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Union Civil War Postal History

LotNo.

Symbol

CatNo.

Lot Description

129

Chattanooga Type 1

Chattanooga Straightline Union Army Provisional Field Cancel Type 1, blue "Chattanooga Tenn. December 9, 1863" earliest documented date cancel ties 1861 3¢ rose (Scott 65) on buff cover to Mrs. Susan G. Wort in Hicksville Ohio, slightly reduced at left from opening, Fine strike, Type 1 cancellation was used from Dec. 9 to Dec. 22, 1863, and features "italics" style printing of the date and the "D" in "December" below the "N" in "Chattanooga". It is 44mm long without frame., This cover is the better of the two known examples of a Dec. 9 cancel, ex-Cate (with his green "JCC" backstamp; this was the first cover in his exhibit; purchased by him in an Aug. 29, 2006 Nutmeg auction).

This cancel was mentioned in a Feb. 1980 Chronicle article by Richard B. Graham (issue 105 page 42). The letter that accompanied the cover was donated by the family to Bowling Green University where it currently resides. The writer, 21st Ohio Regiment Infantry musician Loyal B. Wort, reported that the envelope was found at a captured Confederate camp after teh Battle of Missionary Ridge in Chattanooga on Nov. 25, 1863 . (Image)

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Estimate $750-1,000
SOLD for $550.00
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130

Chattanooga Type 1-3

Chattanooga Straightline Union Army Provisional Field Cancel Types 1-3, each with cancel tying 1861 3¢ rose (Scott 65) on cover, Type 1 is Dec. 11, 1863 (3rd day), Type 2 is Dec. 26, 1863 (4th day) and written by a soldier in Company G of the 21st Wisconsin Regiment Infantry, and Type 3 is Jan. 14, 1864 and written by Medal of Honor recipient Sgt. George Marsh of the 104th Illinois Regiment Infantry with a cypher on the reverse, Very Fine strikes, Type 1 cancellation was used from Dec. 9 to Dec. 22, 1863, and features "italics" style printing of the date and the "D" in "December" below the "N" in "Chattanooga". It is 44mm long without frame. Type 2 cancellation was used from Dec. 23 to Dec. 31, 1863, and features the "D" in "December" below the "HA" in "Chattanooga". It is without frame. Type 3 cancellation was used from Jan. 1 to Jan. 17, 1864 and is framed., ex-Cate (with his green "JCC" backstamp).

See the other two covers online. Jim Cate's covers are the finest attainable quality as he often replacing inferior quality examples over his 35 years of searching. (Image) (Image2) (Image3)

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Estimate $300-400
SOLD for $275.00
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131

Chattanooga Type 1-3

Chattanooga Straightline Union Army Provisional Field Cancel Types 1-3, balance of the Cate collection consisting of nine Type 1, six Type 2 and ten Type 3, Type 1 -- Dec. 13, Dec. 14 with two horizontal lines, Dec. 15, Dec. 18 with straightline "Due 3" (no stamp; only reported example of the straightline Due 3 with a field cancel), Dec. 19 with "Due 6" in circle, Dec. 20 with "Due 3" in circle (no stamp), Dec. 20, Dec. 21 with "Due 3" in circle (no stamp), Dec. 22 (last day), Type 2 -- Dec. 24 (2nd Day), Dec. 26 with "Due 3" in circle (no stamp), Dec. 27 (with period after "Tenn" absent), Dec. 28 (with "Pass" written across the top), Dec. 29 and Dec. 31 (last day) and Type 3 - Jan. 1 (first day), Jan. 3, Jan. 5, Jan. 7, Jan. 9, Jan. 11 with one inverted "1" in "11", Jan. 11 (normal), Jan. 12. Jan. 15 with "Due 3" in circle (no stamp), Jan. 17 (last day), and Jan. 17 with the USPOD issued canceling device that arrived during the day and was immediately placed into use (the finer of the two known), generally Fine to Very Fine strikes and covers, Type 1 cancellation was used from Dec. 9 to Dec. 22, 1863, and features "italics" style printing of the date and the "D" in "December" below the "N" in "Chattanooga". It is 44mm long without frame. Type 2 cancellation was used from Dec. 23 to Dec. 31, 1863, and features the "D" in "December" below the "HA" in "Chattanooga". It is without frame. Type 3 cancellation was used from Jan. 1 to Jan. 17, 1864 and is framed., ex-Cate (with his green "JCC" backstamp) and on his exhibit pages.

Shipping charges apply - weight 1.6 lbs.
Jim Cate's covers are the finest attainable quality as he often replacing inferior quality examples over his 35 years of searching. Accompanied by Cate's census of these cancels and some extra bits of information. Please be sure to see them all online. (PDF for this Lot) (Image)

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Estimate $3,000-4,000
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132

Chattanooga Type 2

Chattanooga Straightline Union Army Provisional Field Cancel Type 2, black "Chattanooga Tenn. December 25, 1863" Christmas Day / third day of use of this cancel applied across the indicia of 3¢ pink on buff postal stationery entire (Scott U35) sent by Corporal James A. Beckett in Company G of the 78th Illinois Infantry to his wife in Clayton Illinois, Very Fine, Type 2 cancellation was used from Dec. 23 to Dec. 31, 1863, and features the "D" in "December" below the "HA" in "Chattanooga". It is without frame., This is the only known example of a postal stationery entire with a Chattanooga straightline cancel; only 4 examples of the Type 2 cancellation in black are recorded; all on Christmas Day, ex-Cate (with his green "JCC" backstamp).

