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Lot Description

4361

FIN-06a

"Post Office Department, Official Business, Chief of the Finance Bureau." with Jno. Harrell signature Official Imprint, Adversity cover (C.S.A. Catalog FIN-06a), also signed by H. St. Geo. Offutt, Chief of the Contract Bureau above the imprint, well-struck "Richmond VA Mar. 6, 1863" circular datestamp and "FREE" handstamp, addressed to the postmaster at Dandridge Tenn., later turned and used to the clerk & master of the Chancery Court of Cleveland Tenn. with "Dandridge Tenn. Jul. 22, 1863" circular datestamp ("6" inverted) and "Due 10" handstamp, part of top backflap removed, Extremely Fine and extremely rare turned use of a cover with an official imprint, see the reverse and the interior online, signed MacBride & detailed notes on back. (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Estimate $300-400
SOLD for $375.00
Will close during Public Auction

4362

ND-06

1862 (Jun. 18), Confederate States, Navy Department, Official Business Semi Official Imprint (C.S.A. Catalog ND-06), rare 10c Carmine shade #5a large margin at right, tied by "Richmond VA Jun. 18, 1862" circular datestamp, legal sized addressed to "Flag Officer (c/o) V.M. Randolph, Commanding, Mobile Ala.", docketing at left states "A rebuke from the Navy Dept. in the case of Lt. Mills, June 17th, 1862", stamp has small tear at top left, faint central file fold and light edgewear, still Fine. #5a is very rare on cover and has a Scott catalog value of $5,000; highly likely to be unique use on a Confederate Semi-Official imprint cover, probably ex-Birkinbine (Oct. 1997 sale where purchased by the consignor), with 1984 P.F. certificate.

Learn more about Randolph at https://civilwartalk.com/threads/randolph-victor-moreau.193035/. (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Estimate $3,000-4,000
SOLD for $2,000.00
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4363

S-TX-02

1862 (Sep. 8) State of Texas, Adjutant and Inspector General's Office Official Business" State Imprint (C.S.A. Catalog S-TX-02), with #7 horizontal pair, large margins all around except bottom left corner, tied by "Austin Tex. Sep. ? 1862" double circle datestamp on legal-sized cover addressed to Gen. Robert Bechem at New Braunfels Tex., 1863 docketing at left, Very Fine. (Image) (All Images)

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Estimate $400-600
SOLD for $425.00
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4364

S-VA-11

1862 (Oct. 10), General Headquarters, Adjutant General's Office—Virginia State Imprint (C.S.A. Catalog S-VA-11), with the state seal showing Virtus as an Amazonian warrior with her left foot on the prostrate figure of Tyranny while holding a spear and a sheathed sword while partially surrounded by the words "Sic Semper Tyrannis" ("thus always to tyrants", which John Wilkes Booth yelled out just before shooting Lincoln), franked with #2 Paterson print, large margins bottom and right, clear to just touching at top, small scuffs, tied by "Richmond VA Oct. 10, 1862" circular datestamp on Virginia Adjutant General's Office semi-official cover addressed to Capt. W. Venable in Wytheville Va., Very Fine and scarce. Shipping charges apply - weight 3 lbs. (Image) (All Images)

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Estimate $400-600
SOLD for $300.00
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4365

TD-01

1863 (May 5), Treasury Department CSA Semi-Official Imprint (C.S.A. Catalog TD-01), franked by #8, large margin at left, clear to ample other three sides, tied by "Richmond Va May 5" circular datestamp on legal sized brown cover to "Mrs. L. Virginia Brown care of J.T. (John Thompson) Brown, Esq., Howard's Grove Hospital, Richmond Va.", cover reduced at left, still Very Fine. Visit https://www.civilwarrichmond.com/hospitals/howard-s-grove-hospital to read about Howard's Grove Hospital. Learn about John Thompson Brown on his wikipedia page, which states that he was killed by a sharpshooter at the Battle fo the Wilderness on May 6, 1864. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (All Images)

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Estimate $150-200
SOLD for $400.00
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4366

TD-02

1863 (Oct. 12) Confederate States of America, Treasury Department Semi-Official Imprint (C.S.A. Catalog TD-02), franked with #12 tied by "Richmond VA Oct. 13" circular datestamp with "Oct." inverted, addressed to "Rev. James P. Boyce, Greenville S.C." and docketed by Boyce as being sent by "C.G. Memminger Oct. 12, 1863", cover with "De La Rue & Co. London" embossed at top of left backflap, Extremely Fine, this is a very nice cover between two important South Carolinians during the war.
C.S.A. Catalog $350.

