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4081

1863, 20¢ green, major double transfer (Scott 13), top right stamp in block of 4, clearly visible in "20", "Confederate States of America", "Cents", and "Twenty", o.g., never hinged, full even margins all around, stunning bright color, post-office fresh, Extremely Fine. The "20" at top double transfer appears on positions 24L and 35R, with 2004 C.S.A. certificate.
Scott $435 as hinged singles. (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Estimate $200-300
SOLD for $180.00
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4082

1863, 20¢ green, preprinting paperfold (Scott 13), across top, full margins all around, two strikes of blue Greensborough NC circular datestamp, Very Fine freak, mentioned but not priced in Dietz, neither mentioned nor priced in the CSA Handbook.
Scott $450. (Image) (All Images)

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Estimate $200-300
SOLD for $225.00
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4083

1863, 20¢ green (Scott 13), bottom selvage block of 10 with "Archer & Daly" part imprint, large margin to clear other sides, o.g., never hinged, rich color; usual natural gum creases, Very Fine. According to the CSA Handbook, "The stamps were printed by Archer & Daly and the early printings bore their imprint; it was removed at some later date.This stamp shows a number of faint horizontal and vertical lines between many positions on the plate. These were evidently scored on the plate as an aid in positioning the transfer from the die. The lines are extremely light and began to disappear after the early printings." These lines are visible on this block. (Image) (All Images)

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Estimate $400-600
SOLD for $500.00
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4084

1863, 20¢ green, stamp group (Scott 13), NH and o.g. consisting of 10 singles, 4 pairs, a gutter pair, 9 blocks of 4, 2 gutter blocks of 4, 2 blocks of 6, 3 blocks of 9 and a block of 15, used single and vertical pair, 2 o.g. stamps are "20" double transfer, also includes 9 no gum singles and 2 no gum blocks of 4 which are not counted, few back faults as always, mounted on 5 blank album pages with the consignor's original handwritten descriptions and on 4 Elbe pages which were a part of an exhibition collection purchased by the consignor at auction in 1996, generally Fine to Very Fine, fully imaged online, Scott catalog value approximately $9,000 without premiums for shade variety and never hinged (which is more than what is noted on the pages). (PDF for this Lot) (Image) (All Images)

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Estimate $1,000-1,500
SOLD for $2,000.00
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Campaign & Inauguration Covers

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CatNo.

Lot Description

4085

1861, Davis-Stephens Presidential Election Handbill, for the State of Virginia "Election, Wednesday, November 6th, 1861," listing Electoral Delegates for 16 Districts plus two at-large Delegates, and Roger A. Pryor for Congress, pristine condition, 4" x 6", signed on the reverse by "Alex H. Scoggins," presumably a voter, Extremely Fine. (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

Estimate $400-600
SOLD for $350.00
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Union Civil War Postal History

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Lot Description

4086

1863.0727

1863 (July 27), Washington D.C. Soldier's cover, "Soldiers letter" with "Lost all my stamps chasing Lee" and perfectly struck "Washington D.C. Jul 27, 1863" circular datestamp with hanging "Due 6" plus red "Charlestown Mass" straightline receiver, on yellow cover addressed to Benjamin A. Blandin in Charlestown, Mass., large pencil "6" at bottom left and on reverse, cover slightly reduced at left with no impact on this beautiful and fresh cover, still Extremely Fine and most unusual, signed Brian Green.

In 1867, Benjamin A. Blandin received a patent for his improvement to the Jack Plane, which he produced and sold, to see the patent, visit https://www.handplanepatents.com/tag/bench-planes/. (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Estimate $150-200
SOLD for $200.00
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4087

1865.0325

Letter re Execution of Robert Cobb Kennedy March 25, 1865 and prisoners of war, letter datelined by the Hotel de Lafayette, March 26, 1865 and reads in part, "Dear Wife, I arrived in New York yesterday morning by steamer … gave Harry the money for investment … think he got it at the right time as gold & stocks are probably as low as they will be for some time. After transacting my business, I proceeded to this place, not desiring to arrive until after the execution of Kennedy which I knew was to take place between the hours of twelve & five o'clock. We have a new set of Prisoners now consisting of Substitute Brokers, Bounty Jumpers and Government Swindlers of various descriptions, in all one hundred and eighty nine desperate characters…." with original cover franked by #65 with "Ft. Hamilton N.Y. Mar. 27, 1865" double circle datestamp to Hillsborough Center New Hampshire, Extremely Fine featuring great content.

