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Confederate Civil War Postal History
LotNo. Symbol CatNo. Lot Description
157 cover   imageCovers to CSA VP Stephens, 19 covers addressed to Confederate State Vice President Alexander H. Stevens, one from Sparta with red "PAID" and "10" handstamps, other 18 with manuscript Paid 5 or 10 from Appling, Big Shantie, Boston, Bottsford, Cedar Town, Crawfordsville, Davisboro, Gordon, Leathersville, Lesters, Millen, Ogeeche, Powers, Ruckerville, Salt Springs, Sharon (2), and Sylvania, mostly 1861 and with notes on the back about the contents which include a wide variety of requests including steps to patent a corn and pea planter, asking for a position or a discharge or to know the whereabouts of a soldier, few faults as always mostly on back due to rough opening, generally Fine to Very Fine, see them all online. Shipping charges apply - weight 0.6 lbs. (PDF for this Lot) (Image)

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Estimate $1,500-2,000
SOLD for $950.00
Will close during Public Auction
158 cover 1 image1861, 5¢ "sage green", Stone 1 (Scott 1), full margins to into, tied by very well struck "Montgomery Ala. Jan. 6, 1862" circular datestamp on very fresh cover to (Judge Samuel Jackson) S.J. Bolling -- a member of the Alabama Secession Convention and the Confederate Constitutional Convention), top flap faults on back from opening, Extremely Fine strike and cover, Stone 1 features mainly lighter green shades, this shade is not listed in either Scott nor the CSA Handbook. (Image)

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Estimate $150-200
SOLD for $100.00
Will close during Public Auction
159 cover 1 image1861, 5¢ green (Scott 1), three large margins and just touching at top, bright color on fresh white paper, tied by bold "Savannah Ga. Jan. 31, 1862 Paid" circular datestamp on two page folded letter to Macon Ga., the "header" reads, "Sent the Basket by Express" and is mostly business content except for a bit where it reads in part, "…All of Dr. Huber's negroes ran off on night of 28th Inst….they were about to be removed. Mr. Potters' have been taken away to Greensborough; they (government employees) have been trying to take (negroes) by force (from private owners) "to work the Forts" … have orders to run as soon as they see a soldier, they should get them to the Fort at a time like this, we know not at what moment the Forts may be attacked & all of these negroes lives endangered…", Very Fine. (Image)

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Estimate $250-350
SOLD for $150.00
Will close during Public Auction
160 cover 1 image1861, 5¢ green (Scott 1), cut close, tied by blue 7-bar grid cancel with blue Raleigh N.C. double circle datestamp on blue folded lettersheet (no contents) to Hon. Thomas Ruffin, Near Graham N.C., pencil notes on top backflap, Very Fine, Ruffin was a brilliant North Carolina farmer and State Supreme Court Justice from 1829-59 and a delegate to the NC Secession Convention. Ruffin was a trustee of UNC for 24 years and was rated as one of the top ten jurists in history whose opinions were cited as persuasive authority by appellate tribunals throughout the United States., signed Kimbrough. (Image)

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Estimate $100-150
SOLD for $100.00
Will close during Public Auction
161 cover 1 image1861, 5¢ green (Scott 1), lovely bright color, three ample margins, into at top, tied by blue "Columbia S.C. 20 Feb." circular datesetamp on cover to "Capt. James. G. Spann, Hampton Legion, Manassas, Va.", Very Fine, Captain Spann (1826-1864) was in Company H of the S.C. Zouave Rifles and aide de camp for Brig. Gen. R.H. Anderson. Spann died on August 21 1864 at the Battle of Globe Tavern, also known as the Second Battle of the Weldon Railroad, which cut the Weldon railroad connecting the Confederacy's last open port at Wilmington NC to Richmond where Lee's army was located. You can read about the battle on its wikipedia page. (Image)

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Estimate $100-150
SOLD for $70.00
Will close during Public Auction
162 cover 1 image1861, 5¢ olive green (Scott 1), into at top, ample margins other three sides, tied by bold blue "Nashville Ten. Jan. 18" (1862) circular datestamp on cover to Thomas H. Coldwell at Shelbyville Tenn., Very Fine, Judge Coldwell (1822-1891) was anti secession, pro Union and a friend of fellow Tennesseean Andrew Johnson, whom he assisting in his duties as Union Military Governor of Occupied Tennessee after the war. (Image)

