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CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA CSA - Captured U.S. continued...

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CatNo.

Lot Description

681

1862 captured Union Patriotic, turned cover, first use (inside) with 10c blue (Archer-Daly), four margins tied by Tawboro N.C. March 18 cds to Louisburg, N.C. Second use, with 10c (Archer-Daly), tied by Louisburg cds and addressed to Miss A. C. Parker, Tawboro, N.C. The outside use shows a large embossed colorless oval regimental shield design for the 12th Mass Regt. Col Fletcher Webster. The second use stamp has been placed over a portion of the Union Patriotic design (Col Fletcher Webster, oldest son of Daniel Webster was commissioned Colonel of the 12th Mass Inf. and was killed-in-action at 2nd Manassas (Bull Run) on 30th August 1862). The cover has not been flapped or cut to display the inside usage, some toning, signed Brian Green and John Kimbrough. A fine CSA turned adversity usage of a captured Union patriotic (Cat No. 11) (Image)

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682

1862 Captured Union Patriotic - "Corn (not Cotton) is King", patriotic design in red showing "Farmer Harvesting Corn" on cover to Athens, Ga., franked with horizontal pair of 5c blue (four margins, each repaired with piece added), manuscript numeral "24" (date) cancel, tied by matching "Larkinsville, Ala. Nov. 24" (1862) manuscript postmark, v.f. appearance. Despite the repaired stamps this is one of the most attractive Captured Union patriotic used in the Confederate States, ex-Tate collection (Cat No. 4) (Image)

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SOLD for $750.00
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683

1862 5c light blue (De La Rue printing), horizontal pair, large margins, bright color, tied by "Chattanooga Ten. Oct. 24, 1862" circular datestamp on blue "The Girl I Left Behind Me" captured Union patriotic cover to Athens Geo., name in address crossed out, some staining, otherwise fine, Molesworth's penciled write-up on back, ex-Buck Boshwit Collection of Confederate States (Siegel 2007, $2,300 hammer) (Cat No. 6) (Image)

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684

1862 5c blue (local printing), horizontal pair, full margins to just in at top right, light stains, tied by partly readable "Knoxville Ten." circular datestamp on blue captured "George Washington" Union Patriotic cover to Lenoir N.C., slight wear and toning, scarce use on a captured Union patriotic from Confederate-occupied Knoxville (last sold 2014 Siegel sale, $2,900 hammer) (Cat No. 6) (Image)

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685

1863 10c blue, large margins all around, creased, tied by full Richmond, Va., Aug 17, 1862 cds (Powell type 5d) on captured Union patriotic cover showing Ohio State Seal design in blue; cover repair nicks, small tears and replaced backflap, fine appearance, signed Kimbrough (Cat No. 11) (Image)

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CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA Prisoner of War & Fl

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CatNo.

Lot Description

686

1863 cover addressed to Lt. Robert, Prisoner of War, "Johnsons Island, Near Sandusky, Ohio", sent from Grognasville NC, with Old Point Comfort, VA transit, franked with two 5c Confederate adhesive and defective 3c USA stamp, further endorsed "Via Flag of Truce City Point", scarce South to North POW cover (U.S. rules called for the removal of the "Rebels" when mail entered the U.S. postal system), overall ageing and cover creases, with extensive Molesworth write-up in pencil, CSA certificate (Johnson's Island was a Union prison for Confederate officers during the American Civil War. It was located in Sandusky Bay of Lake Erie, near Sandusky, Ohio) (Image)

SOLD for $850.00
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687

1864 cover addressed to "Mr. James C Wall, Prisoner of War Camp Morton Indianapolis, Indiana", franked with uncanceled U.S. 3c rose, further endorsed "By flag of Truce via City Point", penciled "U.S. Currency" and on back "Postage enclosed in silver", fine, with elaborate Molesworth's write-up. Envelopes containing cash for Rebel POWs were separated from the regular mail at Fortress Monroe and carried to the prisons by military couriers. Since this routing bypassed the Federal mails, stamps on such covers were not canceled. Mr. Wall enlisted in 1863 at Princeton, WV and was taken prisoner in 1864 at Piedmont, Va, confined to Camp Morton and exchanged on March 3, 1865 (Image)

SOLD for $850.00
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688

1864 (24 Aug) cover from Hillsville, Va from Mrs. Smith to Lt. William A. Smith, Prisoner of War at Port Delaware, U.S. 3c and Confederate 10c franking, sent via Old Point Comfort, Va (3 Sep), with pencil docketing indicating Sep 6, 64 delivery, fine (Image)