The James Petigru Boyce (1827-1888) correspondence is known and he docketed many of his covers at the left regarding the sender. Boyce was a chaplain for a Confederate regiment of volunteers from Greenville, a Representative to the S.C. Legislature, and aide-de-camp to the governor of South Carolina. Boyce was founder and first president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Christoph Gustavus Memminger (1803-1888) was born in Germany. He was a month old when his father died, and his mother immigrated to South Carolina. Sadly, she died of yellow fever when he was 4, and he was placed in the Charleston Orphan House, where, at the age of 11, was adopted by future governor Thomas Bennett. When South Carolina seceded, Memminger wrote the South Carolina Declaration of Secession, was selected as a South Carolina delegate to the Confederate States Provisional Congress, and chaired the committee which drafted the Provisional Constitution of the Confederate States. When Jefferson Davis formed his first cabinet, Memminger was appointed Secretary of the Treasury on February 21, 1861. It was a difficult task in view of the Confederacy's financial challenges. He attempted to finance the government initially by bonds and tariffs, and the confiscation of gold from the United States Mint in New Orleans. Still, he soon found himself forced to extreme measures such as income taxes and fiat currency. With inflation spiraling out of control, he resigned in June 1864. He appears on the Confederate $5 bill. (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Estimate $300-400
CLOSED
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4367

TD-17

1863 (Mar. 12), Confederate States of America, Treasury Department, Register's Office Semi-Official Imprint (C.S.A. Catalog TD-17), franked with #6 block of 4, large margins at top to just into at bottom, tied by "Richmond VA Mar. 12, 1863" circular datestamp, addressed to Charleston So. Ca., Very Fine and very clean and scarce double rate cover with a block of #6, Scott catalog value for a block on cover is $900 and the CSA handbook catalog value for the imprint is $400. (Image) (All Images)

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Estimate $500-750
SOLD for $275.00
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4368

WD-CN-04

1864 (May 10), Bureau of Conscription, War Department, Official Business Semi-Official Imprint (C.S.A. Catalog WD-CN-04), franked by#13 right sheet margin strip of four (was a strip of 5) with large margins other 3 sides and #11 vertical strip of 3, tied by four strikes of "Richmond VA May 10" (1864) circular datestamp on legal sized cover to "Maj. Gen. Howell Cobb, Comdg. Reserves, Macon Georgia", docketing at left reads, "Express to be send to 2nd Auditors offices for year (?) 1863" (can't read what is written after that), most of top backflap removed, vertical creases clear of stamps, Fine appearing and very rare cover with a Bureau of Conscription semi-official imprint and originally franked with $1.30 in postage, with 1979 P.F. certificate.

The Confederate Bureau of Conscription was a government agency within the Confederate States of America responsible for implementing conscription laws and overseeing the enrollment of men into military service. It was established under the Adjutant and Inspector General's Department in December 1862. The bureau's primary function was to enroll, exempt, and manage conscripted soldiers. You can read about the conscription laws on wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confederate_Conscription_Acts_1862%E2%80%931864). (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (All Images)

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Estimate $750-1,000
SOLD for $1,200.00
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4369

WD-EN-04

1865 (Feb. 21), Pay Office Engineer Department, C.S. No. 14, Law Building, Franklin Street, Official Business Semi-Official Imprint (C.S.A. Catalog WD-EN-04), franked with 10¢ Deep Blue, Die B, Keatinge & Ball (#12 var) with large to huge margins all around and tied by Richmond VA circular datestamp, addressed to Charlotte C.H. VA and forwarded to Talcott Va., blue "Charlotte C.H. Va. Feb. 23" circular datestamp and manuscript "For'd 10" due rate, letter enclosed datelined "Slave Claims Office, Richmond, Feby. 21, 1865" and reads, "Captain: (J.B. Stanard, Capt. Engr. V.I.") The Claim of Mr. John B. McPhail filed by yourself is satisfactory in form & will be considered in turn - It is entered as number 972 on our docket. Very respectfully, your friend, J.D. Waddill, Extremely Fine and an extremely rare semi-official imprint cover, ex-Dietz and Engel.

