Confederacy, "Our Homes" Patriotic. The second rarest of all Confederate patriotics next to the Hanging Lincoln; elaborate allegorical scene over entire left end of envelope: Confederate soldier defending home, family and 11-Star Flag with "Our Homes" in upper panel and Northern pointing the way to a negro carrying a bundle and flag in the lower panel with broken bust of Lincoln, horn-of-plenty and "Protection", small tone spots, otherwise Very Fine, This is New Dietz type MS-2 and catalog $5,000 over 20 years ago for a used example when the "Hanging Lincoln" cataloged $6,000 - the second largest catalog value by a long shot, one of only three known of which one sold in our February 16, 2008 sale and realized $2,600 hammer, accompanied by 1959 letter from George Malpass stating he knew of only one specimen changing hands in the past ten years. Estimate  $1,000 - 1,500. $0 (Image)

Confederacy, (Army of Northern Virginia) Four Ring Target. Handstamp (Dietz type ANV 2T) tying four margin 1863, 10¢ blue on captured Union patriotic cover showing red and blue Eagle & Shield, to Arcadia, Ky., Very Fine, ex-B. Green & H. Green. Scott No. 11  Estimate $300 - 400. $0 (Image)

Confederacy, (Capt.) Wm. K. Bachman, German Light Artillery. A hand written document executed in Charleston, South Carolina in 1861 by Capt Wm. K. Bachman as commander of Bachman's Company of German Light Artillery, Hampton's Legions and bears the signature of Bachman, F.-V.F. Estimate  $150 - 200. Before the close of the Civil War, this battery commander would lead his South Carolina Company as the hard fought Hampton's Legions left their mark on such battlegrounds as the Seven Days Battles, Second Manassas, South Mountain, Sharpsburg, Fredericksburg and at Gettysburg where as part of Hood's Division 1st Corps, Capt. Bachman's battery fought gallantly firing toward Meade's Union center in support of Pickett and Pettigrew. In the fall of 1863 Bachman's Co. of 'German Light Artillery' returned to South Carolina. Here Capt. Bachman and his brave mounted artillerists would fight out the war participating in the Carolina Campaigns with Wright's Div. Dept. of S.C., Ga. & Fla. Surely they would look back longingly to the early war days when the battery could claim possession of an abundance of such stores as were so dutifully recorded in these early war documents. $0 (Image)

Confederacy, (Field Postmarks) (Army of Northern Virginia) "10" in Circle Field Rate Postmark. In red (Dietz type A) used during the siege of Petersburg in 1864 on cover to Columbia Mine, Ga., "W Shank, Train Artillery" soldiers endorsement at top, Very Fine and scarce. Estimate  $150 - 200. $0 (Image)

Confederacy, (Field Postmarks) (Army of Northern Virginia) "10" in Double Line Circle Field Rate Postmark. (Dietz type B) on homemade cover to Clinton, S.C.; with "H. Tucker, Hamton Legion, Co K." soldiers endorsement at left, Very Fine. Estimate  $100 - 150. $0 (Image)

Confederacy, (Field Postmarks) (Army of Northern Virginia) 10-Bar Grid. Field handstamp (Dietz ANV 2UG) tying four margin 1863, 10¢ blue on cover to Blue Ridge, Va.; stamp large margins, faint margin toning, Very Fine. Scott No. 12  Estimate $75 - 100. $0 (Image)

Confederacy, (Field Postmarks) (Army of Northern Virginia) 5-Bar in Circle Grid. Handstamp (Dietz ANV 5EG) tying four margin 1863, 10¢ blue on cover to Wytheville, Va., addressed by Gen. William Terry to his wife, some light toning & reduced at left, Very Fine; signed B. Green. Scott No. 11  Estimate $150 - 200. $0 (Image)

Confederacy, (Field Postmarks) (Army of Northern Virginia) Four Ring Target. Handstamp (Dietz type ANV 2T) tying four margin 1863, 10¢ blue on turned cover to Spartanburg, S.C., inside with manuscript Millville, S.C. 1864 postmark (stamp removed); missing backflap, Very Fine. Scott No. 11  Estimate $100 - 150. $0 (Image)

Confederacy, (Field Postmarks) Chattanooga, Ten., Oct 23. Cds with matching "Due 10" handstamp alongside on cover to Arnold Mills, S.C. with Greenville C.H. routing endorsement & soldiers endorsement at top from "Hampton Legion", Very Fine. Estimate  $500 - 750. $0 (Image)

