Confederate States of America continued...
Prisoner of War Covers, Northern Prisons continued...
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Confederacy, Point Lookout, Md. Incoming cover from Lynchburg Va. to prisoner-of-war Pvt. A. W. Saunders, a member of Company G of the 2nd Va. Cavalry, endorsed "(Via Flag Truce)" at
bottom, endorsed at top "$5 U.S. Currency" and "ex." in same hand, mixed franking with C.S.A. postage paid by 10¢ blue (11), large margins, tied by blurry strike of green
"Lynchburg Va. Oct 27" cds and U.S. postage paid by uncancelled 3¢ rose (65), uncancelled but tied by manuscript "17th Jan'y Exchanged" and "(No. 31)", also "Dep" in green
pencil, Very Fine, ex-Judd, Birkinbine, Walske. Estimate; $1,000 - 1,500.
AN EXCEPTIONAL MIXED-FRANKING COVER FROM LYNCHBURG TO A CONFEDERATE PRISONER AT POINT LOOKOUT WHO HAD ALREADY BEEN EXCHANGED.
Mixed
frankings on prisoner-of-war covers are always desirable, especially so on South-to-North mail. (Image1) |
Est. $1,000-1,500
SOLD for $1,800.00
Will close during Public Auction |
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Confederacy, Point Lookout, Md. Orange Prisoner of War cover addressed to Mrs. Mary Crist, Middlebrook Va. bearing for C.S.A. postage 10¢ blue (12), four margins, tied by
"Richmond Va., Sep 29" cds, and for U.S. postage 3¢ rose (65) tied by target cancel duplexed with "Delaware City, Del, Sep" cds, framed "Prisoner's Letter, Sept. 6, 1864, Examined" handstamp,
endorsed "via Flag of Truce" at lower left, original enclosed letter headed "Prisoners Camp Point Lookout Md. Sept. 5th/64" from Ezra Thomas Smith to his mother reading in part "…I am in tolerbly health at
this time I have been crippled up with pains in my legs so that I can hardly walk but I am getting better…Direct to me prisoner of war Company E. 7th Division Point Lookout Maryland, via Flag of Truce, you can pay the postage with a
bit of silver by sending it to richmond get the post master to fix it for you…", Very Fine. Estimate; $750 - 1,000.
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Est. $750-1,000
SOLD for $1,250.00
Will close during Public Auction |
1663 |
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Confederacy, Point Lookout, Md. (Camp Hoffman). U.S. 1861, 3¢ rose (65) tied by target with matching "Point Lookout, Md., Mar 7" cds and Confederate "Due 10" with
"Richmond, Va., Apr 25" cds on 1864 prisoner of war cover to Mrs. Martha A.S. Riggins, Prince Edward Co House, Virginia, full bold strike of the large oval J. N. Patterson approved examiner's handstamp (Harrison Type 1) (CSA
Catalog type PWH-16 A), Richmond cds is Powell type 5g which is not recorded as being used until May 1864 and this predates that, endorsed "From Jno J. Riggins Company F 18th Regt Va Infty", Very Fine, exceptionally nice strike of
this popular and scarce examined marking, ex-Tickell. Estimate; $750 - 1,000.
The 18th Va Infantry was part of Garnett's Brigade, Pickett's Division. John J. Riggins was captured at Gettysburg 3 July 1863 during
Pickett's Charge. He was held at Point Lookout but was paroled about a month after this cover was mailed. He rejoined his regiment and was captured a second time as a POW at Saylor's Creek, Virginia on 6 April 1865 and once again confined at
Point Lookout until his release on 17 June 1865. (Image1) |
Est. $750-1,000
SOLD for $725.00
Will close during Public Auction |
1664 |
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12+U.S. 65 |
Confederacy, Rock Island Barracks (Rock Island, Ill.). Inbound money letter cover to prisoner John W. Howell in "Barracks 43", franked with 1863, 10c blue + U.S., 1861 3c rose
(defective) both left uncanceled, manuscript "$5 U.S. Currency" with erasure of pencil "Through the lines" endorsement above, pencil "ex" examiner's marking below stamps and light "C" in red crayon
indicating cover containing currency; cover reduced and with erasures (cleaning) at left, F.-V.F., with detailed biography & 1999 C.S.A. certificate. Scott No. 12+U.S. 65; Estimate $400 - 600. (Image1) |
Est. $400-600
SOLD for $270.00
Will close during Public Auction |
1665 |
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U.S. 65 |
Confederacy, Rock Island Barracks, Rock Island, Ill. Prisoner's cover bearing U.S. 1861, 3¢ rose tied by "Rock Island, Ill, Jan 16, '65" duplex to E.E. Dobyns at Mt. Gilead,
Ky., clear strike of blue "R.I. Barracks, Prisoner's Letter, Examined" oval examiner's handstamp; minor edge wear, Very Fine. Scott No. U.S. 65; Estimate $150 - 200. (Image1) |
Est. $150-200
SOLD for $220.00
Will close during Public Auction |
Confederate States Collection and Group Lots
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1666 |
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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. (Image1) |
Est. $300-400
SOLD for $200.00
Will close during Public Auction |
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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. (Image1) |
Est. $200-300
SOLD for $575.00
Will close during Public Auction |
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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. (Image1) (Image2)
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Est. $2,000-3,000
SOLD for $2,000.00
Will close during Public Auction |
1669 |
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62X1-62X5 |
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. (Image1) |
Est. $2,500-3,500
SOLD for $1,800.00
Will close during Public Auction |
1670 |
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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. (Image1) |
Est. $1,500-2,000
SOLD for $1,250.00
Will close during Public Auction |
1671 |
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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. (Image1) (Image2)
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Est. $5,000-7,500
SOLD for $10,000.00
Will close during Public Auction |
1672 |
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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. (Image1) |
Est. $5,000-7,500
SOLD for $3,500.00
Will close during Public Auction |
1673 |
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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. (Image1) |
Est. $1,000-1,500
SOLD for $1,100.00
Will close during Public Auction |
1674 |
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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. (Image1) |
Est. $1,000-1,500
SOLD for $1,100.00
Will close during Public Auction |
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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
SOLD for $1,100.00
Will close during Public Auction |
1676 |
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2-3, 5 |
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.
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Est. $600-800
SOLD for $650.00
Will close during Public Auction |
1677 |
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1//12 |
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. (Image1) |
Est. $500-750
SOLD for $1,200.00
Will close during Public Auction |
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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. (Image1) |
Est. $200-300
SOLD for $230.00
Will close during Public Auction |
1679 |
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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.
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Est. $100-150
SOLD for $100.00
Will close during Public Auction |
1680 |
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1/1c |
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.
(Image1) |
Scott $2,250+ Est. $750-1,000
SOLD for $525.00
Will close during Public Auction |
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