 500
Blockade Covers
Sale No: 760
Lot No: 464
Symbol: C
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. Estimate $1,500 - 2,000
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. (Image)
Estimate $1,500-2,000
Opening US$ 750.00
Sold...US$ 800.00
Closed..Sep-14-2021, 15:32:09 EST
Sold For 800
Patriotic Covers
Sale No: 760
Lot No: 465
Symbol: C
Cat No: SM-1, verse 13
Large Mounted Dragoon, "Gather around your country's…" (C.S.A. Catalog SM-1, verse 13), soldier's cover to Warthen's Store, Ga., postmarked Richmond, Jan 10, 1863 with straightline "Due 10"; endorsed by a soldier from Co. "E" 15th Regt. Ga Vols, Toombs Bigade; reduced somewhat at the right with some toning, Fine, signed B. Green. C.S.A. Catalog $1,000 . Estimate $400 - 600 . (Image)
