1861 (12 Jan) Vicksburg, Mississippi, target cancel and date stamp alongside, clearly struck on 3c stationery entire envelope addressed to New Orleans, backflap tears, otherwise fine (Mississippi was the second state following South Carolina to secede from the United States on January 9, 1861. Mississippi joined with six other southern states to form the Confederacy on February 4, 1861) (Image)

Est.US$250

1861 (6 Mar) Natchez, Mississippi, complete FL franked with perforated 3c red, tied by cds, addressed to Madison, Parish, Louisiana, fine (Image)

Est.US$250

1861 (12 Jan) Natchez, Mississippi, cover franked with perforated 1c blue, used locally, also another cover with similar franking, same correspondence, canceled January 28, each with arrival docketing, fine (Image)

Est.US$400

1861 (30 Apr) Lexington, Va., cover franked with perforated 3c red, tied by blue grids and clear departure pmk, addressed to San Marino, Dinwiddie, Va, fine (Virginia seceded from the Union on 17th April, 1861) (Image)

Est.US$250

1861 (4 May) legal size cover (reduced at right) franked with 4x3c red brown (only part of the stamp at right still there), tied by New Orleans May 4, 1861 cds, addressed to Galena, Miss., with "D.I. Ricardo Notary Public" embossed corner card cachet, wax seals and manuscript markings on back, late usage of the U.S. stamps in the CSA (Louisiana seceded from the United States on January 26, 1861) (Image)

Est.US$250

1861 cover from Leesburg, Va to Mississippi, charged "10" in ms and handstamped "Due 10", return address of "18th Miss. Reg.", cover roughly opened at right, fine (Image)

Est.US$250

1861 soldier's Patriotic "Run, Yank, or Die" cover from Guiney's, Va to Port Gibson, Ms, sender's (Serg D.B. Wade, CSA) endorsement at top, addressed to a Judge J.H.Wade, penciled "Due 5" (it was at Guiney's Station, Virginia, that Stonewall Jackson passed away from pneumonia on May 10, 1863 after being accidentally shot by his own men eight days earlier) (Image)

Est.US$250

1861 two Patriotic covers, same correspondence to Miss Antoinette Baines in Bayou Sara, Louisiana, one endorsed "Tangipahoa" and dated Sept 2 1861, with "Paid .5" in manuscript at upper right, the other from a private Baines c/o "La Volunteers", "Paid 10" in ms at upper right, with "received on 9th November" docketing, some toning and roughly opened, otherwise fine (Image)

Est.US$1,000

1845 (ca) cover with red "Free", "Washington, D.C. Apr 4" pmk, signed "Jefferson Davis, Miss." and addressed to Richard T. Archer, Port Gibson, Miss., minor edge toning, fine (Jefferson Davis was at that time a Congressman from Mississippi and Richard T. Archer, who migrated to Mississippi in 1824, ruled a domain that included more than 500 slaves and 13,000 acres of land. On the eve of the Civil War he was one of the wealthiest men in the South) (Image)

Est.US$500

1845 (ca) outer FL with red "Washington, D.C. Feb 26" pmk, signed "Jefferson Davis, Miss.", "Free" handstamp alongside, addressed to Richard T. Archer, Port Gibson, Miss., minor edge toning, fine (Jefferson Davis was at that time a Congressman from Mississippi and Richard T. Archer, who migrated to Mississippi in 1824, ruled a domain that included more than 500 slaves and 13,000 acres of land. On the eve of the Civil War he was one of the wealthiest men in the South) (Image)

Est.US$500

1845 (15 Nov) FL from Brierfield, addressed to "My Dear Friend" and signed "Jefferson Davis", handstamped "5", with departure pmk alongside, sent to Richard T. Archer, Port Gibson, Miss., overall toning, but text and signatures completely intact (Jefferson Davis was at that time a Senator from Mississippi and Richard T. Archer, who migrated to Mississippi in 1824, ruled a domain that included more than 500 slaves and 13,000 acres of land. On the eve of the Civil War he was one of the wealthiest men in the South) (Image)

Est.US$500

1849 Free frank FL dated 6th May, from Brierfield, addressed to "My Dear Friend" and signed "Jefferson Davis U.S.S.", handstamped "Free" and signed "Jefferson Davis, U.S.S.", sent to Richard T. Archer, Port Gibson, Miss., overall toning, but text and signatures complete intact (Jefferson Davis was at that time a Senator from Mississippi and Richard T. Archer, who migrated to Mississippi in 1824, ruled a domain that included more than 500 slaves and 13,000 acres of land. On the eve of the Civil War he was one of the wealthiest men in the South) (Image)

