1861 (12 Jan) Vicksburg, Mississippi, target cancel and date stamp alongside, clearly struck on 3c stationery entire envelope addressed to New Orleans, backflap tears, otherwise fine (Mississippi was the second state following South Carolina to secede from the United States on January 9, 1861. Mississippi joined with six other southern states to form the Confederacy on February 4, 1861) (Image)

Est.US$250

1861 (6 Mar) Natchez, Mississippi, complete FL franked with perforated 3c red, tied by cds, addressed to Madison, Parish, Louisiana, fine (Image)

Est.US$250

1861 (12 Jan) Natchez, Mississippi, cover franked with perforated 1c blue, used locally, also another cover with similar franking, same correspondence, canceled January 28, each with arrival docketing, fine (Image)

Est.US$400

1861 (30 Apr) Lexington, Va., cover franked with perforated 3c red, tied by blue grids and clear departure pmk, addressed to San Marino, Dinwiddie, Va, fine (Virginia seceded from the Union on 17th April, 1861) (Image)

Est.US$250

1861 (4 May) legal size cover (reduced at right) franked with 4x3c red brown (only part of the stamp at right still there), tied by New Orleans May 4, 1861 cds, addressed to Galena, Miss., with "D.I. Ricardo Notary Public" embossed corner card cachet, wax seals and manuscript markings on back, late usage of the U.S. stamps in the CSA (Louisiana seceded from the United States on January 26, 1861) (Image)

Est.US$250