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Estimate $100-150
SOLD for $100.00
Will close during Public Auction
163 cover 1 image1861, 5¢ green (Scott 1), full even margins all around, vivid color, tied by Milledgeville Ga. circular datestamp on small cover to Manchester S.C., Very Fine, signed Kaufmann. (Image)

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Estimate $100-150
SOLD for $100.00
Will close during Public Auction
164 cover 1 image1861, 5¢ green (Scott 1), two singles with light gum stains canceled by "JACKSON" (Mississippi) straightline postmark on faulty cover to Mrs. E.M. Clayton in Asheville N.C., probably by her husband Captain Edwin M. Clayton of the 60th NC Infantry, whose regiment was among those transferred to the Department of Mississippi & East Louisiana in May 1863, Fine appearance, this canceling device was used from late May to late July 1863 as a temporary canceling device when the May 1863 occupation resulted in the loss of the postal canceling devices. There are 26 covers recorded with this cancel, and this is the only recorded cover with a lighographed stamp. with 2008 C.S.A. certificate.
C.S.A. Catalog SL-07B; $1,000. (Image) (Image2)

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Estimate $500-750
SOLD for $600.00
Will close during Public Auction
165 cover 1 image1861, 5¢ green (Scott 1), bright color, close at top and full margins other three sides, tied by Baton Rouge circular datestamp with small manuscript "Jan. 17" just under stamp, on cover to Vernon Mississippi; small paperclip mark at top and large tear on back, Fine to Very Fine, The recipient, Jeanie Mort, married CSA Officer and Dentist Josiah Root Walker in August 1865 and authored several novels and "The Life of Captain Joseph Fry, the Cuban Martyr" in 1875. (Image)

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Estimate $100-150
SOLD for $80.00
Will close during Public Auction
166 cover 1 image1861, 5¢ green (Scott 1), full margins at top and right with trace of adjacent stamp at right, into bottom and left, affixed over indicia of 1853 3c Nesbitt entire, stamp tied by blue Nashville Tenn circular datestamp, the entire has preprinted address in Athens Tenn and has an embossed "From Planters Bank Nashville Tenn." on the top backflap, rounded corners at left, Fine to Very Fine, normal mint 3c Nesbitt accompanies. (Image) (Image2)

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Estimate $200-300
SOLD for $130.00
Will close during Public Auction
167 cover 1 image1861, 5¢ green (Scott 1), 15 covers with mostly 1861 or early 1862 Savannah Ga. circular datestamps tying the stamp, most of which have four margins, 14 covers are single frankings to a variety of destinations and one pair to Alexander Stephens, couple lady's covers, majority accompanied by description either an auction catalog or Trish Kaufman, few faults to be expected, overall Fine to Very Fine, see them all online. (PDF for this Lot) (Image)

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Estimate $750-1,000
SOLD for $500.00
Will close during Public Auction
168 cover 1 image1861, 5¢ green (Scott 1), huge margin at bottom and full at sides, just touching at top, tied by well-struck "Jackson Miss. Jan. 16" (1862) circular datestamp on cover to Major Thomas G. Blewett (1789-1871) at Columbus Miss with manuscript "via Meredian" at bottom left and very faint pencil "D.H. Lester" at top, small piece of top backflap removed, Fine to Very Fine, Prior to the war, Blewett obtained the rank of Major in the War of 1812 and was a Major General of the Mississippi State Troops. (Image)

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Estimate $100-150
SOLD for $150.00
Will close during Public Auction
169 cover 1 image1861, 5¢ green (Scott 1), two singles in different shades, top stamp with full to large margins at left and bottom, bottom stamp faulty, both tied by a single Little Rock Ark. double circle datestamp on cover from soldier son Mariman Landrum Cooper to his father in Grandview P.O. Texas, Fine to Very Fine, only ten recorded covers franked with #1 from Little Rock are recorded by Roberts., ex-Clippert, signed Kaufmann.


