Confederacy, Charleston S.C. Apr 20 1864, cds ties 10¢ blue (11) four large margins, on turned cover to Mobile Ala., cover turned and sent with 5¢ blue (7) horizontal pair, margins to just touched, tied by two strikes of "Mobile Ala Apr 26" cds to Emile Reynes in care of Cpt. G. Legarddeur of Orleans Guard Battery at Charleston S.C., docketing on flap indicates sent from the affluent suburb of Spring Hill, F.-V.F. Estimate  $300 - 400. This cover is from a well-known Charleston correspondence to a member of the Orleans Guard Battery, although not endorsed, likely sent via Louisiana Relief Committee that smuggled mail in and out of New Orleans after it fell to the Federals on April 24th 1862. See Shenfield on page 98. $0 (Image)