Robert Cobb Kennedy (October 25, 1835-March 25, 1865) joined the First Louisiana Regulars as a lieutenant at the start of the Civil War. He was captured while carrying dispatches, imprisoned at Johnson's Island, and later escaped and made it to Canada. where he joined a small group of fellow Confederate operatives in a plot to burn New York City in retaliation for General Sheridan's scorched-earth tactics. Each of the conspirators was equipped with incendiary devices, with which they planned to start fires in a number of hotels around the city where they had procured rooms. The plot ultimately failed, with the fires being quickly extinguished because the conspirators didn't open any windows. After the failed attack, Kennedy fled to Canada, returning briefly to American soil to participate in a failed attempt to rescue Confederate prisoners by hijacking the train carrying them and diverting it to Canada. Kennedy then attempted to return to Confederate territory but was apprehended by federal detectives. He was transferred to Fort Lafayette in NYC to stand trial, was found guilty on all charges, and sentenced to hang. His execution on March 25, 1865, marked the last execution of a Confederate soldier by the United States government during the Civil War. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (All Images)

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Estimate $100-150
SOLD for $375.00
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4088

Union Civil War Letters and Telegraphs between Military Personnel including future President Rutherford B. Hayes, approximately 85 including 9 with 10 "R.B. Hayes" signatures, plus 15 signed (12) or initialed (3) by Brigadier General Eliakim Parker Scammon, and 1 to 8 each from 33 other officers, includes one datelined "Camp of 21st US Colored Troops, Mt. Pleasant SC July 17, 65", and 8 signed by Carr B. White who was a white officer of Colored troops, most are 1863-1865 full page documents including a few multi page letters, towns are mostly Florida (Jacksonville, Lake City, Tallahassee), North Carolina, Ohio and West Virginia, as well as a good variety of Camps, letterheads including 27 with "U.S. Military Telegraph" (one reads, "Deserters & refugees report no movements of the enemy in front except a rumor that the 22nd VA had left Lewisburg destination unknown. Rebel scouts took Jacob Harper of Raleigh out of his house Thursday night & murdered him" with a second telegram 4 days later identifying Simon Crawford & two brothers of teh 36th VA as assisting in the murder. one "Provost Marshal's Office, Third District, West Va. Charleston Jany. 15, 1864" (letter reads "Ferguson is in with 500 Rebels…Ferguson with 150 men attacked Co. H. 39th Ky who stopped on their way from Louisiana to Catlettsburg (KY) at a school house in Ky. opposite Round Bottom to stay all night, & took 11 of our men prisoners, killed the Lieut, & wounded 3 men and the balance of our men were badly frostbitten on account of being obliged to take to flight without shoes or coats & the Rebels lost 3 men, killed. These Rebels have their own way of it in this County.") and a handful of others, also includes a telegraph with "Little Miami & Columbus & Xenia Railroad Company Telegraph Department" signed by Brig. Gen. Duffee, additional great content including an order to Hayes to make lists of fugitives, other content includes troop movements, supply chain issues, cyphers received, numbers of prisoners and deserters taken in, etc., some faults as always on lots of this size, age and circumstances (as in part of a war), generally Fine to Very Fine, fully imaged online and accompanied by a printouts of wikipedia pages of some of the writers, also includes four books related to the subject. Shipping charges apply - weight 8 lbs. (Video for this lot) (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Estimate $7,500-10,000
SOLD for $6,000.00
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4089