Jim Cate's covers are the finest attainable quality as he often replacing inferior quality examples over his 35 years of searching. (Image)

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Estimate $400-600
SOLD for $325.00
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133

Chattanooga Type 2

Chattanooga Straightline Union Army Provisional Field Cancel Type 2, blue and black "Chattanooga Tenn. December 25, 1863" Chrismas Day / third day of use of this cancel ties 1861 3¢ rose (Scott 65) on individual covers sent by Sergeant Levi Otis Colburn in Company F of the 51st Illinois Infantry to his hometown of Loami Illinois, the cover with the blue cancel is made from pink paper and addressed to a young girl and family friend at a neighboring farm and is dated in pencil "Dec. 23rd 1863 Otis", and the cover with the black cancel is addressed to the town postmaster and is docketed in pencil "Dec. 19, 63", Very Fine, Type 2 cancellation was used from Dec. 23 to Dec. 31, 1863, and features the "D" in "December" below the "HA" in "Chattanooga". It is without frame., only 4 examples of the Type 2 cancellation in black are recorded; all on Christmas Day, ex-Cate (with his green "JCC" backstamp) and accompanied by his exhibit page.

See both covers on their original exhibit page online. Jim Cate's covers are the finest attainable quality as he often replacing inferior quality examples over his 35 years of searching. (Image) (Image2)

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Estimate $300-400
SOLD for $190.00
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134

Chattanooga Type 2

Chattanooga Straightline Union Army Provisional Field Cancel Type 2, blue "Chattanooga Tenn. December 23, 1863" first day of use of the Type 2 cancel ties 1861 3¢ rose (Scott 65) on cover with "Go no more at present from Strawberry Plains" at left to Mrs. Jas. Ranson with original letter written by her soldier son Corporal William H. Ranson of Company K in the 27th Illinois Infantry and datelined "Strawberry Plans East Tenn. Dec. 21st / 63" and reads in part, "Dear Mother and Father, Once more by a kind Providence I am allowed a small sheet of paper and a few moments of time to write you a few lines. I wrote you a few lines immediately after the battle of Mission Ridge while at Chattanooga. On the 28th Nov. three days after the battle, we left that place and by the 8th inst, we performed a forced march of near 150 miles to Knoxville. Here we went into camp either for we have not been in tents or had anything of the kind along, since leaving Chattanooga. But we staid (sic) in the timber close by Knoxville until midnight of the 14th when we went aboard the (railroad) cars and was landed at a depot about 4 miles from this place. There we fried a little corn meal and meat and took breakfast and at break of day, we marched to this place. We will probably move a short distance in the morning as we have burnt up all the timber near our present position. Burnside's troops (our present advance) is about 17 miles ahead of us and we (Sheridan's Div.) lay about that distance northeast of Knoxville. It is useless to send anything more by express to us boys in the army for from all appearance we will be kept on the move pretty much all winter. The Chattanooga and Richmond railroad is being repaired as fast as we get possession of it, and as soon as supplies can be gotten up to us, we will in all probability move forward toward Virginia. This is the last year of our service and they will be likely to get all they can out of us while they have us…Our time will be up in 8 months and the Government can only hold us 90 days longer if they need us ever so bad then if we are spared we will be willing to take a short furlow. We have had no letters nor seen any newspapers for nearly one month. We have had no chance to draw clothing since the battle of Chicamanga, yet considering the cold weather, we have suffered but little for want of them…The mail goes out at 4 o'clock and I am informed that there will probably be no more mail go out for 2 weeks, hence I write in a hurry…", Very Fine, Type 2 cancellation was used from Dec. 23 to Dec. 31, 1863, and features the "D" in "December" below the "HA" in "Chattanooga". It is without frame., ex-Cate (with his green "JCC" backstamp) and accompanied by his exhibit page.

See the letter online. Jim Cate's covers are the finest attainable quality as he often replacing inferior quality examples over his 35 years of searching. (Image) (Image2) (Image3)

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Estimate $300-400
SOLD for $275.00
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135

Chattanooga Type 3

Chattanooga Straightline Union Army Provisional Field Cancel Type 3, two strikes of blue "Chattanooga Tenn. January 1, 1864" first day of use of the Type 3 cancel tie 1861 1¢ blue (Scott 63) horizontal strip of three on cover with "Headquarters Department of the Cumberland, Official Business" semi-official imprint with the last two words crossed out, addressed to Philadelphia, docketing "rec'd 8 Jany. 1864" at bottom left; top backflap removed, Type 3 cancellation was used from Jan. 1 to Jan. 17, 1864 and is framed., this is the only known cover franked by the 1c 1861 issue with a Chattanooga straightline Union Army Provisional Field Cancel, ex-Cate (with his green "JCC" backstamp).

This cover has been mentioned in the Chronicle and in Pat Paragraphs and illustrated in Cate's article in the 2016 American Philatelic Congress book. Jim Cate's covers are the finest attainable quality as he often replacing inferior quality examples over his 35 years of searching. (Image) (Image2)

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Estimate $500-750
SOLD for $1,400.00
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136

Chattanooga Type 3

Chattanooga Straightline Union Army Provisional Field Cancel Type 3, blue "Chattanooga Tenn. January 10, 1864" (Sunday) cancel ties 1861 3¢ rose (Scott 65) on red and blue Civil War patriotic cover (Walcott W-2517) to Prairie Depot Ohio, second strike of cancel at top center and manuscript "Paid 6" at top right; minor edgewear and light central vertical crease, Fine to Very Fine, Type 3 cancellation was used from Jan. 1 to Jan. 17, 1864 and is framed. Jan. 10 is the first date with a bent right frameline., Civil War patriotic covers with a Chattanooga straightline Union Army Provisional Field Cancel are very scarce., ex-Cate (with his green "JCC" backstamp).

Jim Cate's covers are the finest attainable quality as he often replacing inferior quality examples over his 35 years of searching. (Image)

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Estimate $250-350
SOLD for $4,250.00
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