Confederacy, Independent State Covers. Balance of three U.S. entires; with "Mobile, Ala., Jan 16, 1861" cds on 1857, 3¢ Nesbitt, "Charleston, S.C., Dec 29, 1861" cds and grid canceling 3¢ Star Die and blue "Petersburg, Va., Apr 19" cds and grid canceling 3¢ Star Die entire; all clear strikes on fresh entires, Very Fine.
Estimate; $300 - 400. Est. $300-400 (Image)

Est. $300-400

Confederacy, Virginia Stampless Balance. Of nine covers; includes red Conrad's Store with "Paid" and "5" on U.S. 1857, 3¢ Nesbitt entire, Tudor Hall "Paid" & "5" with re-rate "10" struck over, Amelia C.H. to Winchester forwarded to Richmond, red Petersburg on cover addressed to Charlottesville sent with express and dropped at Wytheville, Va. with additional townmark and "Paid 10" handstamp, Columbia manuscript, Marion and Danville Paid 5 usages, manuscript B.V. Furnace and Gloucester C.H.; condition varied, Fine.
Estimate; $200 - 300. Est. $200-300 (Image)

Est. $200-300

Confederacy, The Weldon - Slayton Correspondence, 1849-68. Fascinating family correspondence of 18 covers and original letters mostly addressed to Abraham Weldon in Fancy Farms, Ky. from son Vachel and son in law John Stayton who both settled in Texas in 1858; first three 1849 folded letters from Abraham's eldest son William from Elizabeth, Ark. (manuscript postmarks) with content regarding cotton farming and slavery, 1853 folded letter from his youngest Vachel in Cape Girardeau, Mo., next four letters from Pleasanton, Texas starting in 1859 from Vachel and John Slayton with interesting Feb. 5, 1860 letter from Vachel mentioning U.S. troops buying up forage and beef, Negroes scarce, Captain in New Orleans buying rifles, Rio Terio settlers and Dragoons fighting Indians on the Nunces River, etc., correspondence highlighted by cover and letter sent from Pleasanton, Texas in July of 1861 four months after Texas was admitted to the Confederacy; cover franked with U.S. 1857, 3¢ dull red, two singles and manuscript "Pleasanton, Texas, July 11th, 1861" postmark with matching "Paid 10" alongside stamps, cover eventually carried across the line and entered the U.S. mails with blue "Paducah, Ky., Aug 23, 1861" cds, two strikes of "Due 3" handstamp and grid handstamps cancelling stamps, with lengthy eloquent letter from John Stayton in part…Texas flour is cheaper than we ever bought Northern flour, and our State can furnish enough this year to bread the Southern Confederacy. Our frontier is quiet and all the posts on our frontier are garrisoned by Teas Rangers, instead of a lazy, worthless herd of U.S. Regular Soldiers who have heretofore consumed the money of the Government without giving us protection. There is now no political excitement in Texas, all has subsided, and a calm decided and defiant spirit actuates the people of this State. While we where members of the old Government we were loyal, but oppression and a fast ripening despotism have caused or compelled us to severe connections with these States in connection with which we furnished the most imaginative and successful government on earth and were fast advancing to the Empire of America, but not of the world., later P.O.W. correspondence from C.S.A. Calvary Captain Vachel Wendon at Camp Chase, Columbus, O. (Feb. & Mar. of 1863) and Delaware Fort, Delaware City, Del., latter Sept. 1865 adversity cover posted from occupied New Orleans, La. with letter from Slayton in Sabine Pass, Texas and others from both Vachel and John from Indianola, Galveston and Clinton; a wonderful historical correspondence spanning through the Civil War.
Estimate; $2,000 - 3,000.