Undated Flag of Truce Adversity Cover to Richmond, #11, toned and with tiny tear, just tied by pencil instructions "This is a confederate stamp and envelope that came from my old captain" on adversity cover made from an unused sheet of 25¢ bearer bonds (?) from the Metropolitan Savings Bank of Richmond, with manuscript "Please stamp and forward the enclosed by Flag of Truce at once" at bottom left, addressed to Richmond, half of top backflap and left backflap folded over for display, Very Fine and a very rare flag of truce adversity cover, with 1997 Brian Green certificate theorizing that the cover originated in Baltimore. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (All Images)

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Estimate $750-1,000
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4090

1862.0218

1862 (Feb. 18), Norfolk VA US #U34 North to South, indicia canceled by three diagonal pen strokes and well struck blue "Norfolk Va. Feb. 18, 1862" circular datestamp, light blue "PAID 10¢" in circle handstamp and "Confed. postage paid" manuscript, both indicating payment of the Confederate postage from Richmond to the Laurel Hill PO in West Feliciana LA, also manuscript "pr. (civilian) Flag of Truce", entire is unsealed, Very Fine. Norfolk was an early exchange point for mail between the North and South, beginning in Nov. 1861 and ending when Norfolk fell to the Union on May 9, 1862. Ex Emerson (sold in 1938) & Gehrmann (CFG; collection sold in 1950) and Everett (sold in 1993). (Image) (All Images)

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Estimate $300-400
SOLD for $450.00
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4091

1862.1116

1862 (Nov. 16), Civilian Flag of Truce cover, franked with #7 tied by "Richmond VA Nov. 16 18(62)" circular datestamp on unsealed and locally addressed cover addressed to Col. Henry Cady at Powhattan House, Richmond, Va" with "Postage inside" written at left and without censor markings or indication of origin, indicating this is most likely a civilian flag of truce cover carried by a civilian passing through Union lines who applied the stamp which overpaid the drop letter rate, Very Fine. Henry Cady was a prominent builder and contractor in Confederate Virginia. "Col." was an honorary title, signed Kohn backstamp.

The Powhatan House (hotel) became an unofficial center for the Civil War's business. Many influential people in the war, specifically captains and colonels, stayed and conducted business there during the Civil War. You can read more about it at https://urmappingamericanhistory.wordpress.com/2011/02/20/the-powhatan-house-hotel-broad-street/. (Image) (All Images)

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Estimate $300-400
SOLD for $300.00
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4092

Unused Civil War Patriotic Envelope Collection, over 200 including complete sets of "The House that Uncle Sam Built" (10 covers) & Magee's hand-colored "Arms of" (35 covers) & Reagles' "The Rebel States" (11 covers), part sets of "Rebel Arms of" (4), The Loyal States (3), For the Union/Secession by Upham (11), plus 12 African American themed, 22 with D. Murphy's Son of NYC imprint (many Jefferson Davis themed caricatures), 8 with Bell imprint, 4 McClellan themed, 3 Kimmels, 6 Magnus all-over camp/hospital scenes, and 82 others with many multicolored, also includes one front, on black stockpages in a lighthouse binder with slipcase, Very Fine, an outstanding collection that is fully imaged online. Shipping charges apply - weight 8 lbs. (Video for this lot) (Image) (All Images)

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Estimate $2,000-3,000
SOLD for $2,600.00
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4093

Union Civil War Patriotics, Collection of 23 covers, and two letterheads (with letters); one soldier's Due 3, one late use of 3¢ 1857 (July 29, 1861) and one with stamp missing, the rest franked with 3¢ 1861s, nice mix of subjects, but nothing spectacular (though there is one with a dramatic mis-registration of the red and blue colors), generally Fine, fully imaged online. Shipping charges apply - weight 0.8 lbs. (PDF for this Lot) (Image) (All Images)