Est.US$500

1853 cover addressed to Jefferson Davis, Memphis, Tenn., signed "C.G Clay" (Clement Claiborne Clay), with Huntsville, Alabama departure pmk (Clay was a U.S. Senator from 1853 and from 1862-64 as a CSA senator from Alabama) (Image)

Est.US$250

1853 FL addressed to Vicksburg, Miss., re-addressed to Falmouth, Va, with "San Francisco, Cal. 1 Jul" and "Free" alongside, signed "W.M Gwin, U.S. Senator" (William McKendree Gwin (1805-1885) served in elected office in Mississippi and California. In California he shared the distinction, along with John C. Fremont, of being the state's first U.S. senators. Before, during, and after the Civil War, Gwin was well known in California, Washington, D.C., and the Southern United States as a determined Confederate sympathizer) (Image)

Est.US$250

1855 (28 Apr) Washington, D.C. Free departure cds, War Department Official Business envelope addressed to Governor J.J. McRae, Jackson, Miss., free-frank of "Jeff. Davis", fine (Jefferson Davis (1808-1889), was the only president of the Confederate States of America. He represented Mississippi in the United States Senate and the House of Representatives as a member of the Democratic Party before the American Civil War. He was the United States Secretary of War from 1853 to 1857) (Image)

Est.US$250

1857 FL addressed to Falmouth, Va, with red "Free New York, Sep 6" and signed W.M Gwin (William McKendree Gwin (1805-1885) served in elected office in Mississippi and California. In California he shared the distinction, along with John C. Fremont, of being the State's first U.S. senators. Before, during, and after the Civil War, Gwin was well known in California, Washington, D.C., and the Southern United States as a determined Confederate sympathizer) (Image)

Est.US$250

1864 Robert E. Lee field endorsement, 10c blue tied by blue Petersburg, Va. cds, addressed to ex-Governor John Letcher in Lexington, Va., endorsed "R.E.Lee, Gel", with Confederate Stamp Alliance certificate which states "genuine, envelope has been cleaned and tears repaired at top and at left, envelope reduced at top and right and back flaps re-attached." A fine and rare Robert E. Lee field endorsement, used in 1864, probably from Gaines Mill, Va., one of only 15 (!) known (Image)

Est.US$5,000

1875 3c Centennial stationery, entire envelope addressed by typewriter to Mrs. Walker Brooke in Vicksburg, Miss., overall toning, early usage of a typewriter (Walker Brooks served as a Deputy from Mississippi to the Provisional Congress of the CSA from 1861-62. He was also a U.S. Senator from 1852-53) (Image)

Est.US$250

1885-87 correspondence of 16 covers, each with 2c Bank Note franking, addressed to Jefferson Davis, Beauvoir, Mississippi, one addressed to "Ex President of Southern Confederacy", sent from Georgia, Maryland, New York, South Carolina, Louisiana, etc., fine (Image)

Est.US$1,000

1861 5c olive green, two singles and two vertical pairs, also 10c blue, four singles, all used, some on pieces, mostly with good margins and colors, fine-v.f. (Cat No. 1,2) (Image)

Est.US$1,000

1861 5c green, block of four, h.r., margins all around, some creasing and toning, otherwise fine-v.f., cat. $1750 (Cat No. 1) (Image)

Cat. $1750, Est.US$500

1861 5c yellow green, red cancel, margins all around, v.f., cat. $175 (Cat No. 1) (Image)

Cat. $175, Est.US$100

1861 5c green, margins all around, v.f., canceled by "Bayou Sara, La" on cover to Laurel Hill, La. (Cat No. 1) (Image)

Est.US$150

1861 5c green, three large margins, canceled by blue departure pmk on cover to Lynchburg, Va, minor toned spot at left, backflap incomplete, fine, cat. $300 (Cat No. 1) (Image)

Cat. $300, Est.US$150

1861 5c green, two singles, ample margins, the right copy just in at top, tied by Vicksburg (Apr) 1862 double circle pmks on back of small cover to a Captain with the 2nd Mississippi Battalion in Yorktown, Va, some hinge remnants and toning, otherwise fine (Cat No. 1) (Image)

Est.US$250