John Slayton was admitted to the bar soon after settling in Texas where he practiced law. In 1858 he was elected district attorney of the 8th Judicial District and later served the Texas Supreme Court from 1888 to 1894. Est. $2,000-3,000 (Image)

Est. $2,000-3,000

Confederacy, New Orleans, La. Provisional Issue Study. Balance of exhibit, 30 mint or used copies (mostly 5¢ brown/red brown) all plated and with printings identified, various shades, etc., F.-V.F. overall, ex-Skinner.
Scott No. 62X1-62X5; Estimate $2,500 - 3,500. Est. $2,500-3,500 (Image)

Est. $2,500-3,500

Confederacy, Postmaster Provisional Cover Group. Of 8 covers; includes Greensboro, N.C. 10¢ entire (32XU1, only 8 recorded), Jackson, Miss 5¢ entire (43XU1, 34 recorded), three Mobile, Ala. 5¢ single usages (58X2, one with P.S.E. cert), two N.O., La. 5¢ single usages (62X3) and a Raleigh, N.C. 5¢ entire (68UX1); condition mixed, generally Fine appearance.
Estimate; $1,500 - 2,000. Est. $1,500-2,000 (Image)

Est. $1,500-2,000

Confederacy, The Gordon Bleuler Civil War Collection Balance. 7 volume collection neatly mounted and displayed on pages focusing much on Sanitary & Relief Organizations; over 250 items including dozens of unused Magnus covers, song sheets and cards including a series of carte-de-visite like cards featuring Confederate Generals, Sanitary Fairs including tickets, circulars, unused covers, and other promotional fair items, other used relief organization covers, including Clara Barton cover and enclosure (signed by her secretary), unused allover Volunteer & Cooper Refreshment Saloon covers, etc., also section of 16 unused Confederate patriotics and POW material, generally Very Fine.
Estimate; $5,000 - 7,500. Est. $5,000-7,500 (Image)

Est. $5,000-7,500

Confederacy, Regular Issues on Cover Group. Of 29 covers; includes 8 #1 usages from towns including Charleston, S.C., Bonsacks, Va., Dandridge, Tenn., Newberry C.H., S.C., Mount Crawford, Va. with crossroad cancel (missing one stamp), pair use from Mobile, Ala., etc., #2a use from Macon, Ga., #3 drop in Charleston, S.C., four #4 usages including pair, three single #5 usages including one from Okolona, Miss., #6-7 pair usages with railroad (missing one stamp), three #8 drop usages from Richmond Va. (2) and Montgomery, Ala., two "TEN" (#9) usages including homemade cover from Gordonsville, Va., #11-12 usages including a #11 strip of 4 quadruple rate use, also included a Buckingham Female Institute allover shade ad cover (missing stamp); condition varied, generally Fine or better.
Estimate; $5,000 - 7,500. Est. $5,000-7,500 (Image)

Est. $5,000-7,500

Confederacy, Confederate Cover Balance. Of 23 covers; includes five stampless items including Cobb's Legion soldier correspondence including a enclosure, couple semi-official imprint covers including "Auditors Office P.O.B." turned cover and Subsistence Department imprints, manuscript Estillville, Va. usage with "Paid 5¢" over U.S. 1857, 3¢ Nesbitt indicia, regular issue usages including three #1 usages, #2 use from Cleveland, Ten., #4 single and pair use, couple #5 usages from Columbia, S.C. (blue townmark) and Richmond, Va., five 1862, 5¢ Jefferson pair usages including turned use on U.S. 1857, 3¢ Nesbitt entire, and four later 1863, 10¢ issue usages including with couple colored town cancels, generally F.-V.F.
Estimate; $1,000 - 1,500. Est. $1,000-1,500 (Image)

Est. $1,000-1,500

Confederacy, Cover Balance. Of 12 items including a couple fronts; including Provisional with Charleston 5¢ blue usage (16X1, cat $2,500) and a #16XU1 rebacked front, Atlanta, Ga. 10¢ forwarded entire (6XU6, corner repair), some interesting stampless usages including soldiers letter from Kinston, N.C. without postage indicated (with article), Ridgeway, N.C. fancy boxed "Paid 5", "Selma, Ala., Dec 10, Paid 3" cds with "5" re-rate in pencil and portion of U.S. 1857, 3¢ dull red torn off cover, regular stamp usages including two #2 usages from Chattanooga, #5 10¢ deep rose usage (with C.S.A. cert), etc.; condition varied, a Fine group.
Estimate; $1,000 - 1,500. Est. $1,000-1,500 (Image)

Est. $1,000-1,500

Confederacy, Confederate Cover & Ephemera Group. Group of 25 covers and some additional collateral items; with couple early stampless, stamped covers with issues including Scott #1 (3), 4, 5, 6 (4), 11 (2), 12 (6), 13 (with cert), also 8 carte-de-visites with a few tin types; condition mixed, please inspect.
Estimate; $750 - 1,000. Est. $750-1,000

