Confederacy, State of Georgia/Commissary General's Office/Official Business. Imprint (similar to Dietz I, but with "Official Business" in top left corner) on cover to Macon, Ga. franked with 1863-64 10¢ blue (large margins) tied by manuscript cancel with matching manuscript "Atlanta, Ga./Feb. 11, 1865" postmark, Very Fine. Scott No. 11  Estimate $500 - 750. On September 1, 1864, Confederate General John Bell Hood evacuated Atlanta, after a four-month siege mounted by Union General William Sherman and ordered all public buildings and possible Union assets destroyed.On September 2, the City was surrendered to Genl. Sherman, who sent a telegram to Washington reading, "Atlanta is ours, and fairly won". He established his headquarters there on September 7, where he stayed for two months. That same day, Sherman ordered the civilian population to evacuate. His forces occupied the city for several months, and he then ordered Atlanta burned to the ground on November 11 in preparation for his punitive march south. After a plea by Father Thomas O'Reilly of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Sherman did not burn the city's churches or hospitals. However, the remaining war resources were then destroyed in the aftermath and in Sherman's March to the Sea. General Sherman departed Atlanta at 7:00 a.m. on November 15.This use is probably after the Confederate re-occupation of Atlanta in 1865 as the Atlanta handstamps had been destroyed. . $0 (Image)

Confederacy, State of Georgia/Commissary General's Office/Official Business. Imprint (similar to Dietz I, but with "Official Business" in top left corner) on cover to Quitman, Ga. franked with 1863-64 10¢ blue (large margins, minor aging) tied by "Macon, Ga." double circle postmark, included is original enclosure signed by "Jared Whitaker, Commissary General" on certificate of Oath, Very Fine. Scott No. 12  Estimate $200 - 300. $0 (Image)