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Estimate $750-1,000
SOLD for $1,300.00
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4094

c.1864, Captured Union patriotic all-over camp scene with Gen. McDowell, franked with two #6 singles with mostly full margins and individual Army of Northern Virginia grid cancels tying one stamp on reverse, addressed to Lynchburg VA, cover with small repaired corner and exploded for full effect, Very Fine, ex-William R. Weiss and pictured on page 31 of his book "Confederate States General Issue Stamps used on Adversity Covers, 1861-1865", currently available from the CWPS for $6.
Weiss PM-194. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (All Images)

Estimate $1,000-1,500
SOLD for $850.00
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4095

All-over red and blue "Romeo & Juliet" Soldier's Farewell Valentine envelope, franked by US 1¢ Franklin (#18), the stamp centered to top showing clear and complete bottom balls, tied by "Salem O. Feb. 14" Valentine's Day circular datestamp and locally addressed, with multicolored enclosure of a love poem surrounded by wreath and two gold cupids with ornate lace overlay that folds up, opened at bottom and left, Choice Very Fine and an exquisite Civil War era Valentine franked with a #18 paying the local drop rate. A great rarity and an important item for the collector of the 1¢ 1857 issues; we highly doubt another example exists, with reduced photographic copy of 1971 P.F. certificate.
Bischel 2115. Walcott W-2381 var.

These covers are found in both red & blue, orange, red & bronze, red & bronze & blue. All are franked with the 3¢ 1861 issue. This is most likely unique as a locally addressed cover franked by the very scarce #18. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (All Images)

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Estimate $4,000-6,000
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4096

1862.0322

1865 (Mar. 22), "What Can The Matter Be" with original Wis. soldier's and captured Confederate soldier's letter, stampless with "New Orleans La. Mar. 22, 1865" double circle datestamp addressed to Weedsport Wisconsin, with original letter datelined "Camp 4th Wis. Cav. Baton Rouge La. March 17th 1865" and begins with …"Enclosed you'll find a "Reb letter" captured at Clinton… It is rather pale being wrote with gunpowder ink as other ink is rather scarce in this confederacy. (This letter is also included!) I would send you a few Reb Postage Stamps but will wait until some time in the future. I had one letter from a Reb. Capt. to a lady in Clinton who had (The Lady) give him the mitten (?) and took up with a Yankee Lieut.… he also discusses his recovery from an illness that caused his limbs to swell, the "War Widows" and writes, "Mother, after I finished your letter … we was called out to repel an attack. As we started, skirmishes were going on…but before we got there, they was gone and we found the foe was hours ahead of us…Tonight another scout goes out (very sly) at 11 o'clock. Some more "old men" to be captured I presume.", Very Fine lot, read about the Wisconsin 4th at www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Article/CS2223 and see the letters online. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (All Images)

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Estimate $150-250
SOLD for $350.00
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4097

30A

US 5¢ brown, type II 1860 issue, used on the last day of Louisiana's 9-day-long Independent State period (Scott 30A), horizontal pair and single, on cut to shape small piece, cancelled by "New Orleans La. 3 Feb." (1861) circular datestamp, Very Fine and extremely scarce. Louisiana seceded from the union on Jan. 26 and joined the Confederate States of America on Feb. 4., ex Birkinbine and Dr. Howard Green, with 1982 P.F. certificate.
Scott $1,500 as singles. (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Estimate $750-1,000
SOLD for $600.00
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4098

30A

US 5¢ brown, type II 1860 issue, on Feb. 9, 1861 Transatlantic Mail cover, vertical strip of three with scissors-cut perforations on all sides with intact perfs at left and into at top, tied by two strikes of "New Orleans LA Feb. 9" 4 Feb." and one strike of red "New York Paid 6" circular datestamps, on blue folded letter to Gironde, France, New Orleans merchant's blue double oval and "P.D." in frame handstamps plus Paris 2 March '61 transit datestamp on both sides, and Gironde receiving backstamp, letter datelined "New Orleans 9 Fevrier 1861" with business contents written in French, horizontal file fold at center, Very Fine. Louisiana joined the Confederate States of America five days before this cover was mailed. (Image) (All Images)