SOLD for $500.00
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689

1864 (7 Oct) cover (slightly reduced at left) from Sandusky, Ohio to Mrs. Hannah Archer in Churchville, Md., franked with U.S. 3c, with departure pmk alongside and oval "Prisoner's Letter Examined F.W. Johnson's Island Hillsville, Va (from Captain Robert Harris Archer) (Image)

SOLD for $475.00
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690

1864 (12 Oct) cover (slightly reduced at top) from Chandler Springs to a Confederate Prisoner of War at Rock Island Prison, Illinois, U.S. 3c uncanceled and Confederate 10c franking tied by manuscript Chandler Springs cancel, with "Due 6" handstamp, with Molesworth's handwritten description on back, 2005 CSA certificate (Image)

SOLD for $525.00
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691

1864 "Prisoner's of War Johnsons Island, Examined G.S.B." in oval, struck on cover from a Confederate officer, prisoner of war, Sandusky, O., with 3c franking, addressed to North Carolina, with Confederate States 10c added in Virginia, endorsed "Per Flag of Truce via Ft. Monroe", fine Flag of Truce (North to South) POW cover (Johnson's Island was a Union prison for Confederate officers during the American Civil War. It was located in Sandusky Bay of Lake Erie, near Sandusky, Ohio) (Image)

SOLD for $525.00
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692

1864 two "Flag of Truce" covers, one with 3c U.S. and pair of 5c Confederate stamps, endorsed "Pleasant Grove, N.C. July 8", also "Via Fortress Monroe", most of the address portion missing, still legible "S.G. Crawford, Block 12, Mess 1", probably a Union P.O.W camp; other cover with 10c Confederate canceled by red Petersburg, VA, in combination with U.S. 3c to a Confederate POW at Union Prison Camp Point Lookout, Md, "Old Point Comfort, VA" transit, without censor markings, cover considerably aged, both with extensive Molesworth write-ups in pencil (Point Lookout was the largest and one of the worst Union prisoner-of-war camps, established on August 1, 1863. It was located at the extreme tip of St. Mary's County, on the long, low, and barren peninsula where the Potomac River joins Chesapeake Bay) (Image)

SOLD for $450.00
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693

1864 (3 Apr) coverfront from a Prisoner of War at Point Lookout, Md, with U.S. 3c and Confederate 10c franking, sent via Old Point Comfort, Va (3 Apr), with pencil docketing (Image)

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UNITED STATES POSSESSIONS CANAL ZONE

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CatNo.

Lot Description

694

39e

1912 2c vermilion & black, center inverted, incredibly well centered and fresh, usual dried gum, h.r., v.f., with 2001 PSE certificate, cat. $600 (Cat No. 39e) (Image)

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SOLD for $450.00
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UNITED STATES POSSESSIONS HAWAII

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CatNo.

Lot Description

695

1850 (16 Aug) Honolulu U.S. Postage Paid, struck in red on lady's cover with embossing all around (closed cover tear at top), with "8" in circle and straight line "PAID", San Francisco Calif 10 Sept postmark alongside, addressed to Mass, fine and appealing cover (Image)

SOLD for $400.00
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696

1864-86 2c rose vermilion, four single franking covers, three to Maui, the other to Honolulu, various shades and departure postmarks, one with Japanese writing along the right side of the cover, occasional toning, mostly fine or better, cat. $2000 (Cat No. 31) (Image)

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SOLD for $1,200.00
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697

1886 2c rose, left sheet margin single, n.h., with 2006 graded "XF-Sup 95J" certificate (Cat No. 43) (Image)

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SOLD for $170.00
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698

56,78

1893 2c brown, top sheet margin single, n.h., also 12c blue, used, large and balanced margins all around, both v.f., the former with 2005 PFC for a larger block from which it originated (Cat No. 56,78) (Image)

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SOLD for $160.00
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699

61B

1893 Provisional Government, 10c red brown, overprinted in red, bottom margin part imprint single, n.h., well centered, v.f., one of only two believed n.h. copies, both originated from the Honolulu Advertiser strip of five, with Raymond Weill handstamp on reverse (in selvage) and 2019 PSE certificate, cat. $25000 (Cat No. 61B) (Image)

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700

1894 (17 Aug) registered cover from Honolulu to Iowa, attractively franked, with violet Registered and "A.R." handstamps, fine (Image)

SOLD for $230.00
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