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LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description
827   imageTENNESSEE UNDER THE GUN: The John H. Denton Archive - A Union Soldier’s Witness to the Western Theater and the Occupation of Nashville, 1861–1863, an extensive correspondence of 29 letters mostly franked with 3c rose Washington on small covers from John H. Denton to Martha A. Cole in Aurora, Indiana, the majority of the covers are struck with Nashville, Tenn. military duplex or double-circle postmarks, with several earlier examples originating from Louisville, Kentucky, typical wartime wear including minor soiling and some wrinkling, but with exceptional correspondence enclosed providing a rare glimpse into the soldier's service with the Third Indiana Battery.

The correspondence follows a succession of Tennessee encampments, documenting the Union's slow but steady advance into the Confederate heartland. Denton’s narrative begins in the "heart of rebellion" in Nashville, where he describes a local woman defiantly wearing a "sesesh flag pinned" to her breast and observes the "Hard fighting" scars at Fort Donelson shortly after its fall. By early 1863, a significant cluster of letters originates from Lavergne, a critical strategic outpost on the road to Murfreesboro. Here, Denton describes the constant expectation of battle, noting on April 22 that they were "ordered to be redry to march at 6 oclock" for an anticipated fight. By April 29, he details an active skirmish where Union forces captured "three or four prisoners and one hundred head of sheep" and burned a mill belonging to an "old Rebel Citizen." As the campaign intensified, Denton writes from camps 8 miles south of Tullahoma (June 30) and near Decherd Station (July 4), describing the physical toll of the campaign, reporting the pursuit of Confederate forces who had "evacuated the place" and mentioning the scarcity of supplies, noting they were "out of coffee and sugar" by the Fourth of July. The final stage of the correspondence tracks the difficult passage through the Cumberland Mountains. From Sweden’s Cove (Aug. 12), Denton describes the "grandest scene" of the mountains, despite the roads being "the steepest and the wildest I ever saw.". By August 23 at Battle Creek, he reports being within five miles of the enemy, with the main Confederate army positioned at Chattanooga.
He concludes with an eyewitness account of the army "making rafts to cross the river" for the final assault on Chattanooga, which Denton correctly predicts they will take "without a fight" as the rebels "are leaving the place." Throughout, Denton offers unvarnished descriptions of the war's psychological impact, frequently expressing fatigue, writing on July 7, 1863, that he is "getting tired of war" and longing to "return home to our friends," yet he maintains a sense of duty, reflecting that the hardships of the march are "all for the good of the Country." He remarks that letters received from the addressee, Martha Cole, are cherished as his "only enrichment" and with whom he frequently discussed plans for a post-war marriage. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6) (Image 7) (Image 8) (Image 9) (Image 10) (Image 11) (Image 12)

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Estimate C$ 1,500

Currently...C$900.00
Will close during Public Auction
828 cover   image1867 (April 11), 15c. Lincoln single franking cover to Bordeaux, France, adhesive tied by New Orleans c.d.s., endorsed "per Steamer" and struck with red NEW YORK packet datestamp and red ETATS-UNIS SERV. AM. CALAIS entry mark (23 Apr), Paris A Bordeaux (23 Apr) TPO transit and further partial French c.d.s. backstamps, a few small edge tears and some toning to stamp, still a scarce and desirable franking; with 1934 Royal Philatelic Society London certificate. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4)

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Estimate C$ 200

Currently...C$120.00
Will close during Public Auction
829 cover   image1867 (October 12), Dayton, Ohio, to Williamsport, Indiana, legal-sized cover, franked with irregular block of three, a horizontal pair, and a single of the 2c Andrew Jackson "Black Jack", likely paying the quadruple domestic rate given the presumed bulky contents once enclosed, tied by segmented cork cancels with Dayton despatch c.d.s. alongside, extensive legal docketing relating to the "Deposition of Plaintiffs" with vertical clerk's filing notation dated October 15, 1867, quite fresh, fine-very fine. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Estimate C$ 250

Currently...C$120.00
Will close during Public Auction
830 cover   image1870 (July), 10c brown New York Foreign Mail cover to France, adhesive tied by intaglio fancy cancel and red New York Foreign Mail cancel (Weiss type TR-W18A), to Paris,black GB/10c accountancy and Calais entry c.d.s. (Jul 23) struck on front, no backstamps, a scarce strike, Weiss having recorded only one example, this example believed to bring the total now known to three, with 2004 P.S.E. certificate. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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Estimate C$ 200