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Estimate $1,000-1,500
SOLD for $1,200.00
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4099

24¢ gray lilac, Confederate State Use in Mobile Alabama (Scott 37), single, "Mobile Ala. Feb. 12, 1861" double-circle datestamp, Very Fine.
Scott $1,000. (Image) (All Images)

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Estimate $250-350
SOLD for $300.00
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4100

24¢ gray lilac, Confederate State Use in Mobile Alabama (Scott 37), single, "Mobile Ala. May 8, 1861" double-circle datestamp, Fine to Very Fine.
Scott $1,000. (Image) (All Images)

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Estimate $200-300
SOLD for $250.00
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4101

U27

1861 (Jan. 28), Savannah Ga., US #U27 with grid cancel and circular datestamp alongside, addressed to Macon Ga., Extremely Fine use of US postage in Georgia after admission to the Confederacy on Feb. 4 and before the CSA post office began operations on June 1. (Image) (All Images)

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Estimate $150-200
SOLD for $160.00
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Confederate Civil War Postal History

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Symbol

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Lot Description

4102

florida

Florida Stampless Covers with Paid handstamps, first with "Monticello Flor. Nov 26" circular datestamp and handstamped "PAID 10" (type C) to Shelby Springs Ala., slight damp staining at bottom and letter from collector R.S. Nelson that reads, "Accept this one with my best wishes for your entire Envelope album. I think you can now say you are among a few collectors that has one of these C.S.A. Monticello Fla. I was told that the Monticello Fla. postmarks are a common C.S. general issue on cover was rare - your friend R.S. Nelson", and second is "Pensacola Fla. Jul 30 circular datestamp" and handstamped "PAID" in circle and 5" (type D) to New Orleans, mounted on blank album page with the consignor's original handwritten descriptions, otherwise Fine to Very Fine, ex Mueller.
C.S.A. Catalog $850. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (All Images)

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Estimate $350-500
SOLD for $425.00
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4103

georgia

Georgia Stampless Covers, six consisting of Atlanta "PAID 5" Postmasters' Provisional (6XU2) with "Atlanta Ga. Sep 3, 1861" circular datestamp alongside Augusta handstamped "PAID 10" to Alex. Stephens in Richmond VA with 1861 docketing regarding military appointments, Columbus with "PAID 5" in circle handstamp, and two La Grange -- one Jul 6 with manuscript "PAID 10" and small "10" handstamp, the other May 20 with handstamped "PAID" (type A) and small "10" plus manuscript "10" and pencil "May 17, 1864" (signed Kimbrough), both with charge box note at top left to same addressee, mounted on blank album pages with the consignor's original handwritten descriptions, plus Montezuma with "PAID" and "10" in circle to "Hon. William Clark, Esq. C.M. (Congress Member) Richmond VA (Clark represented Georgia in the First Confederate Congress 1862-1864), cover signed Kimbrough, generally Fine to Very Fine, see the other four mounted covers online. There is a footnote in the CSA Handbook (page 82) that the small "10" handstamps on the La Grange covers are "not of Confederate origin and was added at a later date".
C.S.A. Catalog $1,250. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (All Images)

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Estimate $400-600
SOLD for $425.00
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4104

georgia americus

Americus Ga., two handstamped Paids, one Apr 10, 1861 circular datestamp and "PAID 5" (type B), the other Jul 24, 1861 circular datestamp with "PAID 10" (type C), both to Military addresses; former to Maj. J.E. Rylander, 10th Ga. Battalion, Griffin Ga., the latter to Sgt. E.J. Eldridge, Sumter Flying Artillery at Richmond and includes a 6-page letter from Eldridge's wife, mentioning the the first Battle of Bull Run (which had occurred just three days earlier), but speaks mostly of the Life, love and loneliness of a young soldiers wife, small faults, mounted on blank album pages with the consignor's original handwritten descriptions, about Fine duo, the latter cover and the letter are fully imaged online, signed Kimbrough (former), and Brian Green (latter).
C.S.A. Catalog $400+.

