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Confederate States continued...

Postal Rates
LotNo. Symbol CatNo. Lot Description
556 cover   imageTriple Rate Cover, four-margin pair & single of the 10¢ light blue type I, Keatinge & Ball tied by two black Petersburg, Va. c.d.s.'s, Feb 11 (1865) on a cover to Louisa Court House, Va., Fine to Very Fine. One of only three recorded triple rate covers using Keatinge & Ball stamps, Ex-Shenfield, signed Kimbrough.


Petersburg used blue cancelling ink until August of 1864. They then briefly changed to red until the end of December and, finally, to black until the end of the war. (Image) (Image2)

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Estimate $800-1,200
SOLD for $400.00
Will close during Public Auction
557 cover   imageDouble Rate cover, horizontal pair of 10¢ deep blue type II (Keatinge & Ball) tied by a black Petersburg, Va. c.d.s., Jan 11 (1865) on a cover to Hallsboro, Va.; reduced a bit at both ends (open on three sides), pair cut a bit close on two sides, otherwise Very Fine.


Petersburg used blue cancelling ink until August of 1864. They then briefly changed to red until the end of December and, finally, to black until the end of the war. (Image) (Image2)

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Estimate $200-300
SOLD for $160.00
Will close during Public Auction
558 cover   imageTriple Rate Cover, four-margin pair and a single of the 10¢ light blue type II (Archer & Daly) tied by two Atlanta, Ga. c.d.s.'s, Jul 27 (1863) on a legal-size cover to Watkinsville, Ga.; the cover originally contained court documents, which were received and forwarded by Atlanta Postmaster, Thomas H. Howard, as per the signed statement at the lower left, Fine to Very Fine.


Apparently, the envelope was inadvertently held, or misplaced, for three months, as the envelope and its contents were not presented to the Court until Oct. 26, as per a signed statement on the back by Clerk of the Court, J.C. Johnson. Also on the back is a second signed statement of the same date, in which Watkinsville Deputy Postmaster, R.J. Ashford, swears that "this package of interrogations" had remained, unaltered, in the Watkinsville Post Office ever since its receipt. (Image) (Image2)

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Estimate $400-600
SOLD for $300.00
Will close during Public Auction
559 cover   imageQuadruple Rate Cover, four singles 10¢ light blue type I (Archer & Daly) tied by several partial Richmond c.d.s.'s, Oct 7 (1863) on a normal-size envelope, but apparently 1½-2 ounces in weight, to Cobham Depot, Virginia Central Rail Road, Albemarle Co., Va.; slight, neatly repaired opening faults at the upper right not affecting stamps, otherwise Very Fine, signed P. Kaufmann.


Sent by Alfred Landon Rivers, the owner of nearby Castle Hill Plantation, to his wife. (Image) (Image2)

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Estimate $250-350
SOLD for $375.00
Will close during Public Auction
560 cover CN-3 imageCannon & Flag, "Our Father's faith…", double rate cover (C.S.A. Catalog CN-3), verse 33, imprint 17 var. ("Made by" instead of "Man'td by"), franked with two large-margined 10¢ type I (Archer & Daly) tied by a blurry Apr 17 Wilmington, N.C. c.d.s., to Pittsboro, N.C.; vertical and horizontal file folds, top flap missing, Fine.
C.S.A. Catalog $1,500. (Image) (Image2)

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Estimate $600-800
SOLD for $425.00
Will close during Public Auction
561 cover F11-16 image11-Star Flag, "Gather around your Country's flag" (C.S.A. Catalog F11-16), verse 13, no imprint, franked with a pen-canceled 10¢ deep blue type II (Keatinge & Ball) tied by a very weak Richmond c.d.s., to Manchester, Va.; slight damp staining, Fine.
C.S.A. Catalog $750. (Image) (Image2)

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Estimate $350-500
SOLD for $325.00
Will close during Public Auction
562 cover   imageTrans-Mississippi Express Mail - East to West, two used four-margin strips of four that are possible Trans-Mississippi usages: a type I Archer & Daly tied by mostly clear Dec 22 Mount Lebanon, La. c.d.s.'s and a type II Archer & Daly tied by weak Shreveport, La. c.d.s.'s, Very Fine. One or both of these could simply be quadruple letter rate usages, but because of their proximity to one of the two main Trans-Mississippi mail centers - Shreveport - the odds are reasonably good that they could be Trans-Mississippi usages.


Because the Mississippi was completely controlled by Union forces after July 8, 1863, the C.S.A. Post Office, on October 20 of that year, established a special Trans-Mississippi Express Mail service with a rate of 40¢ per half-ounce. Crossing the river from East to West via either Meridian or Brandon, Miss., and from West to East via either Shreveport or Alexandria, La., these mails were conveyed, usually at night, by courageous carriers who constantly had to look out for Union gunboat patrols. (Image) (Image2)

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Estimate $500-750
SOLD for $425.00
Will close during Public Auction
563 cover   imageTrans-Mississippi Express Mail - West to East, a pretty four-margin strip of four 10c blue type II (Archer & Daly) tied by two mostly clear Bastrop, Tex. c.d.s.'s, Nov 17 (1863) on a homemade, turned cover to Bay Springs, Tishomingo Co., Miss.; the first use was hand-carried to Bastrop (very faint address on the inside); strip with a few tiny pre-use scuffs; cover somewhat freshened with edges strengthened, Very Fine appearance. The only known Trans-Mississippi usage from Bastrop, and one of only two recorded West to East uses from November of 1863.
Scott $4,000.
C.S.A. Catalog $7,500. (Image) (Image2)

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Estimate $2,000-3,000
SOLD for $2,100.00
Will close during Public Auction
564 cover   imageTrans-Mississippi Express Mail - East to West, strip of four 10c blue type II (Archer & Daly) tied by three light Columbus, Miss. c.d.s.'s, Aug 20 (1864) on a clean cover (with a bright blue lining) to Washington, Ark.; endorsed "Via - Express Mail, Meridian Miss." in manuscript; the strip, with large margins to just cut in, extends a bit beyond the right edge, where the cover is very slightly reduced, still Very Fine. One of only nine known usages to Arkansas and one of only two recorded East to West usages from August of 1864.
Scott $4,000.
C.S.A. Catalog $7,500. (Image) (Image2)

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Estimate $2,500-3,500
SOLD for $4,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
565 cover   imageTrans-Mississippi Usage - East to West, Hand-Carried, four-margin 10¢ green, type II (Archer & Daly) (12e), tied by a Shreveport, La. c.d.s., May 29, 1864, on a neat cover to San Antonio, Tex.; docketed by the recipient, "Spottsylvania C.H. [Va.], May 21/64"; stamp with a light pre-use crease; flap torn, otherwise Very Fine and rare. This cover would have been hand-carried by a courteous individual from Spotsylvania across the Mississippi to Shreveport, where it was placed in the ordinary mails at the regular 10¢ rate.


Even though Union Mississippi River gunboat patrols created dangers for carriers of the C.S.A. Postal Service, civilians would sometimes make it across on their own, hand-carrying correspondence that had originated at eastern post offices. (Image) (Image2)

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Estimate $750-1,000
SOLD for $700.00
Will close during Public Auction

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