Confederacy, (Flags) 10-Star Confederate Flag with Blank Streamer & Verse. With Bonitz imprint (Dietz F10-11) franked with 1861 5¢ green (slightly cut in) tied by "Wilmington, N.C./23 Mar. (1862)/5 Paid" cds (made from old US "3 Paid" cds); cover professionally silked inside, Extremely Fine, a lovely cover; with 1980 P.F. certificate. Scott No. 1  Estimate $750 - 1,000. $0 (Image)

Confederacy, (State of Texas) Adjutant and Inspector General's Office, Official Business. Manuscript imprint on legal size cover to New Braunfels, Texas, franked with 1861, 5¢ green (in at left) tied by "Austin, Tex., Mar 6, 1862" cds's canceling and alongside, Very Fine, a scarce Texas usage. Scott No. 1  Estimate $150 - 200. $0 (Image)

Confederacy, 117th New York Infantry Soldier Letter. Datelined "Head. 117 Regt. N.Y., Camp Folly Island, April the 4th, 1864" and reads, "I received your letter which came to hand the 30. It found me well and hope when these few lines reach you they will find you enjoying the same health. We have very fine weather here now. John has left the island. I think he has gone to Beaufort to the General Hospital. John is bad off. I hope he can get home before he comes back to the regiment. Brooks and myself have been fixing our tent today. We have done more hard work today than we have done before in two months. I feel as if I have been sawing lumber out at Anderson's new mill all day. I think that the Rebs are trying to kick up a muss tonight. They are shelling our men that is on Black Island, but when they get through then our turn comes. Perhaps they don't think about that just now. Charles Gifford ain't come yet. We expect a lot of new recruits on the next mail boat. I hope they will come before long for the sooner we get them broken in the sooner we will have it easier. I would like to see Alf Barker just for fun to hear what he has to say about the war. I can't think of any more to write so no more this time." written by Charles Hevener, Very Fine. Estimate  $75 - 100. Charles Hevener (also known as Herner) was 21 years old, when he enlisted on Aug. 11, 1862, as a private, and was mustered into Co. I, 117th New York Infantry. He died on Oct. 25, 1864, in the hospital at Jones Landing, Va. The 117th New York Infantry, was recruited in Oneida County, N.Y., in the summer of 1862. Camp Daggett, where this letter was written from, was named after their Colonel Rufus Daggett. The regiment saw action at Suffolk, Va., and in the 1863 Peninsula campaign. Ordered to the Department of the South, they took part in the siege of Fort Wagner and the operations around Charleston Harbor. In April 1864, they were ordered to Virginia where they joined the Army of the James and were engaged at Swift Creek, Drewry's Bluff, Bermuda Hundred, Cold Harbor, and Petersburg, where they were present at the Mine Explosion, fought gallantly in the battle of Fort Harrison, and were heavily engaged on the Darbytown Road. They were then sent to North Carolina where they participated in General Terry's 1865 Carolina campaign. The regiment fought with conspicuous gallantry in the final assault on Fort Fisher, and also saw action at Cape Fear River, Fort Anderson, and Wilmington. $0 (Image)

Confederacy, 11-Star Confederate Flag. Patriotic design (Dietz F11-5) in red, white & blue on cover to "Hon. A.H. Stephens" in Richmond, postmarked with "Newnan, Ga./Dec. 4" (1861) cds with matching small "Paid 5" handstamp revalued with bold large size "10" rate handstamp, docketing on reverse says sender "wants to serve his Country in some capacity other than a soldier", flap missing anf lightly cleaned, Extremely Fine appearance; with 2009 P.F. certificate. Estimate  $750 - 1,000. $0 (Image)

Confederacy, 11-Star Confedrate Flag. Patriotic design with verse (Dietz F11-16, verse 9) on fresh cover to North Carolina, "Richmond, Va., Jun 14, 1863" cds (Powell type 5a) and matching "Due 10" handstamp, Very Fine and choice. Estimate  $500 - 750. $0 (Image)

