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United States continued...

Confederate States and Civil-War Related continued...
Lot Sym. Lot Description  
1518 c ImageGreenville S.C., Jan. 6 (1861). Circular datestamp ties 3c Dull Red, Ty. III (26), rich color, on illustrated Phonography cover to Amherst C.H. Va., original contents datelined Jan. 5, 1861, Very Fine, we have seen many covers with the various fancy Phonography designs, however this is the first we have encountered as an Independent State use of U.S. postage (Image) E. $ 400-500

SOLD for $325.00
Will close during Public Auction
1519 c ImageHempstead Tex. Mar. 17 (1861). Circular datestamp with 5-Point Star fancy cancel on 3c Red on White Nesbitt entire (U9) addressed to Washington County N.Y., original contents datelined Mar. 16 and mentioning that Texas is no longer a part of the U.S., Extremely Fine, a choice and scarce Confederate Texas use of U.S. postage (Image) E. $ 750-1,000

SOLD for $1,800.00
Will close during Public Auction
1520 c ImageSherman Tex. Mar. 12. Slightly smudged circular datestamp, matching grid cancels 3c Red on Buff Star Die entire (U27) with eagle design handstamp on cover to Hunnewell Mo., manuscript "Via the overland mail" endorsement at bottom, 1861 receipt docketing on back, with original contents which state in part "The over land mail will stop running through this country on the 25th of the present month March 1861...The Texians have succeeded in taking all the forts and arms in Texas without any resistance on the part of the soldiers...", fresh and Very Fine, a rare and enigmatic use (at one time believed to be a packet boat handstamp), ex Meroni and Felton, with Weill backstamp and 1994 C.S.A. certificate which declines opinion on the eagle marking (Image) E. $ 750-1,000

SOLD for $500.00
Will close during Public Auction
1521 c ImageNorfolk Va. Apr. 22, 1861. Partly clear strike of blue double-circle datestamp with matching "FREE" straightline on all-over lithographed Atlantic Hotel illustrated advertising cover to Postmaster Robert Isbell at Stone Wall Mills Va., William Murphy N.Y. imprint on flap which is torn but intact, minor staining at bottom, Very Fine and scarce Independent State use on an advertising cover, Virginia seceded less than a week before this was mailed, once the Confederate mail system came into operation on June 1, postmaster free mail was prohibited (Image) E. $ 750-1,000

SOLD for $475.00
Will close during Public Auction
1522 c ImageNorfolk Va. May 7, 1861 -- First Day of Virginia Confederate Statehood. Blue double-circle datestamp on 3c Red Star Die entire (U26) to Edenton N.C., fresh and Very Fine use on the day that Virginia was admitted to the Confederacy, signed Brian Green (Image) E. $ 200-300

SOLD for $225.00
Will close during Public Auction
1523 c ImageSalem Va. May 7 (1861) -- First Day of Virginia Confederate Statehood. Double-strike of circular datestamp on the day Virginia entered the Confederacy, one strike ties 3c Dull Red, Ty. III (26) on buff cover to New Market Va. with fancy illustrated Roanoke College corner card, two enclosures dated Jan. 26 and May 7, 1861, the first informing the recipient of his election to the Philosophical Society of the College and the latter thanking the society and commenting "We are now in the midst of great political difficulties...I hope the providence of God may interpose, peace be restored and our literary institution soon commence their sessions again.", slightly reduced at right, still a Very Fine example of this scarce design and an outstanding use on the day of Virginia's admission to the Confederacy, accompanied by a 1948 letter from August Dietz Sr. (Image) E. $ 750-1,000

SOLD for $1,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
1524 c ImageSTEAMBOAT. Bold strike of straightline handstamp, "Mobile Ala. Feb. 28, 1861" double-circle datestamp cancels 3c Red on White Star Die entire (U26) addressed to New Orleans, Extremely Fine strike, a wonderful Confederate steamboat use on a U.S. entire, with 2001 P.S.E. certificate (Image) E. $ 750-1,000

SOLD for $800.00
Will close during Public Auction
1525 c ImageSTEAM. Clear strike of straightline handstamp ties 3c Dull Red, Ty. III (26) with captured imprint at right, on Jan. 31, 1861 docketed yellow cover addressed to Natchez Miss., "Pr. Vicksburg" endorsement at bottom, receipt docketing of Feb. 2, Very Fine Independent State use of U.S. postage tied by the "STEAM" straightline on arrival at Natchez (Image) E. $ 750-1,000

SOLD for $700.00
Will close during Public Auction
1526   No Lot $ 0.00

CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
1527 c ImageSteamer Genl. Quitman. Mostly clear strike of blue handstamp cancels 3c Red on Buff Star Die entire (U27), undated but must be 1861, addressed to Carroll, Hoy & Co. in New Orleans, usual small filing holes for this correspondence, Very Fine and most unusual, we have encountered the General Quitman Confederate packet boat handstamp on several covers bearing New Orleans Postmaster's Provisionals, however, this is the only example we have encountered on a Confederate use of a U.S. postal entire (Image) E. $ 500-750

SOLD for $275.00
Will close during Public Auction
1528 c Image"Per Emma Bett", Vicksburg Miss. May 31 (1861) -- Last Day of U.S. Postage Rates. Double-circle datestamp, matching small grid cancels 3c Red on Buff Star Die entire (U27) to Carroll, Hoy & Co. in New Orleans, manuscript "To be mailed in Vicksburg" and "Per Emma Bett" sender's routing instructions for the Confederate mail packet boat by that name, usual light filing holes, Very Fine and unusual, carried on the Emma Bett (which was burned in 1863) and put into the mails in Vicksburg on the last day of U.S. rates in the Confederacy, ex Gallagher (Image) E. $ 400-500

SOLD for $600.00
Will close during Public Auction

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