McPhail enrolled in Company A of the 56th Virginia Infantry in July 1861 and was elected Captain of his Company in May 1862; He was promoted to Major of the Regiment on 13 June 1864, and appointed Lieutenant Colonel on 7 December 1864. He was captured in action at Hatcher's Run, Virginia, on 31 March 1865 and imprisoned at the Old Capitol Prison in Washington DC and at Johnson's Island before being released on 15 July. After the War, He built and was president of the Richmond and Mecklenburg Railroad. Waddill was a political figure from Georgia, and Stanard was chief engineer for building fortifications for the city of Richmond, obviously using slave laborers he rented from various local slaveowners. (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Estimate $500-750
SOLD for $650.00
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4370

WD-MD-11

1864 (Dec. 26), Surgeon General's Office,--Shreveport, La. Official Business Semi-Official Imprint (C.S.A. Catalog WD-MD-11), #12 full to large margins all around, lightly toned, tied by "Shreveport La. Dec. 26" double circle datestamp on yellow cover to "Dr. Bartholomew Eagan, Mt. Lebanon, Louisiana" with original letter with "Surgeon General's Office,--Louisiana State Army, Shreveport, La. _______1864" printed letterhead with manuscript "Decem. 23" date asking for Dr. Eagan to help "A. Martin, Surgeon General, La. State Forces" find a place to live for a son of the writer's friend at the school in Mt. Lebanon, and sneaks in a final line "We have been receiving at the Dispensary large quantities of the principal medicine and will soon be in a condition to supply the inhabitants freely." signed "A. Martin, Surgeon General, Louisiana State Forces", Very Fine and an extremely rare imprint, undervalued by the CSA Handbook as we could find no other example.
C.S.A. Catalog $600.

The medical laboratory in Mt. Lebanon LA, headed by Dr. Eagan, produced chloroform and other medicines for use during the treatment of and surgery performed upon wounded Confederate soldiers. (http://www.chab-belgium.com/pdf/french/Pharmacie%20CSA.pdf) We couldn't find anything on Martin. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (All Images)

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Estimate $750-1,000
SOLD for $1,200.00
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4371

WD-MD-19

1864 (Jan. ??) Medical Director's Office, General Hospitals, N.C. Official Business Semi-Official Imprint (C.S.A. Catalog WD-MD-19), with uncanceled #8, full to large margins all around, on brown legal sized cover with manuscript "General Summary of the sick & wounded from August 1st 1862 to Jany, 1st 1864" and addressed to "Surgeon E. (Ernest) Burke Haywood, General Hospital No. 7, Raleigh N.C.", vertical creases. According to an article "North Carolina's Confederate Military Hospitals" by Charles F. Hall Jr. in the Winter 2020-21 edition of North Carolina Postal Historian, General Hospital No. 7 was The Fair Grounds Hospital at Raleigh. The article pictures a similar cover without the stamp and the note at the top of the cover, indicating it was probably handcarried. We believe the stamp was affixed to this cover with the intent of mailing it, but the weight meant additional postage and the cover ended up being handcarried.
C.S.A. Catalog $500.

Haywood was a surgeon at several Confederate hospitals in the Raleigh area. His medical notes and accounts and books with notes on his cases, possible remedies, and accounts for patients, are stored at the University of North Carolina. (Image) (All Images)

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Estimate $250-350
SOLD for $325.00
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4372

WD-NM-07

1864 (Feb. 12) "Confederate States of America, War Department, Nitre and Mining Bureau. Official Business" Semi-Official Imprint (C.S.A. Catalog WD-NM-07), with "Official Business" crossed out, franked by #11 tied by "Richmond VA Feb. 13, 1864" circular datestamp and addressed to Fredericksburg VA, with original letter with same semi-official imprint as letterhead but cut in half prior to use and embossed state seal of Virginia at top left, letter datelined "Richmond Feb. 12th, 1864" and reads, "… Nothing since the excitement about the Yankees raid. Last night 117 Yankee prisoners made their escape from Castle Thunder" (a penitentiary near Libby Prison), half of top backflap missing, Very Fine, signed Brian Green.
C.S.A. Catalog $500. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (All Images)

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Estimate $400-600
SOLD for $400.00
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4373

WD-NM-12

1863 (Nov. 23), C.S. Nitre and Mining Bureau, Official Business Semi-Official Imprint (C.S.A. Catalog WD-NM-12), #12, three large margins, close at left, tied by well-struck "Richmond VA Nov. 23" circular datestamp, addressed to Staunton VA, small faults, otherwise Fine.
C.S.A. Catalog $500.