Currently...C$120.00
Will close during Public Auction
831 cover   image1872, 6d New York Foreign Mail cover to Germany, franked with 6c carmine, tied by black New York Foreign Mail fancy cancel, struck with red "NEW YORK JUN 18 PAID ALL DIRECT" exchange office datestamp (Winter 237), carried on the NGL Line "New York" with boxed Bremen transit struck on front, Coburg Banhofs-Post EXP arrival backstamp, Weiss records seven examples dated between 5/6/1872 and 15/6/1872, this not being among them, a rare cancellation and a desirable usage to Germany, with 2003 Philatelic Foundation certificate, it backstamped as ex-Kirke. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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Estimate C$ 250

Currently...C$150.00
Will close during Public Auction
832 cover   image1870s (circa), "The Rare Pony Express Stamp", stamp art Christmas card, from the firm of H. H. & Co, with an interpretation of the famed "Horse and Rider" Pony Express issue, partially illustrated in red ink, with the balance of the designed fashioned from a cut-out Great Britain 1d red, printed "The Rare Pony Express Stamp" / "Wishing you / A Merry Christmas / and A happy New York", some light edge wear, a charming card. (Image 1)

Estimate C$ 300

Currently...C$200.00
Will close during Public Auction
833 cover   image1895 (August 18), 3c postage due on cover to Utrecht, Netherlands, franked with 2c Washington, further affixed with 3c red brown Postage Due, each tied by New York "K" duplex, to Utrecht, Holland, with c.d.s. arrival backstamp, an unusal apparent illegal usage of the 3c due at the time of mailing, quite fresh and fine. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Estimate C$ 100

Currently...C$50.00
Will close during Public Auction
834 cover U378 image1900 (March 5), 5c blue on amber postal stationery cover, earliest recorded use, with 5c General Grant indicia tied by New York / N.Y. (5 Mar) duplex, to Frankfurt, Germany, struck with blue SAALE straight-line transit marking for the North German Lloyd steamer Saale, Frankfurt (15 Mar) arrival backstamp; with 2005 APEX certificate, confirming the earliest recorded date as of the time of expertization. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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Scott U$ 200

Currently...C$100.00
Will close during Public Auction
835 cover   image1900 (November 9), Military Post Office in Tientsin, China, Boxer Rebellion postal card, 1c Jefferson postal stationery card, uprated with 1c Franklin, both tied by clear strikes of MIL PSTA NO 1 TIENTSIN CHINA miltary post office c.d.s., to Hannover, Germany, a choice example, extremely fine.

The U.S. military post office at Tientsin operated during the Boxer Rebellion of 1900–1901 to support American expeditionary forces engaged in the international campaign to suppress the uprising, marking the United States’ first large-scale armed intervention in North China (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Estimate C$ 180

Currently...C$180.00
Will close during Public Auction
836 cover   image1912 (August 20), Remington Guns & Rifles, "Lady with Rifle" design, front & back illustrated advertising cover, franked with 2c Washington, tied by Bridgeton, New Jersery machine cancel, to Syracuse, New York, with Philadelphia transit (20 Aug) and next-day c.d.s. arrival backstamp, a few light marks in places, else quite fresh and attractive. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Estimate C$ 200

Currently...C$100.00
Will close during Public Auction
837 cover   image1914 (June 27), Remington UMC, Autoloading Rifles, "Remington Bears Repearing Shotgun" illustration in red and black, with red Remington logo on flap, franked with 1c Franklin pair, tied by Eagle Rock, California duplex cancel, to Glen Ellyn, Illinois, with corner card for W. Lee Chambers, light wrinkles, a desirable and elusive design. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Estimate C$ 250

Currently...C$150.00
Will close during Public Auction
838 cover   image1916 (December 22), wreck of the steamer Athos, torpedoed by U-boat, cover from Yokohama to Bordeaux, France, with corner card of The Abe Shoten, showing severe water staining, salt encrustation, and deterioration from prolonged sea immersion, the reverse extensively reconstructed with six strips of official brown French Postes et Télégraphes salvage sealing tape citing Art. 483, manuscript “Accident en mer” on reverse, with partial violet circular cachet beneath the repairs, an extraordinary maritime disaster survivor.

