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181 c   image(2) 1861 10c blue Jefferson lightly tied on 1863 cover addressed to Mr. Mauldin, Care of Gen. J.E.B. Stuart, Signal Corps, Virginia, with "Rec'd Jan 16th, 1863" and "Politeness of Sergt W. Beatie" endorsements. Sent just a few weeks after the Confederate victory at the Battle of Fredericksburg, usual wear, but still a fine appearing cover with an interesting "care of Genl. J.E.B. Stuart" in the address. (Image)

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182 c   image(2) 1862 10c light blue Davis top sheet margin single tied by full strike “Chattanooga, Tenn. Oct 14 1862" cds on cover addressed to Mrs. N. W. E. Long, Perote Pike P.O., Alabama, via Columbus, Georgia. Slight edge wear, still a very presentable and attractive soldier’s cover. The franking pays the Confederate 10c letter rate introduced July 1, 1862. The clear Chattanooga postmark and neat manuscript endorsement “Via Columbus Geo” indicate routing through one of the principal Confederate postal hubs in the Western Theater. The cover was sent by Private Nimrod W. E. Long (1831–1899), Company B, 51st Alabama Partisan Rangers Cavalry, to his wife. In October 1862, Long’s unit was attached to Nathan Bedford Forrest’s Brigade in the Army of Tennessee, during a period of intense cavalry operations in eastern Tennessee and northern Alabama. Mail from partisan ranger units is notably scarce, reflecting their mobility and irregular service conditions. A desirable Confederate soldier’s letter combining a crisp CSA 10c Jefferson, clear Western Theater postal markings, and well-documented military provenance. With 1987 Philatelic Foundation certificate, signed by John L. Kimbrough (11-29-2009). (Image)

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183 c   image(2b) 1861 10c blue Jefferson, Hoyer & Ludwig printing, tied by black December 1861 Tudor Hall, Va. cds on cover sent by Dr. Orrick Metcalfe, a surgeon attached to Co. A, Jeff Davis Legion (Mississippi Cavalry Battalion) to Dr. S. S. Merrick in Natchez, Mississippi. A very fine example of the 1861 10c Hoyer & Ludwig printing on cover from Tudor Hall. With 1989 Philatelic Foundation certificate as Sc. 2 before the Hoyer & Ludwig printing was classified as 2b, cat. value $1,000. (Image)

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184 c   image(2b) 1861 10 dark blue Jefferson (Hoyer & Ludwig) tied by manuscript datestamp “Chatawa, Miss. Sept. 27th 1864” on cover to Miss E. C. Hall, Stockton, Alabama. The neat manuscript postmark from Chatawa, Pike County, Mississippi, clearly ties the stamp and serves as the sole postal marking. A very fine and attractive 1864 Mississippi manuscript usage, representing a scarce small-town Pike County origin and a clean late-war 10c single-letter rate cover. Cat. value $1,000. (Image)

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185 c   image(2b) 1861 10c dark blue Jefferson (Hoyer & Ludwig) right sheet margin single tied by clear “Tudor Hall, Va. Nov. 29, 1861” cds on cover to Mrs. Laura L. Forbes, Natchez, Mississippi, with additional manuscript “Box 145” docketing at lower left. The stamp shows full to ample margins including the right sheet margin, with sharp color and strong impression; very slightly affected at the top left corner by minor cover edge wear. An attractive early-war use of the 10c Jefferson stamp (used just 3 weeks after the earliest known date of use) from Tudor Hall, Virginia, paying the 10c single-letter over-500 miles rate to Mississippi. (Image)