Major Rylander was KIA at Cold Harbor on June 2, 1864 & he is buried in Americus. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (All Images)

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Estimate $200-300
SOLD for $225.00
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4105

georgia columbus

Columbus Ga Jun. 4 (1861) circular datestamp with "Paid" and "10" handstamps with the "10" revalued to "20" in manuscript, on legal sized faulty cover regarding an estate "To the Clerk of the Superior Court of Macon County Georgia, Oglethorpe Georgia", 1861 docketing, with comments by the Columbus postmaster and the clerk, Fine appearance. This cover entered the mails on the fourth day of the Confederate Postal Service and the earliest known cover from Confederate Colombus GA; it is also the only reported example of a manuscript revaluation of a Confederate handstamp from 10¢ to 20¢ (probably because the postmaster didn't have a "20" handstamp; despite the 1995 CSA certificate, this marking is unlisted in the current (2012) CSA Handbook and is presumably unique, with 1995 C.S.A. certificate. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (All Images)

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Estimate $300-400
SOLD for $325.00
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4106

north carolina

North Carolina Stampless covers, five including four with town circular datestamps consisting of Elizabeth City and handstamp "5" (due), Franklin, undated circle and manuscript "Paid 10" to a Captain in Johnstons Army at Marietta GA (signed Brian Green), Kingston and handstamp "PAID" with manuscript "5" (ex Kohn & Walcott), Mocksville and handstamped "PAID 10" on 1863 folded letter, plus Manchester, Feb 5, 1862 manuscript postmark and "Paid 5" (opened roughly on back), mounted on blank album pages with the consignor's original handwritten descriptions, generally Fine to Very Fine, see the other 3 online. We added a bonus cover to this lot after scanning was complete.
C.S.A. Catalog $1,000. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (All Images)

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Estimate $300-400
SOLD for $350.00
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4107

texas

Texas Stampless Covers, seven consisting of "Belton Tex. Jul 28" circular datestamp and handstamped "PAID 10" (type C) on 1863 FL, "Bonham Tex. Nov 8" circular datestamp with manuscript "Paid 20" & "OB" on a turned legal size cover, the inside with manuscript "Paid" and no other markings,"Chapel Hill Tex. Feb 30" (yes Feb. 30, the so-called "Long Leap Year" (LOL)) circular datestamp and handstamped "PAID 10" (type G), weak"Galveston Tex. Jul. 4 1861" double circle datestamp and handstamped "PAID 5" (Type B) with original letter on Commission Merchants' letterhead, "Marshall Tex. Dec. 4 1863" double circle datestamp on small folded letter to Dr. James H. Starr and handstamped (due) "10" (type F); "New Braunfels, Tex. May 7" circular datestamp and handstamped boxed "PAID" & 10" (type A) on folded letter sheet to San Antonio; and "San Augustine Tex. Dec. 26" circular datestamp and "PAID 5" (type A) on folded letter to Dr. James H. Starr, mounted on blank album pages with the consignor's original handwritten descriptions and copies of contents of the 3 folded letters, generally Fine, the other six are imaged online.
C.S.A. Catalog $2,600. (PDF for this Lot) (Image) (All Images)

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Estimate $750-1,000
SOLD for $800.00
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4108

texas houston

Houston, Tex., legal size cover, originally sent "To. Hon. G.W. Smythe, Jasper, Texas, Official Business" with "Charge Box No. 1" and light pencil "Pd 20" at top, but no town marking, then turned with a "Houston Tex. May 9" circular datestamp and handstamped "PAID" (type A) and pencil "30", initialed "P.W.G." and addressed to S(amuel) F. Moseley, Esq., C.S. Depository, Jefferson Texas, Fine cover sent to two different but not well known Texas Democratic party bigwigs.