The Athos was torpedoed on 17 February 1917 by German submarine U-65 off Malta while carrying Chinese labourers and other passengers in wartime service to France, the sinking resulting in heavy loss of life. Mail recovered from the wreck is extremely scarce. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Estimate C$ 500

Currently...C$300.00
Will close during Public Auction
839 og 505 image1917, 5c rose Washington Error of Color, in a horizontal pair with 2c, hinge remnant between stamps, centered to the upper left, fine and scarce. (Image 1)

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Scott U$ 325

Currently...C$50.00
Will close during Public Auction
840 og/bl 505 image1917, 5c rose Washington Error of Color, the middle stamp in a block of nine, some hinge remnants, good colour, a striking illustration of this famous error, fine. (Image 1)

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Scott U$ 650

Currently...C$100.00
Will close during Public Auction
841 cover   image1918 (December 17), Washington D.C. to New York inaugural flight cover, franked with 6c Air Post, tied by inaugural flight c.d.s., handstamped "By Airplane Mail", addressed to Roessler in East Orange, a nice usage on this second day of the new 6c rate, fine. (Scott C1) (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Estimate C$ 180

Currently...C$100.00
Will close during Public Auction
842 cover   image1919 (April 28), Remington UMC, Big Game Rifles, "Herd of Moose and Two Shotguns" design, illustrated advertising cover franked with 3c Washington, from White Plains to Syracuse, New York, corner card of hardware dealers Fowler & Sellars, reverse with neatly-repaired tear, else very fine, a scarce design of lovely colour. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Estimate C$ 250

Currently...C$150.00
Will close during Public Auction
843 cover   image1918 (November 4), American Expeditionary Force, Italy, POSTA DA CAMPO / PER VIA AEREA, American Expeditionary Force stampless officer's airmail cover, sent from Vicenza, to New York, struck with double-circle U.S. MILITARY POSTAL EXPRESS SERVICE / No. 926 (Nov 4) datestamp at upper right, bold two-line red-violet POSTA DA CAMPO / PER VIA AEREA instructional handstamp at top, circular purple A.E.F. censor stamp No. 3589 signed by G.P. Hunt B.H. 102, sent by Godfrey P. Hunt, Chaplain at Base Hospital 102 (A.P.O. 901-D) serving with the Italian Army, addressed to the Rt. Rev. Patrick J. Hayes at the Ordinariate in New York City, very fine.

U.S. Military Postal Express Service No. 926 served the 332nd Infantry Regiment and supporting units including the Loyola University medical team at Base Hospital 102; the use of the Italian military airmail service by a U.S. officer just one week before the Armistice is quite scarce. The recipient, Patrick J. Hayes, was then Military Vicar for the U.S. Armed Forces and later Cardinal Archbishop of New York (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Estimate C$ 250

Currently...C$150.00
Will close during Public Auction
844 cover   image1919 (July 9), British Dirigible R-34 return transatlantic flight cover, New York to London, 3c violet Washington postal stationery envelope, cancelled by black oval NEW YORK / N.Y. (Jul 9) oval, bold manuscript directive "VIA BRITISH DIRIGIBLE R 34" on face, rare circular LONDON / R 34 / 13 JY 19 datestamp, LONDON E.C. / 17 SP 19 transit, and boxed violet "UNDELIVERED FOR REASON STATED / RETURN TO SENDER" instructional marking on front, reverse with two LONDON CHIEF OFFICE circular datestamps (14 Jul 19 and 16 Sep 19), second LONDON E.C. / 17 SP 19 transit, and small black boxed "Not called For E.C.," returned from London (16 Sep) and received at New York General Post Office (27 Sep), minor edge flaws and the odd trivial spot, else very fine; accompanied by enclosure on "Bonniebrook / Union, N.Y." embossed notepaper, reading "Dear Francis, it may be interesting to have this note of greeting via the R34 on its return trip." An aviation rarity.

The R-34 was a British rigid airship that completed the first two-way transatlantic crossing in July 1919. She flew westward from East Fortune, Scotland, to Mineola, New York, arriving on 6 July after a flight of approximately 108 hours, the first east-to-west transatlantic aerial crossing. After a brief stop of only three days, she departed Mineola on the night of 9 July for the return eastward flight, landing at Pulham, Norfolk, on 13 July after 75 hours in the air. The entire double crossing was completed within the same month, just weeks after Alcock and Brown's non-stop fixed-wing crossing in June. One of the landmark achievements of early aviation. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Estimate C$ 2,500

Currently...C$1,500.00
Will close during Public Auction
845 cover   image1919 (June 18), Remington UMC, Repeating & Autoloading Shotguns, Duck Hunting & Dog design, franked with 3c Victory, tied by Pittsfield, Maine duplex, to Attleboro, Massachusetts, no backstamps, paper somewhat toned, particularly reverse, a desirable illustration. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Estimate C$ 250

Currently...C$150.00
Will close during Public Auction
846 cover   image1919 (June 17), Winchester Rifles & Cartridges, Two Hunters Taking Aim design, franked with 3c Washington, tied by Howland, Maine duplex, to Bangor, with c.d.s. arrival backstamp, extensive printed Winchester advertising text on reverse, the odd light stain mostly confined to upper left, else fine and attractive. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Estimate C$ 250

Currently...C$150.00
Will close during Public Auction

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