Mariman and two of his brothers were members of Company A of the 18th Texas Cavalry. The 18th Texas was among the 4,791 troops captured at the battle of Arkansas Post on Jan. 9-12, 1863. Mariman died on March 17 at Fort Douglas in Chicago and one of his brothers died there 3 days later. The surviving prisoners were exchanged on April 29, and were assigned to the Army of Tennessee, and the last brother died during the battle of Atlanta in August 1864. (Image)

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Estimate $200-300
SOLD for $150.00
Will close during Public Auction
170 cover 1 image1861, 5¢ green, Stone 2 (Scott 1), pos. 22 (CC 1-2) tied by a Tallahassee Fla. (probably April or May 1862) circular datestamp on red and blue Tent 11-star Confederate flag patriotic cover with "Capt. Frierson's Company. 3rd Florida Regiment" Imprint (TF-1, slogan 15), T. S. Reynolds Atlanta Ga. imprint (imprint 5), addressed to Froglevel S.C., faults, lovely Fine appearance, Furthermore, this is the only recorded cover using this design combined with this company and regiment, illustrated in Dr. Briggs' book Florida Postal History During the Civil War, ex-Finney, Hart, Oxer and Briggs, who recorded only two Patriotic covers from Tallahassee and five covers from Tallahassee franked by this stamp. with 2020 C.S.A. certificate.
C.S.A. Catalog 1; $1,250.
Scott $2,500 2. (Image) (Image2)

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Estimate $1,000-1,500
SOLD for $600.00
Will close during Public Auction
171 cover 1 image1861, 5¢ green (Scott 1), horizontal pair, three large to huge margins, just into at right, tied by "Tallahassee Fla. Feb. 15" (1862) circular datestamp with second strike alongside on cover to "Dr. Godfrey Miller (1837-1920) in Winchester Va., He had enlisted in Co. B of the 13th Regiment Virginia Infantry. He was the head of the Old Tavern Hospital in Winchester where he served under both CSA and USA occupations. horizontal crease through address and faint toning in left stamp, Very Fine appearance, Deane Briggs records only five covers from Tallahassee with this stamp. (Image)

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Estimate $400-600
SOLD for $250.00
Will close during Public Auction
172 cover 1 image1861, 5¢ green, Stone 2, Baton Rouge roulettes (Scott 1), large margins top and right, close at bottom and into at left, with the roulettes on all four sides, minor scrape, tied by well-struck "Baton Rouge La. Apr. 14, 1862" circular datestamp on cover to Vernon Miss., Mort correspondence care of Dr. Blackman, top back flap removed and edge wear, Very Fine appearing, this use is from the early period prior to May 8, 1862., with 2012 C.S.A. certificate.
C.S.A. Catalog 1; $2,000.
Scott $1,750. (Image) (Image2)

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Estimate $750-1,000
SOLD for $475.00
Will close during Public Auction
173 (cover) 1 image1861, 5¢ green, Stone 2 (Scott 1), horizontal pair with wide sheet selvage at right, large margin at bottom, into top and left, tied by deep blue "Bowling Green KY. Jan 7" circular datestamp on cover front to Mrs. Anna S. Haislip in Monticello Arkansas written in the hand of her soldier husband Capt. William C. Haislip (1833-1882) who enlisted on July 25th 1861 in the 9th Arkansas Infantry (which came to be known as "Parsons Battalion" because there were 42 ministers of various denominations in it including Rev. Haislip), Jan. 16th 1862 docketing at left, small faults, Fine appearance, this stamp was first issued Oct. 16 1861 and Bowling Green was occupied by Union forces on Feb. 14, 1862, meaning this stamp was used in Bowling Green for a mere 121 days. Leonard Hartmann records only 16 covers & fronts from Bowling Green with this stamp, the CSA handbook values a pair on cover at $500 with a 30% premium for a blue cancel. (Image)