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186 c   image(2, 2b) Group of three covers bearing the 1861–62 10c Jefferson Issue, comprising two examples of the Hoyer & Ludwig printing (Sc. 2b) and one example of the J. T. Patterson printing (Sc. 2). The first is a Hoyer & Ludwig 10c (Sc. 2b) on cover to Richmond, Virginia, manuscript dated “Aug 21,” tied by pen cancel. The stamp shows the characteristic richer shade and impression associated with the Hoyer & Ludwig printing. The second Hoyer & Ludwig 10c is tied by November 1861 Tudor Hall, Va cds addressed to Dr. J. Winsmith, House Reps., Columbia, South Carolina. The third cover bears a 10c light blue Jefferson (Sc. 2), Patterson printing, paying the same 10c rate from Greenville Court House, South Carolina to Walhalla, South Carolina. The stamp is tied by a 30mm black "Greenville C.H., S.C. Nov 6" (1862) cds. Although the distance was less than 50 miles, the uniform 10c rate applied under the revised Confederate postal regulations. Cover with piece missing at upper right and stamp with disturbance at top. A useful and attractive trio illustrating both major printings of the first Confederate 10c issue used on cover, overall fine appearing, cat. value $2,350. (Image) (Image 2) (Image 3) (All Images)

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187 c   image(3) 1862 2c green Jackson, tied by an indistinct dated Shelby, N.C. cds on drop cover addressed within Shelby to Mr. John W. Lackey, Shelby, Cleveland County, N.C. A clean and attractive example of the 2c drop-letter rate usage from Shelby, North Carolina. Cov edge wear, stamp with light toning, still a nice example of a scare drop-letter usage. The 2c green lithographed issue was authorized specifically for local drop-letter service - letters mailed and delivered within the same post office - and such correctly rated usages are much scarcer than standard 5c or 10c frankings. A desirable North Carolina drop-letter usage using the 2c General Issue, illustrating the limited circumstances under which this denomination properly appears on cover. Signed by Dietz, cat. value $2,500. (Image)

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188 c   image(4) 1862 5¢ blue Davis tied by red "Camden, S.C. May 14" (1862) cds on cover addressed to Petersburg, Virginia. After the decision to forward to cover back to Camden, the postmaster in Petersburg applied “Due” and “5” handstamps to indicate postage due for the return journey, with "Petersburg, Va May 18" (1862) cds at right and repeated at left unnecessarily canceling the original 5c stamp. The cover was then forwarded back to Camden, with contemporary manuscript notation on reverse recording final receipt on May 21, 1862. Stamp affected from edge placement and initial opening, but still a fine appearing use. The return to Camden, confirmed by contemporary manuscript docketing, completes a short an interesting postal journey that illustrates both the administrative and procedural rigor of Confederate postal operations in mid-1862 before the rate increased to 10c for all distances. (Image)

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189 c   image(4) 1862 5c blue Davis, tied by red “Atlanta, Ga. Jul 22” cds on commercial cover bearing a green cameo corner card of the Macon & Western R.R. Office, Macon, Ga. Addressed to Miss Zoe Varney, Indian Springs, Ga. A visually appealing adversity-style commercial usage; light cover edge wear, stamp with minor toning, still fine appearing. This cover was mailed July 22, 1862, just three weeks after the new Confederate postal rates took effect on July 1, 1862, raising the standard single-letter rate from 5¢ to 10¢ regardless of distance. The use of a single 5¢ stamp therefore underpays the new 10¢ rate. It has been suggested that the blue color of the new 5¢ issue may have led an inexperienced clerk to mistake it for the earlier 10¢ blue stamp, resulting in this inadvertent underpayment. The cameo imprint advertises the Macon & Western Railroad, the critical rail line connecting Atlanta and Macon. This railroad would later serve as a vital lifeline for the Army of Tennessee during the 1864 Atlanta Campaign, with fighting in July 1864 aimed specifically at severing this route—an action that directly contributed to the Confederate evacuation of Atlanta in September. Little is known about Miss Zoe Varney of Indian Springs, a small community in Catoosa County in northwest Georgia, but the letter illustrates the everyday civilian correspondence moving along key Confederate rail corridors during the middle years of the war. An attractive July 1862 underpaid usage featuring a railroad cameo corner card. (Image) (Image 2) (All Images)