Est. $750-1,000

Confederacy, Confederate Stamp Balance. Of seven stamps; includes two used 1861, 10¢ blue singles (2) with one on piece showing wide gutter and portion of adjacent stamp at right, two unused 1862, 2¢ green issues (3, both four margin) with one showing Left Top Knot variety (3-2 volumes) and three used 1862, 10¢ rose issues (5) with variety including "ZEN" (2-H-v1), Shooting Star (2-H-4 volumes) and Scratched Stone (5-5 volumes); some flaws, F.-V.F. overall.
Scott No. 2-3, 5; Estimate $600 - 800. Est. $600-800 (Image)

Est. $600-800

Confederacy, Confederate Cover Balance. Of 21 covers; includes four #1 single usages, #6 single usage from Knoxville, Ten. and five 37 usages including single use overpaid drop, others pairs including shaded Hotel ad, eight #11-12 usages including pair and one endorsed "W. Porcher Miles, M.C.", and three stampless one with partial railroad cancel, generally F.-V.F.
Scott No. 1//12; Estimate $500 - 750. Est. $500-750 (Image)

Est. $500-750

Confederacy, Confederate Stampless. Group of 6 comprising five Tennessee: Tullahoma 1863 "Due 10" handstamp on repaired cover, Tullahoma 1863 "Paid" handstamp with "20" cent rate on front, Jonesborough Te. cds with "Paid" and "5" rating handstamps (cat $300), "Paris Ten" manuscript postmark with pencil "Paid 5" rating (cat $300), and Campbellton manuscript "Paid 5" (unlisted in CSA); also includes manuscript "Nutt Bridge Tn" that may be Confederate or earlier, F.-V.F. group.
Estimate; $200 - 300. Est. $200-300 (Image)

Est. $200-300

Confederacy, Confederate Cover Group. Of 5 covers; includes cover addressed to Richmond, Va. with #7 pair tied by Richmond, Va. cds and military forwarded "Care Genl. D.H., Hanover Junction", manuscript #10 on cover to Siegel Store, N.C., and #11 usages including one from Charleston; condition varies, Fine appearance.
Estimate; $100 - 150. Est. $100-150 (Image)

Est. $100-150

Confederacy, 1861, 5¢ green. balance of 11 singles, used with one mint o.g.; seven Stone 2 issues including five plate varieties including Spur (1-2-v1) and Gooseneck (4-2-v7), and cancels including large numeral 5 and red "Paid", two on piece Stone 1 issues include Knoxville, Ten. town with stamp over U.S. 3¢ Star Die indicia, two Stone A/B issues with top margin single 2nd day of issue Richmond town and other with blue Norfolk, Va. town, Very Fine overall, a choice group.
Scott No. 1/1c; $2,250+; Estimate $750 - 1,000. Scott $2,250+
Est. $750-1,000 (Image)

Scott $2,250+
Est. $750-1,000

Confederacy, 1861, 10¢ blue. Balance of six covers; includes 5¢ Patterson pair usage Richmond, Va. to Mobile, Ala. and forward to same person in Richmond with single 5¢ (flaws), three singe 5¢ H&L usages including nice 4-margin from Lessboro, Va., others from Selma, Ala. and Nashville, Ten., 5¢ milky blue Stone Y usages from Blacksure, Va. (rare, one other known) and Lovingston, Va.; condition varied, generally F.-V.F. or better.
Scott No. 2/2e; Estimate $750 - 1,000. Est. $750-1,000 (Image)

Est. $750-1,000

Confederacy, 1861, 10¢ blue. balance of five covers; includes Paterson single on adversity cover made from shipping form from Knoxville, Ten., 4-margin Stone Y single on cover from Port Hudson, La. and another Stone Y single tied by Roswell, Ga. blue "Paid 10" in circle on homemade cover, uncanceled Zen variety usage and a usage from Tudor Hall, Va., F.-V.F. overall.
Scott No. 2/2e; Estimate $400 - 600. Est. $400-600 (Image)

Est. $400-600

Confederacy, 1861, 5¢ green. Three covers comprising Mobile Ala. with #1 to Montezuma Tenn., Wilmington due "5" to Weldon where forwarded with #1 to Gaston, and Knoxville Tenn. cover with #1 to Lyons Store E.Tenn., mixed condition, Fine.
Scott No. 1; Estimate $150 - 200. Est. $150-200 (Image)