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Estimate $200-300
SOLD for $160.00
Will close during Public Auction
174 cover 1a image1861, 5¢ light green (Scott 1a), full margins to just touching at lower left, lightly cancelled by grid, "Austin Tex. Jan. 14 1861" double-circle ds with error year date on buff cover to Fort Worth Texas, cover wrinkles slightly affecting stamp, stamp with tiny tear, otherwise Fine, covers franked with this stamp mailed from Texas are scarce., ex-Keeling. (Image)

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Estimate $150-200
SOLD for $100.00
Will close during Public Auction
175 cover 1b image1861, 5¢ dark green, Stone 2 (Scott 1b), pos. 5, full even margins all around, tied by "Richmond Va. Jan. 18, 1862" circular datestamp on light blue all-over advertising cover for Harvey, Armistead & Williams, Wholesale Grocers to Mr. Wm. Massie, Massie's Mill, Nelson County Va., 1861 docketing at top is incorrect (must be 1862), slightly reduced at left, Very Fine and a very pretty advertising cover. (Image) (Image2)

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Estimate $500-750
CLOSED
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176 cover 1c image1861, 5¢ olive green, Stone 1 (Scott 1c), three large to enormous margins, ample at left, deep shade, tied by grid, "Little Rock Ark." double-circle ds on buff cover to Lt. Col. Sam W. Williams, Pocahontas Ark., slightly reduced at bottom, otherwise Fine, there are reportedly 10 recorded covers from Little Rock franked with CSA No. 1., ex-Keeling. (Image)

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Estimate $300-400
SOLD for $200.00
Will close during Public Auction
177 cover 2 image1861, 10¢ blue, Paterson printing (Scott 2), small group of one used, one tied on piece by Proctor's Creek Va. circular datestamp, cover with pen cancel and July 30, 1863 Wayne's Creek Ga. manuscript cancel", and two covers from Savannah Ga.-one with No. 2 and other with No. 2a, also includes No. 5 on cover from Savannah Ga. to Marietta Ga. with a faulty stamp and a second stamp removed, couple small faults, Fine to Very Fine appearing lot which can be seen entirely online. (Image) (Image2) (Image3)

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Estimate $300-400
SOLD for $190.00
Will close during Public Auction
178 cover 5 image1862, 10¢ rose (Scott 5), full margins except bottom right corner torn off, tied by well struck "Savannah Ga. Paid Sep. 2, 1862" circular datestamp on adversity cover made from arrest bond addressed to Okolona Miss., opened roughly at left, otherwise Fine, adversity covers with the 5¢ rose are not common. (Image)

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Estimate $400-600
CLOSED
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179 cover 6 image1862, 5¢ light blue, De La Rue and London printings (Scott 6), eleven covers -- four No. 6 including two single frankings and two pair frankings, and seven No. 7 including six pair frankings and one with strip of four into stamp at right tied by pen cancel, violet Sparta Ga. circular datestamp at top left on legal sized orange cover to Warrenton Ga. regarding an estate, others (except for one No. 6 single franking) have stamps tied by Savannah Ga. circular datestamps, mixed condition, overall Fine, Estimate $500-$750., Fine overall, see them all online. (PDF for this Lot) (Image)

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Estimate $500-750
SOLD for $300.00
Will close during Public Auction
180 cover 11, 12 image1863, 10¢ blue plate number singles of each on cover (Scott 11-12), #11 with plate No. 1 from Archer & Daly plate on adversity usage to Raleigh and Boston Railroad, with a little light foxing, #12 with plate No. 3 from Keatinge & Ball plate, cover with Culpepper, C.H., VA postmark and addressed to R.M. (Randolph-Macon) College, VA, exhibiting an exceptional scarcity, Fine to Very Fine, ex Shaff. (Image) (Image2)

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Estimate $400-600
SOLD for $275.00
Will close during Public Auction
181 cover 11, 12 image1863, 10¢ blue Cover Group (Scott 11, 12), eight including two adversity covers including one made from unused printed court document and one made from blank statement for orders of Savannah Upper Steam Rice, a cover with note at top left "Death of Lieut. Jos. Clay Habersham Battle of Atlanta 22nd July, 1864; also extracts from Papers concerning Death of J.C. Habersham." seven have stamps tied by Savannah Ga. circular datestamps, other with manuscript cancel to a book factory, few different shades including #11c, few faults, generally generally Fine to Very Fine. (PDF for this Lot) (Image)