Per wikipedia, "The Confederate Nitre and Mining Bureau was a civilian government bureau to provide the CSA with needed materials such as copper, iron, lead, saltpeter, sulfur, zinc, and other metals. The Bureau oversaw civilian contracts and offered advice, instruction and guidance in the production of these materials." (Image) (All Images)

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Estimate $200-300
SOLD for $450.00
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4374

WD-NM-13

1863 (May 1 to June 6; undated), Confederate States of America Nitre and Mining Service, Official Business Semi-Official Imprint (C.S.A. Catalog WD-NM-13), #12 with full margins all around and tied by circular datestamp on brown cover addressed to "George Moore, Esq., British Consul, Richmond Virginia", Very Fine. The earliest known use of #12 is May 1, 1863 and Moore, who served in Richmond as one of the British Consuls to the Confederate States, was expelled on June 6, 1863, so this cover must have been sent between May 1 and early June, 1863, ex-Dietz.
C.S.A. Catalog $500.

For more information on the expulsion of the British Consuls from the Confederacy, visit https://archive.nytimes.com/opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/10/10/the-expulsion-of-the-consuls/. Per wikipedia, "The Confederate Nitre and Mining Bureau was a civilian government bureau to provide the CSA with needed materials such as copper, iron, lead, saltpeter, sulfur, zinc, and other metals. The Bureau oversaw civilian contracts and offered advice, instruction and guidance in the production of these materials." (Image) (All Images)

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Estimate $300-400
SOLD for $300.00
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4375

WD-QM-08

1861 (Nov. 12), CSA Quartermaster General's Office Official Business Semi-Official Imprint (C.S.A. Catalog WD-QM-08), 10¢ Dark Blue, Hoyer & Ludwig #2b, large to huge margins all around, tied by "Richmond VA Nov. 12" circular datestamp on orange legal sized cover addressed to Camp Bryan, Yorktown VA, pencil "Monthly Report for November 1861", minor edge wrinkling and central vertical crease, Very Fine. The earliest recorded 10¢ Hoyer & Ludwig usage is November 8th, 1861, and this cover is dated November 12th, signed Kimbrough, with clean 1994 A.P.S. certificate. (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Estimate $300-400
SOLD for $500.00
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4376

WD-QM-16

1864 (Dec. 6), Post Quarter-masters Office Official Lake City Florida Semi-Official Imprint, two known! (C.S.A. Catalog WD-QM-16), "Madison C.H. Fla. Dec. 6" circular datestamp with "Paid 10" handstamp on yellow cover to Thomasville GA, "Official Business / Charge Box" at top left crossed out indicating this is a private use, and manuscript "Box 75" at bottom left, "Dec. 5th 1864" docketing, gently cleaned, repaired along edges with original side flaps reattached, lovely Very Fine appearance, extremely rare with only two examples of this imprint recorded, both are faulty and privately used to the same addressee in the same handwriting but the other is franked with #11, ex-Bogg, with 1999 C.S.A. certificate.

This is the listing copy in the CSA Handbook and a value of $750 is assigned. (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Estimate $400-600
SOLD for $325.00
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4377

WD-ZA-11

c.1863 (May 26), Head Quarters Dep't North Carolina, Official Business Semi-Official Imprint (2012 C.S.A. Catalog WD-ZA-11), printed at top right on orange cover franked by #7 horizontal pair hinged in place with its original gum mostly intact, and tied by "Richmond VA May 26" circular datestamp, addressed to Charlotte Court House VA, Very Fine and scarce. Shipping charges apply - weight 4 lbs.
2012 C.S.A. Catalog $500. (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Estimate $300-400
SOLD for $225.00
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4378