Confederacy, 12-Star Confederate Flag. Red and blue patriotic design with "M" for Missouri at center of field (Dietz F12-5, verse 8), on cover to Marion, Ark. with bold "Memphis, Ten., Aug 24, 1861" cds and matching "Due 5" alongside; cover soiling and some restoration mostly at right, F.-V.F. appearance, a rare design, with 7 known. Estimate  $750 - 1,000. $0 (Image)

Confederacy, 1861, 10¢ blue, Hoyer & Ludwig, White Printing Flaw Obliterating Mouth. Large margins, tied by "Tupelo, Miss." cds on buff cover to Buttehatchie, Miss., cover with ink stain at bottom, Very Fine, an unusual & unlisted printing flaw. Scott No. 2  Estimate $300 - 400. $0 (Image)

Confederacy, 1861, 10¢ blue, Hoyer printing. Large margins all around, tied by "Suffolk, Va., Mar 12" cds on cover to Athens, Ga., Very Fine and choice, a lovely stamp and cover. Scott No. 2b  Estimate $300 - 400. $0 (Image)

Confederacy, 1861, 10¢ blue, Patterson Printing. Large margins to just touching frameline at top left, tied by decorative blue "Lynchburg, Va./Oct. 4" cds on buff cover to Temperance P.O., Va., F.-V.F. Scott No. 2  Estimate $200 - 300. $0 (Image)

Confederacy, 1861, 10¢ blue, Patterson printing. Margins large to touching, tied by Savannah, Ga. cds on cover to Glascow; stamp with light vertical crease, F.-V.F. appearance. Scott No. 2  Estimate $100 - 150. $0 (Image)

Confederacy, 1861, 10¢ blue, Patterson Printing. Right margin single, full margins, tied by manuscript "Haywood, N.C., Feby 13" postmark on cover to Raleigh, N.C.; tone spots and stamp defects, Fine appearance. Scott No. 2  Estimate $100 - 150. $0 (Image)

Confederacy, 1861, 10¢ blue, Right Margin Single. Clear to large margins, cancel by blue grid with matching Ashboro, N.C., Jul 29 cds on folded letter to Wilmington, N.C., Very Fine. Scott No. 2  Estimate $200 - 300. $0 (Image)

Confederacy, 1861, 10¢ blue, Stone Y. Huge margins, small margin tear at left & invisible corner crease at top right, tied by green "Paid" in circle on buff cover to Concord, N.C. with matching green "Saltville, Va./Oct. (inverted) 30" cds at top right, two cover tears & bit reduced at top, Very Fine, a rare green cancel, ex-Hall. Scott No. 2  Estimate $400 - 600. $0 (Image)

Confederacy, 1861, 10¢ blue, Stone Y. Four large to huge margins, tied by "Richmond, Va/Jan. 14, 1863" cds (Powell type 4a) on captured Union Patriotic cover with embossed Eagle & Shield on blackflap with red & blue piping along flap edges, cover addressed to Danville, Va. (originally addressed to Richmond, crossed out & readdressed), Very Fine and attractive, a rare usage; with 2004 C.S.A. certificate. Scott No. 2  Estimate $500 - 750. $0 (Image)

Confederacy, 1861, 10¢ blue. Ample to mostly huge margins, beautifully tied by neat "Charleston, S.C. Nov. 4, 1862" double circle postmark on cover to Little Rock, S.C., an Extremely Fine gem, ex-Kohn. Scott No. 2  Estimate $400 - 600. $0 (Image)

Confederacy, 1861, 10¢ blue. Close at top to otherwise large margins, tiny hidden defect, tied by "Charleston, S.C." double circle postmark on small embossed ladies cover to Bull Swamp P.O., S.C. with original enclosure datelined "Sullivan Island, July 1st, 1862", letter full interesting contents (written phonetically), Our men have had some very hard fighting in Verginne, near Richmond commencing last Thursday. It is said to have bin the greatest battle that has bin fought since the war commenced, but thank god our men have been crowned with a glorious victory. McClellan's great army have bin completely defeated and taken prisoners what was not killed, but there was great loss of life on both sides. This was the greatest army in the northern states. It is reported that we taken fifty thousand prisoners, it is also reported that McClellan is mortally wounded. Rachel, I wish you could have bin here this morning to have hear the loud thunder of canon from all the forts and batteries which was given in honor to the great victory which was won at Richmond., Very Fine with a wonderful & historic letter. Scott No. 2  Estimate $400 - 600. $0 (Image)