1861 (20 Nov) "Plains of Dura, Ga", bold cds with matching "Paid 5" in circle rate handstamp on stampless cover to Cuthbert, Ga., slightly reduced at left, minor soiling at right, fine (Plains of Dura is now known simply as Plains) (Image)

Est.$100

1861 (19 Mar) cover franked with U.S. 3c red, tied by fancy "Lyre" cancel, with Canton Miss. March 19 1861 cds alongside, addressed to Carroll Hoy & Co. in New Orleans, v.f. example of this fancy cancel, which is scarce used in the Confederate period, ex Birkinbine (Mississippi declared its secession from the United States on January 9, 1861, two months after the Republican Party's victory in the U.S. presidential election) (Image)

Est.$400

1862 large part of "Confederate States of America War Department. Offices of Indian Affairs" cover, addressed to "Col Stand Watie, Principal Chief Cherokee Nation, Care of Lieut Gen E Kirby Smith", considerable toning and paper erosion, interesting item (Stand Watie was a leader of the Cherokee Nation. They allied with the Confederacy, and he was the only Native American to attain a general's rank in the Civil War, Confederacy or Union. He commanded the Confederate Indian cavalry of the Army of the Trans-Mississippi, made up mostly of Cherokee, Muskogee and Seminole. He was the last Confederate general in the field to cease hostilities at wars end). Ex-Brandon collection (hammer $1,700 in 2014). In addition, there is an outer FL datelined Bentonville, Ark, June 1st, addressed to Stand Watie, care of Albert A. Yell, Senator (Image)

Est.$500

1862 cover with University of North Carolina advertising, letter enclosed, franked on back with 5c green, overall toning, canceled by grids and sent from Chapel Hill, March 31, minor backflap flaws, fine (Cat No. 1) (Image)

Est.$150

1861 5c blue, Stone 2, horizontal pair, ample margins to just touched, dark shade, tied by bold strikes of "Richmond Va. Jul. 12, 1862" circular datestamp on captured blue "General McClellan Mounted on Horse" Union Patriotic cover to Big Island Va., edge tears, some paper mending and address strengthened in pencil, fine appearance, ex Murphy (Siegel 2014 sale, $1,800 hammer) (Cat No. 4) (Image)

Est.$750

1862 5c blue, Stone 2 (pos.8), large margins to clear at left, tied by "Charleston, S.C. Apr. 8"" double-circle datestamp on yellow cover to "Gen. Pettigrew, 1st Brigade, Acquia District at Fredericksburg Va.", "Due 5" handstamp and also in red crayon "Gen. James J. Pettigrew April 62" docketing (possibly in his hand) at left, v.f., with 2004 C.S.A. certificate (the addressee, Brig. Genl. James J. Pettigrew, during the Peninsula Campaign (March - July 1862) in the summer of 1862, Pettigrew was severely wounded at the Battle of Seven Pines. He was hit by a mini ball that damaged his throat, windpipe, and shoulder. Pettigrew nearly bled to death, and while lying wounded, he received another bullet wound in the arm and was bayoneted in the right leg. Believing his wounds mortal, Pettigrew didn't permit any of his men to leave the ranks to carry him to the rear. Left for dead on the field, he recovered consciousness as a Union prisoner of war. Exchanged two months later, the general recovered from his wounds, spent the fall commanding a brigade in Maj. Gen. Daniel Harvey Hill's division around Richmond, and the winter commanding a brigade in North Carolina and southern Virginia. He returned to his North Carolina brigade just in time to begin the Gettysburg Campaign in June 1863. On July 3, Lee selected Pettigrew's division to march at the left of Maj. Gen. George Pickett's in the infamous "Pickett's Charge") (Cat No. 4) (Image)

Est.$500

1862 10c rose, margins all around, nice color, tied on small "ladies cover" (slightly reduced at right) by Richmond Va July 7, 1852 cds, addressed to S.C., with arrival docketing at top, v.f., with 2001 PSE certificate, cat. $750 (Cat No. 5) (Image)

Cat. $750, Est.$500

1863 Jefferson Davis, 5c light blue, trial color die proof on glazed card, fresh, v.f. (Cat No. 6P) (Image)

Est.$500

1862 5c light blue (De La Rue printing), horizontal pair, margins all around, canceled by grid, with Athens, Ga Sep 29 cds at left, used on FL to "W.W. Clark, Member of Congress" in Richmond, fine (William White Clark was a member of Congress from Georgia) (Cat No. 6) (Image)

Est.$100

1862 5c blue, horizontal pair, tied by Richmond Aug 15 1862 cds on "Tyler & Son General Commission Merchants" embossed corner card advertising cover to Augusta, Ga, some backflap creases, v.f. and attractive cover (Cat No. 6) (Image)

Est.$150

1862 5c blue (Archer & Daly printing), vertical pair, margins close but clear at top, tied by Augusta, GA cds and addressed to Brig. Genl. John H. Morgan (of the "Morgan's Raid" fame) at Sparta, Tenn., some cover soiling, flap torn, fine usage (Cat No. 7) (Image)

Est.$250

1862 5c blue (Archer & Daly printing), horizontal pair, margins all around, tied by blue "Columbia S.C. Nov. 30" cds on blue cover to Marion C.H. S.C., v.f. (Cat No. 7) (Image)

Est.$100

1862 5c blue (Archer & Daly printing), horizontal pair, margins all around, tied by blue "Columbia, S.C. Dec. 27" cds on brown homemade cover to Rome, Ga, v.f. (Cat No. 7) (Image)

Est.$100

1863 2c brown red, four large to clear margins, tied by "Charleston S.C. Aug 8 186" cds on homemade cover addressed to Acting Assistant Surgeon, John Drayton, in charge of Negro Laborers at James Island, S.C. endorsed "O.B." at top left for official business and "Medical Purveyors Bureau, Charleston S.C.", minor cover faults and soiling, otherwise fine, cat. $1500 (Cat No. 8) (Image)

Cat. $1500, Est.$500

1862 cover with pair and two singles of 2c red brown (another stamp added at right), canceled by "Company Shops N.C." undated pmks, addressed to Salisbury, N.C., backflap missing, faults, fine appearance, with Molesworth's write-up on back (used stamps cat. $1,750) (Cat No. 8) (Image)

Est.$250

1863 Ship Island, Miss., straight-line departure handstamp U.S. Army Post Office Occupation Forces, soldier's letter, endorsed "C.Babbington, Chaplain, 26 Mass. April 9", handstamped "3" and addressed to Mass., fine (Ship Island was occupied by the advance-guard of General Butler's expedition, the troops consisted of the 26th Massachusetts and 9th Connecticut Volunteers, under command of Brigadier-General Phelps) (Image)

Est.$500

1863 20c green, horizontal pair, n.h., with parts of adjoining stamps on all sides, with 2019 PSE certificate graded "Gem 100J" (SMQ $1,100 for a single) (Cat No. 13) (Image)

Est.$650