camp douglas 1865.0213

1865 (Feb. 13), Camp Douglas Prisoner of War Adversity Cover made from a used Western & Atlantic Railroad bill of lading document, #11 full to large margins, minor gum toning, tied by "Richmond Va. Feb. 13" (1865) circular datestamp and usual light strike of examiner's circular handstamp at top, bill of lading, to Rutherfordton NC, manuscript "via City ??? VA by Flag of Truce" at bottom left, Extremely Fine, see the full interior online, ex-Alexander Hall (Oct. 1997 sale where purchased by the consignor). (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Estimate $750-1,000
SOLD for $500.00
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4379

libby 1863

1863, Inbound cover to Prisoner at Libby Prison, franked with #8 3 margins full to large, just into at top, affixed to cover addressed to "Capt. Frank H. Mason, Libby Prison, Richmond Virginia" with instructions at lower left "If removed from Libby, please forward to Andersonville GA", Very Fine and pro, an exceptional cover mailed to one prison with instructions to forward to another if necessary. We believe the 2¢ was affixed to the "inner cover" that was removed at Richmond when the cover from Ohio arrived at the lines and ended up being handcarried rather than mailed to Libby Prison, signed Trish Kaufmann, with 2010 Weiss certificate stating "it is a genuine (probably handcarried) usage, no opinion whether stamp originated or not, stamp with small scrape at top, the cover with paper adhering to back. (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Estimate $600-800
SOLD for $325.00
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4380

libby 1864

1864 (undated), Inbound cover to Prisoner at Libby Prison, franked with #12 tied by back of cover by Milledgeville GA Aug. 30" circular datestamp on brown cover addressed to "Mr. Joseph A. Doane, Prisoner at Andersonville Ga., Squad #36 -three", with "Due 10 cts" at top right, Extremely Fine. Doane was with the 16th CT and was captured at Plymouth NC on April 20 and parolled Dec. 10, 1864. Our internet research indicates Squad 36, 3rd mess. Accompanied by Frajola auction catalog description, two hand-transcribed sections of the official records, one dated Sept. 11, 1864 listing Doane as a sutler of the 16th CT being captured on April 20 and the other paroling Doane on Dec. 10th on the condition he obtain the exchange for himself of either the purser of the rebel steamer Calypso (if approved by the CSA Navy) or a rebel army sutler John L. McLean now at Camp Morton (if not approved in time), and a 1963 typed letter from MacKinlay Kantor to Dr. Howard Harmon discussing the cover, ex Malpass. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (All Images)

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Estimate $750-1,000
SOLD for $500.00
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4381

ligon 1862.0711

c.1862 (Jul. 11) Incoming cover to Dr. at Ligon's Hospital, franked with #5, full to large margins, few light wrinkles, tied by "Columbiana Ala. Jul. 11" circular datestamp, addressed to "Dr. L.A. (Leonard A.) Slater, Ligon Hospital, Richmond Va.", small repair at top and half of top backflap removed, otherwise Very Fine and an extremely rare use of CSA #5 to a Confederate prison hospital physician, Jack E. Molesworth description on top backflap.

John. L. Ligon's Tobacco Warehouse was confiscated during the early part of 1861 and was used as a prison for Federal soldiers. This building later became General Hospital #23. This building was at times used as a hospital for Libby Prison, and for baggage storage. It was located at the southeast corner of 25th and Main Streets in Richmond VA. It was closed at the end of June in 1863. Visit https://www.mdgorman.com/Hospitals/general_hospital_23.htm for more information. (Image) (All Images)

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Estimate $750-1,000
SOLD for $1,300.00
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4382

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point lookout 1863.1031

1863 (Oct. 31), Camp Hoffman, Point Lookout, Maryland, Northern Prison, franked by CSA #9 with ample to large irregular margins, and US #65, both tied by "Washington D.C. Oct. 22, 1863" and "Richmond VA Oct. 31, 1863" circular datestamps (the capitals of both countries) on prisoner-of-war faulty cover front with mostly readable large oval "Approved/J.N. Patterson/Capt. & Provost Marshal/Point Lookout, Md." examiner's handstamp (CSA Handbook PWH-16 Type A, used Oct. 1863-April 1864), addressed to Wilkesboro NC, Fine and extremely scarce with only two recorded examples of CSA #9 and USA #65, this one being the basis for the Scott listing, listed in Scott but not priced because this was acquired by the consignor in an Oct. 1997 auction and hasn't been on the market in 28 years. Illustrated in Antrim book (p. 77), ex-Richey, Ashbrook, and Everett, signed "purchased in Asheville NC May 9/89" and backstamped. (Image) (All Images)

