Confederacy, 1863, 10¢ blue, die II, two bottom corner Keating & Ball imprint and plate no. blocks of 12 (one each from plates 3 & 4), both with ample margins and o.g., Very Fine. Scott No. 12  $850. $0 (Image)

Confederacy, 1863, 10¢ blue, die II, large margins, tied by light blue Petersburg, Va. on advertising cover with Petersburg Evangelical Tract Society corner card, Very Fine. Scott No. 12  Estimate $200 - 300. $0 (Image)

Confederacy, 1863, 10¢ blue, die II, tied by blue Petersburg Va. cds on the inside of turned Official Business cover with Head Quarters, Department of South Carolina and Georgia imprint (Dietz type 2) addressed to Capt. & Mrs Blake in Charleston, S.C., second use was Petersburg to Charleston, Very Fine and unusual usage. Scott No. 12  Estimate $200 - 300. $0 (Image)

Confederacy, 1863, 10¢ blue, die II, horizontal pair (four large margins), tied by violet Lynchburg, Va. cds on legal size cover to Marysville Va., cover slightly reduced at top, F.-V.F., Double rate cover with a scarce violet postmark. Scott No. 12  Estimate $200 - 300. $0 (Image)

Confederacy, 1863, 10¢ blue, die II, clear to large margins, tied by bold blue Petersburg, Va. cds on adversity cover made from a printed legal form, fresh and Very Fine. Scott No. 12  Estimate $150 - 200. $0 (Image)

Confederacy, 1863, 10¢ blue, die II, four margins, tied by Forsyth, Geo.Sep. 7 cds on adversity cover made from a blank Soldier's Voucher form, to Knoxville Ala.; F-VF, F.-V.F. Scott No. 12  Estimate $150 - 200. $0 (Image)

Confederacy, 1863, 10¢ blue, die II, sheet margin single, tied by bold Union Springs, Ala. cds on adversity cover made from a printed legal form, small cover tear at top, Very Fine. Scott No. 12  Estimate $150 - 200. $0 (Image)

Confederacy, 1863, 10¢ blue, die II, mounted balance of 12 covers (plus two unmounted) and a single tied to piece, all Archer & Daly printings; includes a forwarded adversity cover, red & blue Petersburg cancels, an example of the "extra line at bottom of design" variety and an Extremely Fine single tied to piece by a neat blue Sandersville, Ga. cds; a generally clean, Very Fine group (no photo). Scott No. 12  Estimate $300 - 400. $0

Confederacy, 1863, 10¢ blue, die II, mounted balance of seven covers and seven mint stamps from the Keatinge & Ball printings; stamps include a block of 4 and a "chilled plate" single; covers include a forwarded cover, a red Greensborough and a Petersburg overpaid drop; a generally Fine group (no photo). Scott No. 12  Estimate $300 - 400. $0

Confederacy, 1863, 10¢ blue, die II, Trans-Mississippi Usage, strip of four pen canceled on a West To East Trans-Mississippi Express Cover endorsed "'Via' Moreauville, La. via Woodville Mississippi"; minor professional restoration, attractive Very Fine appearance; with 1994 C.S.A. certificate. Scott No. 12  Estimate $1,000 - 1,500. West to east express covers are nearly three times as rare as those sent east to west. $0 (Image)