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190 c   image(4) 1862 5c blue Davis, a single and horizontal strip of three, each tied by lightly struck Richmond, Va cds cancels paying the 20c Confederate quadruple-rate on a large buff cover sent to W. W. Henry Esq., Charlotte Court House, Va. Part of cover at top left replaced and backflap missing, still a nice appearing full 20c franking. The addressee, William Wirt Henry, grandson and biographer of Patrick Henry, served as Commonwealth Attorney for Charlotte County before the war and briefly as an officer in the locally raised Staunton Hill Artillery in 1862 before returning to his legal practice. Charlotte Court House, located roughly 85 miles southwest of Richmond, is historically significant as the site where Patrick Henry first delivered his iconic “Give me liberty, or give me death” speech prior to the American Revolution. A nice high-franking Confederate lithographed usage, combining four well-matched 5c stamps to pay the seldom-seen 20¢ rate, and addressed to a prominent Virginia jurist and author. With 2003 Philatelic Foundation certificate. (Image)

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Current Opening Price...$400.00
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191 og, nh, bl   image(4a) 1862 5c dark blue Davis, lithograph, Stone 2, position 41, ample to large margins, tied by very light blue grid cancel on coarse paper cover with matching small double-circle “Raleigh N.C. Jul 2” cds, addressed to Company Shops, North Carolina, with blue arc “DUE 5” handstamp indicating underpayment. Mailed just one day after the July 1, 1862 Confederate postal rate change, this cover reflects the transition from the 5c to 10c single-letter rate, with the originally affixed 5c adhesive insufficient to meet the new tariff. The Raleigh “DUE 5” marking (Type G) was applied to collect the deficiency, making this a clear and well-documented example of rate adjustment usage in the immediate aftermath of the change. An attractive and historically meaningful Confederate cover illustrating postal rate enforcement during a pivotal moment in Confederate postal history. With 2026 Civil War Philatelic Society certificate. (Image)

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192 c   image(4) Group of six covers each bearing the 1862 5c blue Jefferson Davis, lithographed by Hoyer & Ludwig, issued to initial pay the 5c single-weight rate under 500 miles. A compact and appealing assembly illustrating the transitional 1862 printings, including examples from both Stone 2 and Stone 3, and one cover bearing Stone 2 and Stone 3 stamps used together on the same envelope. The group reflects a pleasing range of town markings and routes. Examples include cover with a blue Columbia, SC cds, another with a Company Shops, NC cds sent to Greensboro. One cover shows a 5c light milky blue shade from Stone 2 tied by a Goodson, Va cds and addressed to Egypt Station on the Mobile & Ohio Railroad, Mississippi, adding attractive railroad and destination interest. The covers demonstrate the continued use of the 5-cent rate during the brief window prior to the July 1, 1862 rate increase, and illustrate the distinctive appearance of the later Hoyer & Ludwig stones, with their characteristic impressions and shades. Condition is typical for wartime Confederate correspondence, with some edge wear, toning, and minor faults, but overall fine appearing. A desirable balance lot offering depth in the 1862 5c blue Hoyer & Ludwig issue, suitable for the collector or exhibitor seeking varied town usages and stone combinations. (Image) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6) (All Images)

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193 c   image(5) 1862 10c rose Davis, tied by a bold "Richmond Va. Jun 16, 1862" cds on cover addressed to Col. John B. Lamar, Macon, Georgia (a distance of more than 500 miles). Col. John Basil Lamar - planter, legislator, and close associate of Howell Cobb - was serving as aide-de-camp to his brother-in-law, Brig. Gen. Howell Cobb, at the time this letter was mailed. Only three months later, on September 15, 1862, Lamar would be mortally wounded at Crampton’s Gap, part of the fierce fighting along South Mountain leading up to the Battle of Antietam. A docket at left reads “Willie G. White wants Lieutenancy.”, indicating that the enclosed letter (no longer present) concerned military preferment or a request for Lamar’s support for an officer’s commission—precisely the sort of administrative and political correspondence handled by Cobb’s staff during the summer of 1862. A desirable 10c lithograph usage from Richmond during one of the most active phases of the Eastern Theater, tied to a historically significant recipient whose wartime service ended only months after this letter was mailed. (Image)

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194 c   image(5) 1862 5c rose Jefferson tied by blue "Columbia, S.C. Aug 25" cds on cover to Flat Rock, Henderson County, North Carolina, small tears at left and bottom of cover but still a fine appearing usage, cat. value $750. (Image)