Est. $150-200

Confederacy, 1862, 5¢ blue. balance of 8 covers; two Stone 2 usages including left margin single from Savannah, Ga. and single (light gum stains) applied over U.S. 1¢ Star Die indicia and tied by blue Raleigh, N.C. cds, six Stone 3 usages including single usages from Winnsboro, S.C., Augusta, Ga., Columbia, S.C. (top margin single, Leaking "N" variety), Buckingham Mine, Va., Warrenton, Geo. (to V.P. A.H. Stephens) and two singles of milky blue shade tied by Talladega, Al. cds, generally Very Fine.
Scott No. 4; Estimate $1,000 - 1,500. Est. $1,000-1,500 (Image)

Est. $1,000-1,500

Confederacy, 1862, 5¢ blue. balance of six singles and pair; with two Stone 2 single varieties including o.g. lines in shirt (position 5, 4-2-2 volumes) and blob top right corner (position 40, 4-2-v8), Stone 3 with three blue singles (2 o.g. and no gum) and light milky blue single and pair (in at left); some flaws, a Fine group.
Scott No. 4; $4,475; Estimate $750 - 1,000. Scott $4,475
Est. $750-1,000 (Image)

Scott $4,475
Est. $750-1,000

Confederacy, 1862, 5¢ blue. balance of eight singles and pair; three singles from Stone 2 including cut in inner right oval variety (4-2-3 volumes), near complete Corinth, Ms. balloon postmark tying on piece and red Camden, S.C. town, Stone 3 include on piece with blue "South Express Co., Augusta, Ga. " circular postmark, Charleston, S.C. and Salem, Va. towns, pair tied on piece by Orangeburg, S.C. town, generally F.-V.F. or better.
Scott No. 4; $2,225+; Estimate $600 - 800. Scott $2,225+
Est. $600-800 (Image)

Scott $2,225+
Est. $600-800

Confederacy, 1863, 10¢ blue - Cover Group. Group of 16 covers, each with a four margin single on cover, towns include Fayetteville, Ringgold Ga., Montgomery Ala., Charleston S.C., Lynchburg Va. violet, Columbus Miss., Martinsville Va., Marion Ala., etc., superior condition throughout chosen by a collector with an astute eye, Very Fine and choice group.
Scott No. 11, 12; Estimate $750 - 1,000. Est. $750-1,000 (Image)

Est. $750-1,000

Confederacy, 1863, 10¢ blue - Selected Mint and Used Collection. Group with vert fine to extremely fine singles in various shades, used strip of four, gutter block of eight, mint blocks of four in different shades, etc., also includes mint #7 single and pair, Very Fine and choice collection.
Scott No. 11, 12; Estimate $400 - 600. Est. $400-600 (Image)

Est. $400-600

Confederacy, Confederate 10¢ Perforated & Rouletted Issue Usage Balance. Three covers and two fronts; covers including perforated issues used from Stanton, Va. and Alabama (indistinct postmark, with P.F. cert.), and a wide roulette usage from Atlanta, Ga. (P.F. cert.), fronts including a perforated margin single use from Charleston (believe to the only known example from this town) and a Harrisburg, Va. roulette use (CSA cert.), generally F.-V.F. or better.
Estimate; $750 - 1,000. Est. $750-1,000 (Image)

Est. $750-1,000

Confederacy, Semi-Official & Official Imprint Cover Group. Of seven covers; includes POD Auditor's Office imprint (AUD-05 with signature) with 10¢ Patterson print pair (2) over imprint, #11a use on crossed out Head Quarters, 1st Military Dist., Department of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida imprint cover (WD-ZA-26), Treasury Dept. imprint (TD-06) on oversized cover franked with 10¢ blue (2), Subsistence Bureau imprint (WD-SD-07) on oversized franked with 10¢ pair (7) with original requisition enclosure, P.O. Contract Bureau imprint use (CON-01, pictured example in CSA catalog), Ordinance Bureau imprint cover (WD-OD-01) and a manuscript "Treasury Department, CSA, Second Auditor's Office" imprint use; condition varies, generally F.-V.F.
Estimate; $1,000 - 1,500. Est. $1,000-1,500 (Image)

Est. $1,000-1,500