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Estimate $1,000-1,500
SOLD for $800.00
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4383

rock island 1864

Rock Island Barracks, Censor Marking Type B (late Feb. to April, 1864), at top center on brown cover franked by US #65 tied by "Rock Island Ill. Mar. 28, 1864" double circle datestamp and target cancel, addressed to Frankford KY, manuscript "David A. Gilbourn Jr. & J.J. Downs, Barrack 28, Rock Island Prison - Sent two full new suit hat and shoes included" on back, with original letter datelined "Rock Island Military Prison Illinois March 27th 1864" that reads, "…we are here prisoners & am in need of some articles as we have no money to buy such things…our homes is in Fla. & there is no chance of getting anything from there….you send direct to Barrack No. 28….Yours truly, David A. Gilbourn & J.S. Downs", Very Fine. David Alexander Gilbourn was born on 28 April 1839 in Gadsden, Florida where he died on 28 August 1872. Couldn't find anything on Downs. Harrison states 123 covers from Rock Island Barracks exist.
C.S.A. Catalog PWH-12. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (All Images)

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Estimate $750-1,000
SOLD for $475.00
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4384

1862.0626

c.1862 (Jun. 26), Matamoros, Mexico to Texas, folded letter datelined "Matamoros" and addressed to San Antonio Tex., bold "Brownsville Tex. Jun. 26" rimless circular datestamp with "Paid 10" handstamp, "Droege, Oetling & Co., Matamoros" blue double oval handstamp, business contents and mentions a visit from Major Dunwoody, faults including paper loss, otherwise Fine, both sender and recipient were key players in the cotton trade with Europe from the Confederacy via Mexico. An "internally restored" folded letter from the same correspondence sold for $2,700 in 2014. (Image) (All Images)

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Estimate $750-1,000
SOLD for $850.00
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4385

Confederacy, Excellent Balance of Covers, About 70 covers, mostly on Auction pages, though not necessarily the ones on which they were purchased; many with owner's handwritten notes; includes 18 Stampless (11 Virginia), Scott numbers 1 (2), 2, 4, 6/7 (15), 11/12 (14), Flag of Truce/P.O.W. (17), and a few miscellaneous, generally Fine to Very Fine. A very interesting and useful assortment that is fully imaged online. Shipping charges apply - weight 3 lbs. (PDF for this Lot) (Image) (All Images)

Estimate $1,500-2,000
SOLD for $3,000.00
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4386

Confederacy, Valuable Assortment of Covers, 60 covers originally sold as 53 single Auction lots in 1997-98, all still on the original lot cards and marked with prices paid—as high as $400); comprises Scott #1 (four lots including a Patriotic and a pair), #2 (7 lots), #4 (8 lots, 9 covers), #6/7 (12 lots, 14 covers), #11/12 (9), P.O.W.s (9 lots, 13 covers), and miscellaneous (4 lots); excellent range of printings and usages, as well as a few with content, generally Fine to Very Fine. Owner paid $6,785; fully imaged online. Shipping charges apply - weight 2.8 lbs. (PDF for this Lot) (Image) (All Images)

Estimate $1,500-2,000
SOLD for $4,000.00
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4387

Collection of 41 Covers, Confederate & Union, Mounted and Written Up, fascinating lot with sections including "Into the Gathering Storm," which consists if 11 pre-war covers from Southern towns, included an 1856 cover from Augusta, Ga. to Paris, France with 7x 3¢ #11—including a strip of 4, Politics and the Winds of War", eight covers with political themes including an illustrated Fremont Campaign cover and a colorless embossed Lincoln-Hamlin Campaign cover; Confederate Use of U.S. Postage: eight covers, one of them used from Patterson, N.C., Feb 28, 1861, before N.C. had decided to join the Confederacy; Soldiers cover: 12 covers, 10 of them hand-carried, with some interesting docketing or instructions, plus four covers from Occupied Southern cities (Memphis (2), New Berne & New Orleans) and one into occupied Memphis, generally Very Fine, a most interesting lot that is fully imaged online. Shipping charges apply - weight 1.2 lbs. (PDF for this Lot) (Image) (All Images)

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Estimate $750-1,000
SOLD for $2,100.00
Will close during Public Auction