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Postal History continued...

Union Civil War Postal History
LotNo. Symbol CatNo. Lot Description
102 cover   image[Mississippi] "SHIP ISLAND/MISS.", mostly clear straightline with manuscript "Mar 28" (1862) and "3" rate on a soldier's cover to Pepperell, Mass.; endorsed "Soldiers letter" and "C. Babbidge, Chaplain 26 Regt. Mass. Vols." includes original 4-page letter, dated Mar. 26, 1862, in pencil, with excellent content, in part:

"We are in General Williams division and we have to go about 2-112 miles to drill in heavy marching order, that is with all of our things on our back. We have to drill 6 hours a day…I don't expect to ever see you again for I am very sure that I can't stand it…I have no desire to live for I have got to die sometime…We are a going to New Orleans in a few days. They say that there is 15 thousand rebels there commanded by Genl Johnson and there is 900 cannons. There it will be a hard fight…One of our gun boats had a fight yesterday with 2 rebel boats. They fought more than 3 hours. Our boat came back last night…Our boat was the New London. The rebels call it the black devil…The New London disabled one of the rebel boats and it run under one of their forts for protection…Butler is down on the 26th Regiment so he won't care what becomes of us…I wish I had that revolver out here. It might be the means of saving my life for a while. I have got a bowie knife. It is a savage looking thing…They are moving some of their furniture from New Orleans. One of our boats took a rebel schooner loaded with furniture. There was a piano on board…They begin to die fast out here. There is a funeral almost every day." Letter has minor toning, the cover is Very Fine, ex Lippman.


In his article, "Postal History of Ship Island, Mississippi", in Congress Book #28, Richard B. Graham states that the earliest recorded usage of this postmark is March 29, 1862. This cover provides a new earliest known date. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5)

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Estimate $300-400
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
103 cover NW-9 imageLieut. Greble Monument (Weiss NW-9), a gorgeous handcolored Kimmel cover franked with a 3¢ rose (65) tied by a neat Sep 4 Concord, N.H. c.d.s., to Homesdale, Pa., Extremely Fine.
Walcott Unlisted. (Image) (Image2)

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Get Market Data for [United States NW-9] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census

Estimate $500-750
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
104 og PM-238 imageGeneral Franz Sigel, "We Have Beat Our Last Retreat!" (Weiss PM-238), red & blue portrait with flags on a cover franked with a grid-canceled strip of 3 of 1¢ blue (63) (not tied) alongside a light Potsdam, N.Y. c.d.s., to Antwerp; strip with clipped perfs, cover reduced a bit at the left, Fine. A scarcer design.
Walcott Unlisted. (Image) (Image2)

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Estimate $250-350
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
105 cover   image"The House that Uncle Sam built", with ten red designs and appropriate captions, red James Gates imprint on backflap; franked #65 tied by Jefferson City, Mo. postmark and addressed to Springfield, Ohio; stamp affixed over top of envelope (its upper right corner intact on backflap), cover with edge wear and toning, Fine.
Bischel 995. Walcott W-590. (Image)

Estimate $400-600
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
106 cover   image"Shoot the First Man That Attempts to Pull Down the American Flag", large slogan below a scene of Allegorical Figures featuring a Sailor holding a Flag, with "E Pluribus Unum" and "Liberty, Constitution & Laws"; black design on an orange envelope franked with a 3¢ dull red (26), and postmarked with a partial blue Chambersburg, Pa. c.d.s., May 15, 1861, the stamp canceled with a matching blue grid; to Jersey Shore, Pa.; the design appears to be a woodcut and was apparently a bit underinked, there is a light vertical file fold at the right and small, inconsequential stain at the lower left; otherwise Very Fine, ex Lippman.


A RARE—QUITE POSSIBLY UNIQUE—DESIGN; WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIND ANY OTHER EXAMPLES OF IT.

This slogan refers to a telegram sent by Secretary of the Treasury, John Dix, to the Treasury agents in New Orleans shortly after the outbreak of the war. In part Dix ordered, "If any one attempts to haul down the American flag, shoot him on the spot." The telegram was intercepted by Confederates, and was never delivered to the Treasury agents, but the text found its way into the press, and Dix became one of the Union's first Civil War heroes. (Image) (Image2)

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Get Market Data for [Great Britain (Jersey) 26] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census

Estimate $500-750
SOLD for $425.00
Will close during Public Auction

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