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Estimate $300-400
SOLD for $190.00
Will close during Public Auction
182 cover   imageTown Handstamp Collection, 22 covers from a variety of towns consisting of Albany with manuscript "Paid 25" and "Box 70", Monticello with green circular datestamp with manuscript "Due 10", rest either manuscript or handstamp Paid 5 or Paid 10 consisting of Americus, Berzelia, Cartersville, Dahlonega, Dorchester, Eatonton, Grantville, LaGrange, Lawrenceville (one Paid 5 and one Paid 10), Linwood, Montezuma (2), Pine Hill, Plains of Dura, Rome, Scull Shoals, Tilton, Waresboro, and Tudor Hall VA with handstamp "PAID 10", few faults as always, addresses include "The Order of Dooly County", two with military addresses, one to Col. J.B. Lamar, one to Major William Cobb, few faults as always, generally Fine to Very Fine, see them all online. Shipping charges apply - weight 0.6 lbs. (PDF for this Lot) (Image)

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Estimate $1,000-1,500
CLOSED
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183 cover Georgia Crawfordville imageCrawfordville and Milledgeville Ga. forwarded Indpendent State Use, originally mailed from Springfield Ill. - birthplace of Abraham Lincoln - with a 3c 1857 (Scott 26) tied by a Jan. 21 1861 circular datestamp -- two days after Georgia seceeded from the Union -- to Hon. A.H. Stephens -- who would would soon become Vice-President of the Confederacy -- at Crawfordville GA, where another 3c 1857 was affixed and canceled by a "Crawfordsville Ga. Jan. 28" circular datestamp and sent to Milledgeville and then forwarded a second time on Feb. 6 to Montgomery Ala, and the Confederate States of America was officially created on February 8, with manuscript "Ford 3 + 3 / 6" docketing on reverse "Z. (Zadok) Casey Pres. Ill. Dem. State Con'n (Convention) Senate Chamber Springfield Ill January 17, 1861 Resolution recommending a National Convention to guarantee to the south her rights in the Union.", tear at top left through stamp, top flap missing, Fine to Very Fine appearance, see both sides of this incredible cover in the catalog. (Image) (Image2)

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Estimate $400-500
SOLD for $850.00
Will close during Public Auction
184 cover Georgia Dalton imageDalton, Ga. Postal History, group of six covers comprising three pre-war stampless (1849 & 1854 folded letters and a ca. 1850 envelope). a nice soldier's Due 10 (C.S.A. type C, endorsement too faint to read) to Ashville, N.C., a pair of 5¢ blue (#6) to Cumming, Ga., and a large-margined 10¢ blue (#12) to Greensboro, Ga.; the two stampless folded letters are stained, the rest are Fine to Very Fine. (Image) (Image2) (Image3)

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Estimate $300-400
CLOSED
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185 cover Georgia Dalton imageDalton Ga. PAID 5, DUE 10, three covers, first with "Dalton Ga. Feb. 18, 1862" circular datestamp at bottom left and "PAID 5" at top right, second with "Dalton Ga. Nov. 23" and bar circular datestamp and "DUE 10" in circle handstamp on Nov. 20, 1863 cover docketed "L.M. Blackford Military Court Longstreet's Corps", third cover with well-struck "DUE 10" in circle handstamp and "Dalton Ga. Jun. 22" and bar circular datestamp, docketing at left indicates military sender, Fine to Very Fine, see the third cover in the catalog and the other two on the web. (Image) (Image2) (Image3)

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Estimate $300-400
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186 cover Georgia Manassas imageManassas, Ga. "PAID/10", clear blue handstamp with matching, uneven Manassas c.d.s. on a clean brown thrice-used turned cover to a soldier in the "40th Ga. Regt. Vol, Stovalls Brig, Dalton, Ga."; the first and third uses were to the same addressee in Manassas, the first from Americus, Ga. (stamp removed), the third has a bright, four-margin 10¢ blue (#11) tied by a Macon, Ga. c.d.s.; Very Fine and highly unusual. (Image) (Image2) (Image3)