Read about George Washington Smythe, a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence, at https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/smyth-george-washington. Sam. F. Moseley & Co., Attorneys at Law, General Land, Immigration and Collecting Agents, Jefferson, Texas. The Commercial Emporium of Northern and Eastern Texas and Adjacent Indian Territories, and Center of the Cotton and Grain Growing Portions of Texas [Jefferson, Texas, n.p., ca. 1866]. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (All Images)

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Estimate $200-300
SOLD for $110.00
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4109

texas marshall

Marshall, Tex., mostly complete Nov 5 circular datestamp along with a clear handstamped "PAID 10" similar to C.S.A. type D, but the "PAID" larger, on an exceptionally clean orange cover to Louisburg, N.C., exploded with bottom flap missing, otherwise Very Fine, ex Walcott, signed Brian Green with his comment, "unusual PAID 10".
C.S.A. Catalog $750 for type D. (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Estimate $300-400
SOLD for $160.00
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4110

virginia

Virginia Stampless Covers, five consisting of "Bristoe Station VA Sep 2" circular datestamp and manuscript "Paid 5", "Covington VA Sep 11" circular datestamp and manuscript "Paid 5", "Staunton Va. Nov 23 circular datestamp and handstamped "PAID 10" (type C) on a gray legal size cover with manuscript "O.B." to Capt. Bacon in Lexington VA, "Winchester VA Jun 14" circular datestamp and handstamped "PAID 5" (type B), top backflap removed and "Yorktown Va. Aug 15"(?) circular datestamp and handstamped "PAID" (type A) and manuscript "10", mounted on blank album pages with the consignor's original handwritten descriptions, generally Fine to Very Fine, the other 4 are imaged online, signed Kimbrough (Winchester & Yorktown).
C.S.A. Catalog $775. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (All Images)

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Estimate $250-350
SOLD for $325.00
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4111

Miscellaneous Stampless Covers, Group of 12, better including "Charleston S.C. Jan. 6" (1862) circular datestamp and handstamped "Paid 5" (type E), with Bank of Charleston printed corner card on top backflap, ex Kohn, "Charleston, S.C. May 9, 1863" circular datestamp and handstamped "PAID 10" (type G), ex Judd with his description on reverse, "Spartanburg, S.C. Aug 28, 1861" circular datestamp and handstamped "PAID 5" (type B) to military address (Dean correspondence; cover signed Brian Green), "Enterprise, Miss. Oct 29" circular datestamp with manuscript "Paid" and handstamped "10" (type E), a legal size cover to Alexander Stephens in Richmond (1861 docketed in another hand); and two with Chatanooga, Tenn., circular datestamps, one Oct 29, 1861 with a handstamped "PAID 5" (type A) and the other, Oct 4 (1863) used as an Army of Tennessee field post marking with a 7-line soldier's endorsement and with the usual "Due10" (signed Brian Green), also incldes four Columbia S.C. with different Paid 5 / Paid 10 markings, "Winnsborough S.C. 24 Sep." circular datestamp with "Paid" and "10" handstamps to Carroll Hoy & Co., Cherow S.C. with Paid 5 and Paid 10 covers, the latter is an adversity cover made from a mostly handwritten cotton invoice,five covers are mounted on blank album pages with the consignor's original handwritten descriptions, generally Fine to Very Fine, the rest of the lot is fully imaged online. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (All Images)

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Estimate $500-750
SOLD for $700.00
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4112

georgia graysville

[Georgia] Graysville, U.S. 3¢ Star-die (U26) canceled by one of two mostly clear blue circular datestamps, Jan 24 (1861), on a pristine cover to Cleveland Tenn., Very Fine. A very scarce small town.
Scott $300. (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Estimate $200-300
SOLD for $130.00
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4113

louisiana new orleans

1861 (Feb. 1), Louisiana Independent Statehood cover, "Birmingham (England) Ja 12 (18)61 5" small circular datestamp and "19 Cents" debit handstamp, plus "Br. Packet Boston Br. Packet 26 Jan. 24"(¢) due circular datestamp, on folded letter to New Orleans, Feb. 1, 1861 receipt docketing proves this letter arrived during the 9 days-long Louisiana Independent Statehood period from Jan. 26 to Feb. 4, usual vertical file folds, still Very Fine, ex-Alexander Hall (Oct. 1997 sale where purchased by the consignor). (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (All Images)

