President Lincoln and His Cabinet, each in circle with red, white and blue patriotic design on envelope printed by S.C. Upham, #65 tied by Williamsport MD cds, addressed to Laurel DE, manuscript "Soldiers Letter" at lower left, small opening reduction at left, Fine. (Image)

CV. 200-300

Mostly Civil War Related Postal History, includes about a dozen items, 1862 Ship Island, 1863 'Office of Navy Agent' c/c, Philadelphia to U.S. Gun Boat "Fawn", also some very nice lengthy Civil War letters, last are a few unused Civil War Patriotics, most are Fine or better.rnrnFawn, a stern wheel steamer, was commissioned 11 May 1863. Civil War duties consisted of patrolling the Mississippi, Tennessee, White and Arkansas Rivers, also convoying Union Army transports, ferrying troops across rivers, carrying Army payrolls, and often engaging Confederate batteries, cavalry, and foot soldiers ashore.rn rn rn (Image)

CV. 150-200

1/13, 2c-20c CSA Issues Collection, comprised of Unused 1-2, 4, 6-7, 11-13, Mint 8, 12, usual few small flaws/faults, generally Very Fine appearing. (Scott $634). (see online scans). (Image)

CV. 150-200

4b, 1862 5c Milky blue, Stone III, tied to adversity cover made from printed form by Richmond VA JUN 26 1862 cds, address almost totally faded out, Fine. (Image)

CV. 200-250

11, 1863 10c Blue, GEM four margin single with short transfer at upper left, tied to blue adversity envelope made from legal form by blue Chester C.H., S.C.cds, addressed to Blackstocks S.C., Extremely Fine and choice (Image)

CV. 250-350

11, 1863 10c Blue, tied by Richmond VA Jul 6 cds on adversity cover, address to Pittsylvania CH VA, flap overlapped for display, some staining, Fine. (Image)

CV. 150-200

Bartow Ga., PAID 10, Dec 24 1862 handstamp on buff envelope, no back flap, addressed to "Hon. A.H. Stephens" (Vice President of the Confederacy) Crawfordville GA, message on reverse in part "Hon. H.W. Johnson Dec 21 1862...will do what he thinks right whether it pleases Davis or not", Fine and unusual. (Image)

CV. 300-500

11X2, Baton Rouge, La., 1861 5c Green and carmine, with ample margins including large sheet margin at top, tied on cover to military address at Ships Island by Baton Rouge 8/13/61 cds, ms. "Via Miss City", partial backflap, Very Fine; 2007 CSA certificate. (Scott $5,000). (Image)

CV. 2,500-3,000

18XU1 variety, Columbia SC, 1861 5c Blue (inverted indicia), on buff entire addressed to Fulton SC, proper blue Columbia SC town marking at upper left; Sep. 1861 docketing at left; Extremely Fine and extremely scarce; the inverted indicia is a highly interesting variety as a quick check of auction records does not show another example and neither the Scott Catalogue nor the 2012 CSA Handbook notes the existence of this variety; 2010 Philatelic Foundation certificate (Scott as normal entire $900 and 2012 CSA Handbook price as normal variety $1,250) (Image)

CV. 900-1,200

18XU1, Columbia, SC, 1861 5c Blue handstamped envelope, matching Columbia SC 12/18/(61) cds and matching "Paid" staright-line, Very Fine strikes and cover. 2008 CSA certificate. (Scott $900). (Image)

CV. 500-750

26X1, Fredericksburg, Va., 5c Blue on bluish, pos. 10, four margins, tied on small cover to Flippo's, Va. by Fredricksburg, Va. "Paid" cds, light cover stains at upper right barely affecting provisional, small edge tear, trivial and not mentioned on certificate, Very Fine appearing; 1992 PF certificate; ex-Caspary, Emerson (Scott $5,500). (Image)

CV. 1,500-2,000

53X1, Macon, Ga., 1861 5c Black on light blue green, VF single tied on small cover to Bainbridge, Ga. by Macon, Ga. double circle cds, cover expertly cleaned and some light restoration (repaired tears at upper left extending to backflap), addressed enhanced, Very Fine appearance; 2005 CSA certificate; ex Judd, Haas, Molesworth. (Scott $6,000). (Image)

CV. 3,500-4,000

53X1, Macon, Ga., 1861 5c Black on light blue green, uncancelled provisional on small cover to Charleston, SC, small faults, cover tear at top center, Fine appearing. 2012 PF certificate. (Scott $6,000). (Image)

CV. 1,800-2,400

56X2, 1861 Memphis Tenn, 5c Red, Fine single (margins to close at top, slightly overinked variety) tied on cover by Memphis, Tenn. 8/23/61 cds, light edge wear and folds include soiled fold line at left, Fine; 2010 CSA certificate. (Scott $2,000). (Image)

CV. 750-1,000

56XU1, Memphis, Tenn., 1861 5c Red on white entire, near complete Memphis, Tenn. cds on entire to La Grange, Tenn., horizontal crease across top affects provisional, sealed tears and additional creasing at top, most backflap missing, still bright, fresh and attractive, scarce provisional with Very Fine appearance; 2012 PF certificate. (Scott $3,000). (Image)

