Florida Town Postmarks with Paid and Due Markings, Newnansville thru White Springs continued...
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2067 |
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Pilatka Fla. Jan. 20. Circular datestamp with
matching "PAID" straightline and "5" in circle on small white envelope with blue lining to Percy's Mills Ga., Very Fine and rare, only four Confederate Pilatka Fla. handstamped Paid uses are recorded in the Briggs census, C.S.A. Catalog value $750.00
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E. $ 500-750
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction |
2068 |
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Quincy Flor. Jun. 1 (1863). Circular datestamp
and manuscript "10 Paid" on green folded letter with blue lines to Florida Confederate Senator Augustus E. Maxwell in Richmond Va., forwarded to Evergreen Ala. with bold "Forwarded 10" in oblong frame, "Richmond Va. Jun. 12, 1863"
circular datestamp, interesting contents regarding promotion of the writer's brother, mentions of Generals Howell Cobb and Samuel Cooper, Fine, ex McNeal
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E. $ 400-500
SOLD for $375.00
Will close during Public Auction |
2069 |
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Quincy Flor. Jun. 15. Circular datestamp and
"Due 10" in arc handstamp on brown cover to Lawrenceville Ga., soldier's endorsement at top so allowed to be sent collect, Very Fine (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com |
E. $ 200-300
SOLD for $180.00
Will close during Public Auction |
2070 |
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Saint Augustine Fla. Jan. 5 (1862). Bold strike
of circular datestamp with equally bold "PAID" and "10" handstamps on buff cover to Maj. Gen. Edmund Kirby Smith, "Comd. 4th Division Army of the Potomac" in Manassas Va., manuscript "Via Tallahassee" route endorsement, Very Fine, this
reflects the route change for mail to Virginia due to the Gulf blockade, only four Confederate mail St. Augustine covers are recorded in the Briggs census (all handstamped Paid) (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com |
E. $ 500-750
SOLD for $1,600.00
Will close during Public Auction |
2071 |
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Saint Augustine Fla. Oct. 31 (1861). Circular
datestamp with matching "PAID" and "5" handstamps, "5" rate overstruck "10" on buff cover to Captain Gibbs in Richmond Va., charge box notation at top, fresh and Extremely Fine, a possible provisional cover but more likely struck 5c in
error and revalued for the over-500 miles rate to Richmond, in either case the only recorded example, ex McNeal (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com |
E. $ 750-1,000
SOLD for $700.00
Will close during Public Auction |
2072 |
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Richmond Va. Aug. 20, 1861. Mostly clear strike
of circular datestamp with "Paid 20" handstamp and blue "20" manuscript rate on cover to St. Augustine E. Fla., endorsed "via Savannah Geo.", just a hint of toning, Very Fine and scarce double-rate use to Confederate
Florida, C.S.A. Catalog value for this rate marking without regard to the destination $500.00 (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com |
E. $ 400-500
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction |
2073 |
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St. Marks Fla. Feb. 20. Circular datestamp with
matching "PAID" and "10" handstamps on homemade cover to Columbia Mines Ga., Very Fine, only seven examples are recorded in the Briggs census (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com |
E. $ 400-500
SOLD for $300.00
Will close during Public Auction |
2074 |
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"Suwannee Shoals Fla. July 11th 1861."
Manuscript postmark and "Paid 5" on folded letter to Tallahassee Fla., light file folds, Very Fine, the only recorded example of a Confederate Suwannee Shoals Fla. postmark, ex Kohn (Image) Search for
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E. $ 750-1,000
SOLD for $550.00
Will close during Public Auction |
2075 |
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Tallahassee, Fla. Dec. 24 (1862). Mostly clear
strike of circular datestamp with bold "PAID" straightline and manuscript "20" double-rate on legal size semi-official Executive Department, Tallahassee, Florida imprint cover addressed to Governor Joseph E. Brown at
Milledgeville Ga., docketing at left "Resolutions of Fla. Endorsing the Confederate Debt," small ink spot, Fine and rare, the only recorded 20c handstamped Paid rate from Tallahassee, ex Kohn (Image) Search for
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E. $ 400-500
SOLD for $375.00
Will close during Public Auction |
2076 |
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Tallahassee Fla. Jun. 6 (1861). Circular
datestamp with bold "PAID" straightline and manuscript "5 cts" rate on buff cover to Knoxville Tenn., original contents request that another enclosure be sent "through the lines" to relatives in the North, Very Fine, the earliest
recorded example with this handstamped Paid marking, mailed only five days after the inauguration of the Confederate postal system (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com |
E. $ 400-500
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction |
2077 |
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Tallahassee Fla. Aug. 27 (1862). Circular
datestamp with first digit of date in manuscript, "PAID" and "10" handstamps on blue cover to Jacksonville Fla., small opening tears at top, otherwise Very Fine, ex McNeal
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E. $ 150-200
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