Confederacy, Southern Express Co./Montgomery, Ala./Nov. 29. Blue double circle handstamp on 1861 cover franked with 1861 5¢ olive green, horiz. pair (four large margins) tied by partial strike of black "Southern Express Co." handstamp & blue "Montgomery, Ala./Dec. 2" cds, addressed to "Col. Lomax, 3rd Regt. Ala. Volunteers, Norfolk, Virginia", small margin tear (not mentioned on accompanying 2000 P.S.E. cert.), Extremely Fine, ex-Hall, Shenfield, illustrated in the Walske, Trepel Book. Scott No. 1c  Estimate $2,000 - 3,000. An extremely rare express usage with Confederate postage prepaid, carried outside the mails to Colonel Lomax's regiment in proximity to Norfolk. The blue circle tying pair is not recorded and evidently pre-dates the smaller circular handstamp found on other covers from this correspondence. $0 (Image)