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195 O   image(5a) 1862 10c carmine Jefferson showcasing a nice example of this rare color share with large margin at top to close at left and bottom, used by black cds at left. Stamp with a horizontal crease, not detracting in the least from this fine example of the rare 1862 10c carmine shade. With 2008 Philatelic Foundation certificate, cat. value $1,900. (Image)

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196 c   image(5a) 1862 10c carmine Jefferson with nice margins all around showcasing this rare color shade, tied by neat “Mobile, Ala. Aug. 2, 1862” double-circle cds on folded letter (dated Aug 2, 1862) to Selma, Alabama. Light file folds do affect the stamp or the cover's overall very fine appearance. A beautiful and rare 10c carmine usage from Mobile during the summer of 1862. The folded letter's contents reflect active commercial correspondence within Confederate Alabama at a time of growing economic uncertainty. The combination of the use of the rare 5c color shade stamp with excellent margins, a nice Mobile double-circle cds, and its original content makes this an especially desirable and historically evocative Confederate general issue cover. (Image)

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Current Opening Price...$2,000.00
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197 og, nh, bl   image(6) 1862 5c light blue Davis, lower right sheet corner margin pane of 25, unused with original gum, hinge remnant at bottom, most stamps n.h., fresh color and very fine, ex Dabney. (Image)

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198 c   image(6) 1862 5c blue Davis tied by “Savannah, Ga May 26, 1862” cds on cover sent to Miss Charlotte Barnwell, care of Mr. Archibald Smith, in Roswell, Georgia, sent approximately six weeks after these stamps first became available and five weeks before the Confederate postal rate increase to 10c per half ounce regardless of distance (effective July 1, 1862). Archibald Smith was a prominent cotton planter and one of the leading citizens of Roswell. Wartime correspondence from his family was later published in 1997 under the title The Death of a Confederate. The primary addressee, Charlotte Barnwell (1842–1922), was Smith's niece and one of sixteen surviving children of Edward Barnwell and his three wives. Her mother, Eliza Zably Smith Barnwell, produced seven children before dying in 1846. Charlotte’s mother was from Savannah, and the cover is presumed to have been sent by a close family member during this period of disruption and loss. Charlotte’s younger brother, Stephan Bull Barnwell, served with the 8th Georgia Infantry and was killed at Antietam four months later. During the Atlanta Campaign, Charlotte relocated to Beaufort, South Carolina - her stepmother Sarah’s home - to escape the fighting as Sherman’s March to the Sea passed through Roswell. After the war, Charlotte lived in Baltimore and devoted herself to assisting children suffering from spinal diseases. A deeply personal Confederate cover combining postal history significance with a multi-generational Southern family narrative, wartime displacement, and lasting social consequence - an evocative artifact illustrating the human dimension of Confederate correspondence during the Civil War. (Image)

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199 O, og, c   image(6/7) 1862 5c Blue De La Rue Typographed Issues balance lot comprising one dull blue local print/paper used pair, one unused sheet margin block of 18, and seven covers, offering a representative working group of this important Confederate issue. The unused block of 18 displays strong color and impression, with sheet margin at right, providing a useful study piece for plate characteristics and layout. The used pair off cover, in dull blue on local paper, shows the distinctive softer impression and paper quality associated with later Confederate printings, and contrasts nicely with the London-printed examples. The seven covers illustrate a range of wartime usages and postal history interest. Included are examples on homemade envelopes and turned covers reflecting paper shortages and reuse practices, as well as a ladies’ embossed cover to Jerusalem, Davie County, North Carolina, bearing manuscript February dating and light manuscript cancel. One cover has 5c used over Post Office Department imprint. Two additional covers bearing pairs paying the 10c rate, including one sent to Florida. Condition throughout is typical for Confederate material, with some faults, edge wear, and opening tears noted, particularly among the reused and homemade covers, but overall fine appearance. A desirable and useful balance lot of the 5c De La Rue Issue, combining a multiple and varied postal history in a compact offering suitable for further study or exhibit development. (Image) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6) (Image 7) (Image 8) (Image 9) (All Images)

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200 O, bl   image(7) 1862 5c blue Davis, local print, three blocks of four, used with various postmarks, showing good color throughout, a nice group of multiples from the local printings, overall fine-v.f, ex Dabney, cat. value $1,050. (Image)

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