Confederacy, Small Collection of Adhesive Postmasters' Provisionals. Nine stamps comprising unused 56X1, 62X1 (o.g.), 62X2, 62X3 (2) and used 11X2 (repaired upper right corner, otherwise VF), 56X2 (tied on piece), 62X3 (repaired) and 62X4 (tied on piece); condition, other than the 11X2 & used 62X3, is F-VF (Photo). $2,965 Scott $2,965 (Image)

Scott $2,965

Confederacy, Small Collection of General Issues, 1861-63. Twenty stamps including mint #1 (no gum), 4 natural gum bend, 8, 14, and used #1 (2), 2, 3, 5 (2, one carmine rose), 9 ("T-E-N", clipped corners) plus a Sperati forgery of the "T-E-N"; mixed condition, the best stamps with faults (Photo). $3,890 Scott $3,890 (Image)

Scott $3,890

Collection of General Issues on Cover. 20 covers comprising numbers 1 (3 including a pair used Oct 29, 1861 - unreadable town), 2 (6, including a homemade cover with three singles - one stamp badly damaged & repaired), 5 (2, one turned), 6 pair, 6 & 7 used together, 7 (two pairs on one cover), 8 (poor), 11 (3, one on a Treasury Dept. envelope - TD-02) and 12 (4, one turned); condition is a little mixed, especially on the scarcer usages, otherwise generally Fine (Photo). Estimate 400 - 500 (Image)

Balance of Confederate Postal History Collection. Nine covers: Handstamped Paids from Clinton, Shreveport, and Red River Landing, La.; Postmasters' Provisionals from Houston, Tex. (40XU1 - poorly struck), Mobile, Ala. (58XU2 - badly stained Carroll-Hoy cover - ugly wallpaper?), and New Orleans (two, 62X3 pair and 62X3); also a U.S. 3¢ 1857 used from Mobile, Ala. to Claiborne, Miss., Mar 2, 1861, and an 11-Star Flag C.S.A. patriotic cover (C.S.A. F11-16, v. 13) from Richmond to Vicksburg, Dec 27, 1862, "Due 10" - water-stained and faulty (Photo). Estimate 750 - 1,000 (Image)

Canada, Stampless Covers, 1793-1967, marvelous selection of 35 covers including 1773 Quebec manuscript "Q 2.16" to Montreal; 1778 straightline THREE RIVERS to Quebec; 1780 straightline BERTHIER to Montreal; 1782 & 1804(?) MONTREAL straightlines to Quebec; 1795 boxed "HALIFAX·N·S·" with 2-line "JUN 27/95" below on a folded cover from England; 1798 "St. John, N*B*/ Dec'r. 31 '98" straightline to Fredericton, two Money-Letters (Hamilton & Toronto) and lots of scarcer circles (10 to the United States); a marvelous lot, clean and F-VF throughout (Photo). Estimate 3,000 - 4,000 (Image)