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Estimate $500-750
CLOSED
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187 cover Georgia Roswell imageRoswell Ga. Paid, three covers with blue Roswell Ga. Town cancels, one with blue "PAID" handstamp (CSA Handbook Type A) and pencil "5" on orange cover to Cassville Ga. and the other two with "PAID 10" (CSA Handbook Type C) in circle to Capt. P.H. Prather, Col. Wadkins Reg't (56th (also called 55th) Ga. Infantry) at Chattanooga Tenn., small flaws, Fine to Very Fine appearing trio, see the others online. (Image) (Image2) (Image3)

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Estimate $200-300
CLOSED
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188 cover Georgia Savannah imageSavannah Geo. Due 5, two covers with "Savnnah Geo. and stars" circular datestamp plus a red "Due 5" in oval cancel and a military endorsement, each with information about the soldier sender written in pencil, Very Fine, see the other cover online. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5)

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Estimate $300-400
CLOSED
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189 cover Georgia Savannah imageSavannah Ga. Paid 5 and 10, twelve covers each with Savannah Paid circular datestamp, consisting of one "5" with "Savannah Ga. Jun 17, 1861 Paid" circular datestamp on small cover to Col. D.C. (David C.) Barrow Athens Ga., seven "Paid 5" in oval including one with charge box notation to Col. Jno. (John) B. Lamar in Macon with "Bank of the Republic New York" in embossed oval on top backflap (Lamar was aide de camp to his brother in law General Howell Cobb; Lamar died at Crampton Gap Maryland in Sept. 1862), others with either 1861 or 1862 circular datestamps, four "Paid 10" in oval including two to Alexander Stephens-one with "Alex. W. Persons, Camp Defiance near Savannah Ga. Feb. 14th 1862 Present term of enlistment as Lt. Col. in state army expires in May & wishes to raise a Battalion or Regt. Enough of my men will reenlist to make at least a Battalion. Get me authority to raise a Batt. Or Regt. I was for four years at a military school." and one with "William D. Harden Savannah 23rd Aug. (1861) Having been appointed in the Ordinance Office, he wishes to receive an appointment in the C.S.A.", and a cover with "Savannah Ga. Jun. 7 1861 Paid" circular datestamp and "10" handstamp to Stephens with manuscript "John E. Wood Savannah Ga. June 6th 1861 suggests the appointment of Mr. Nicholl as District Judge since W.R. Jackson resigned" on back, few faults, overall Fine to Very Fine, see the others online. (PDF for this Lot) (Image)

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Estimate $500-750
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190 cover Georgia Thomasville imageThomasville Ga. Paid 5 and 10, two covers with Nov. town circular datstamps and "PAID" in lozenge handstamp with manuscript "10" on covers to Alexander Stephens with notes on reverse, one with "Robert H. Lazenby Warren Co. Georgia 6th Nov. 1861 William R. Story died a few days since but just before his death made a verbal will of which there is herein a copy testified to be correct by three gentlemen. Wished to know if Mr. Story's widow will be entitled to an equal share.", other with manuscript "10" written over "5" handstamp and reads, "James B. Neal White Oak Ga. 6th Nov. 1861 subscribed part of his crop last summer, but finds owing to sever drought, he will not make over ½ a crop. What risk does he incur by failing to furnish cotton subscribed?" faults at bottom, Very Fine, see the back of the pictured cover and the front and back of the other cover on the web. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4)

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Estimate $250-350
SOLD for $130.00
Will close during Public Auction
191 cover Texas Velasco imageVelasco Tex. handstamped "Paid 10" and "Due 10", two covers with clear Velasco c.d.s.s, the Type B "PAID 10" dated Mar 8 to Huntsville Tex., opened raggedly at the right; the Type D "Due 10" dated Dec 27 with manuscript "Box 10"to Jamestown Tex., part of top flap missing, Fine to Very Fine. A scarce pair.
C.S.A. Catalog $1,000. (Image) (Image2)

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Estimate $350-500
SOLD for $225.00
Will close during Public Auction

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