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Estimate $150-200
SOLD for $425.00
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4114

mississippi vicksburg

[Mississippi] Vicksburg, U.S. 3¢ rose (#26) block of 4 tied by town cancels with matching "Vicksburg Miss. Feb 27" (1861) double circle datstamp on a legal size cover to an Evansville, Ind. Justice of the Peace, docketed "Opened by consent, March 2d 1861," reduced somewhat at both ends, penciled plating notes near stamps, Fine, an exceedingly rare C.S.A. use of a U.S. 3¢ block of 4.
Scott $300. (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Estimate $300-400
SOLD for $700.00
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4115

florida madison

Madison C.H. Fla. Nov 23 circular datestamp and "Paid 10" in arc handstamp, on brown cover to Anderson SC charge box notation at top, Extremely Fine, illustrated on page 45 of The New Dietz Confederate States Catalog and Handbook by Skinner, Gunter and Sanders, ex-Bleuler. (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Estimate $300-400
SOLD for $225.00
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4116

florida pensacola

1861 (Jun. 24) Pensacola Fla. circular datestamp Paid and 5 in circles, on cover addressed to Duncanville GA., "Answered July 8th 1861" docketing, barely reduced at right, Very Fine, ex Kohn & Wiseman (with their backstamps). (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Estimate $150-200
SOLD for $225.00
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4117

georgia rome

1861 (Jun. 17), Rome Ga. circular datestamp and large woodcut PAID 5, on small cover to Madison GA, top backflap faults, Very Fine, ex Emerson. (Image) (All Images)

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Estimate $75-100
SOLD for $140.00
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4118

kentucky bowling green

1861 (Nov. 2) Bowling Green Ky. blue circular datestamp with manuscript "paid 10", on orange cover to Mrs. Hattie Slemons at Monticello Ark., some light soiling and opened roughly at bottom, Fine to Very Fine. (Image) (All Images)

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Estimate $300-400
SOLD for $425.00
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4119

south carolina graham's turnout

1863 (May 6), Graham's Turnout S.C., circular datestamp with "Paid" and "10" in circle handstamps (Type C) on stampless folded letter from father to soldier son at "Camp K. Palmetto S.S. (Sharpshooters), Picketts Division, Richmond VA", letter datelined May 3, 1863 with interesting content "…we have been very uneasy about you, but have understood that Longstreet only intends to cover a foraging expedition, if so you will soon be withdrawn from before Suffolk - before this perhaps. I trust you are safely back in camp & have plenty to eat. I am to spend next Sunday in camps with your uncle Tom. I want to see them before they go to Tennessee as I may never have the opportunity again. The S.C.R. Road is in charge of govt & is crowded moving trrops west. I fear I shall be too late t see Bro George or Tom….My health is not good - cough & some pains in my left side. I suppose it will result in Consumption. I trust the war will soon close that you may return home to take care of your mother & the family in case I am called off. God bless you my son.", signed (and purchased from) Brian Green in 1997. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (All Images)

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Estimate $150-250
SOLD for $400.00
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4120

texas

1863-64, Two Unique Confederate Texas Manuscript Postmarks, first is "Kidds Mills Tex. May 17th" with matching "Paid 10¢" on 1863 folded letter by the Confederate postmaster of the town, Webb Kidd, informing his sister in Huntsville, Texas that his wife Sallie died, small discolored area at top left, and second is "Prairie Plains Texas Aug. 24/64" with matching "Paid 10" on buff colored cover to San Antonio, Tex., Fine to Very Fine duo, both ex-Bleuler and the former also ex-Camina.

These are the only recorded examples from these Confederate Post Offices. While the Kidds Mills is not listed in the 2012 Confederate handbook, the Prairie Plains is and is priced at $300. See the other cover online. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (All Images)

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Estimate $200-300
SOLD for $350.00
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