CV. 900-1,200

58X2, Mobile Ala, 1861 5c Blue, large margins except into at top and touching at lower left, tied by double circle Mobile Ala on amber cover with blue embossed corner card in the shape of a belt, addressed to Mrs. John J. Walker, Choctaw Agency, Oktibbeeha Mississippi, backflap repaired by the replacement of a small missing portion; 2002 Confederate Stamp Alliance and 2016 PF certificates ex-"Atlanta" (1981), Dr. Agre (2002), (Scott $2,000) (Image)

CV. 1,500-2,000

61X4, Nashville Tenn., 1861 5c Gray brown on gray blue ribbed paper, large margins at top and left, ample to touching at right and bottom, tied by blue "Nashville Nov 11 1861 Ten" on buff cover addressed to Jackson Miss; matching additional town marking at lower left over manuscript "Direct to Nashville, Tenn"; cover with minor edge wear at the edges and without backflap, otherwise Fine; 2012 Philatelic Foundation certificate (Scott $5,750) (Image)

CV. 1,500-2,000

62X1a, New Orleans, La., 1861 2c Blue, Printed on both sides, single stamp which has been removed from cover bearing a normal 2c blue New Orleans Postmaster's Provisional stamp (Scott 62X1); the error stamp with two large margins and in on two sides; both stamps were originally tied a by large sans-serif "New Orleans La. Sep" (1861) town marking on unsealed cover addressed to Burtonton Miss; the stamps paying the double 2c circular rate; the error stamp has now been removed for display purposes; this is the only recorded example of this rarity and it is not noted in Hubert Skinner's exceptional article on the stamps of the New Orleans Postmaster's Provisionals published in 1978; 2013 Philatelic Foundation certificates; ex- Morris Everett (1993), Dr. Hubert C. Skinner (2000) and D. K. Collection (2012); 2001 and(Scott $10,000) (Image)

CV. 7,500-10,000

62X3, New Orleans, La., 1861 5c Brown, horizontal pair (left stamp four margins, short transfer at top left and horizontal crease across top (both not mentioned on cert.), right stamp into design at right,), tied by "Paid" straight-line on cover to Charlottesville, Va., New Orleans 8/9/(61) cds, Very Fine; 2008 CSA certificate. (Scott $850). (Image)

CV. 500-750

62X3, New Orleans, La., 1861 5c Brown, two pairs, pos 13-14, 39-40 tied on cover to "Hon. Howell Cobb, Athens Ga." by indistinct New Orleans cancels, upper right corner of left pair slightly damaged (trivial), overall light stains and slightly reduced at right and bottom, Fine appearing cover. 2008 CSA certificate; ex-Knapp (Scott $1,275).rnThomas Howell Cobb (1815 - 1868) was a southern Democrat and five-term member of the United States House of Representatives and Speaker of the House from 1849 to 1851. He also served as a Secretary of Treasury under President James Buchanan (1857-1860) and the 40th Governor of Georgia (1851-1853). He is, however, probably best known as one of the founders of the Confederacy, having served as the President of the Provisional Confederate Congress, in which delegates of the Southern slave states which had declared that they had seceded from the United States created the Confederate States. Cobb served for two weeks between the foundation of the Confederacy and the election of Jefferson Davis as its first President. This made him, as the Speaker of the Congress, provisional Head of State at this time. (Image)

CV. 250-300

62XU3,New Orleans, La., 1861 2c Black "PD 2 CTS N.O.P.O." handstamp at lower left of cover made from a freight bill, addressed to San Antonio TX, double circle New Orleans La. Apr 7, 1862 town marking, light vertical crease through markings from contents; Fine and extremely scarce; Provisional pays the unsealed circular rate; just 6 examples of this handstamp provisional are thought to exist and of those 6 only two are Trans-Mississippi usages; 2003 Confederate Stamp Alliance certificate which states "It is a GENUINE Scott #62XU3 marking" (Scott $9,500) (Image)

CV. 2,500-3,000

65X1, 1861 Petersburg Va. 5c Red, VF single with plate variety broken "G" in Petersburg and "E" in Office, ample margins, tied on cover to Hillsboro, NC by blue Petersburg, Va. 12/28/(61) cds, several vertical folds, none affecting provisional, Very Fine. 2008 CSA certificate. (Scott $2,500). (Image)

CV. 1,000-1,500

78X1, 1861 Spartanburg SC 5c black on white, cut to shape as are almost all known examples, tied by straightline "PAID" on orange cover addressed to "Spartan Rifles, 5th Regt. South Carolina Volunteers, Richmond Va.", manuscript "P.M. at Richmond will please forward to Col Jenkins Head Quarters" directional notation at upper left; cover without bottom backflap and small edge faults along the bottom edge, minor staining near the stamp and a diagonal crease at the top right of the stamp; only twenty examples of this Postmaster Provisional are thought to exist on cover; signed E. Stern,2016 PF certificate; ex-Hessel (H. R. Harmer, 1975); (Scott $20,000) (Image)

CV. 6,000-9,000

26, 1857 3c Dull red, tied to yellow envelope by Charleston S.C. Apr 17 1861 cds (just four days after the "Fall of Fort Sumter" and the day Virginia voted for secession from the Union), Very Fine. (Image)

CV. 150-200

26, 1857 3c Dull red, Winchester VA May 11 1861 cds (only 4 days after Virginia was admitted to the Confederacy) with grid killer ties adhesive to buff envelope, addressed to South Framingham MA, Very Fine; ex-Kohn (Image)

CV. 150-200