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Stampless Stories: A Postal History of America continued...

The Civil War
Lot Sym. Lot Description  
219 c ImageStephen A. Douglas 1860 Campaign. Three-quarter portrait in frame with name in ribbon on cover to Berne, Switzerland, North Georgetown O. Oct. 8” (1860) large dotted-circle datestamp boldly struck, manuscript 42” due rate (double 21c), sender’s ship-name directive Steamer Arago to Havre 13 Oct/60”, New York 24 Oct. 13” debit datestamp, partly visible Havre transit datestamp, Havre-Paris (Oct. 26, 1860) transit and Bern receiving backstamps, red manuscript due marking, tear at upper left touches oval of design, otherwise Very Fine, any campaign cover addressed to Europe is rare, this 1860 Douglas cover is truly outstanding (Image)

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 E. $ 750-1,000

SOLD for $700.00
Will close during Public Auction
220 c ImageCol. Elmer E. Ellsworth -- The Casualty of War that Made Lincoln Weep. Red and blue Union patriotic design with flags, star and sword on cover to Munich, Germany, red New York Am. Pkt. 7 Paid Jun. 19” (1861) credit datestamp, red boxed Aachen Franco” handstamp, receiving backstamp, slight soiling, Very Fine, rare use of Ellsworth patriotic cover to Germany -- Colonel Ellsworth was the first officer to die in the Civil War, he was one of President Lincoln’s favorites and it is said that Lincoln wept when he heard the news of Ellsworth’s death from a gunshot fired by a Confederate sympathizer in Alexandria, Virginia -- with 2004 P.F. certificate opining that the cover probably originated in New York (Image)

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 E. $ 500-750

SOLD for $500.00
Will close during Public Auction
221 c ImageNew Orleans La. 5 Feb. (1861) -- Confederate State Use. Partly clear circular datestamp and Steamship 10” in circle handstamp on blue folded letter datelined Trinidad de Cuba, January 25, 1861” to Lanman & Kemp in New York, green Fritze & Co., Trinidad de Cuba” and Fr. Busing & Co., Havana” oval backstamps, light vertical file folds, minor erosion spots, Very Fine, rare use, carried on the Habana, by the time this reached New Orleans the state of Louisiana had already seceded from the Union and joined the Confederacy, the Habana later became a Confederate raider (Image)

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 E. $ 400-500

SOLD for $425.00
Will close during Public Auction
222 c ImageLiverpool to Oswichee Ala. via Nassau and Charleston, Inbound Blockade Run. Folded letter docketed From J. Fraser & Co.” (Liverpool Mar. 24, 1862), carried on Cunarder Asia to New York, arriving April 11, then by Cunard branch line to Nassau where struck with blue Forwarded by Henry Adderley & Co. Nassau. N.P. Bahamas” oval handstamp, carried on blockade runner Cecile from Nassau on May 20, arriving Charleston with May 24, 1862 circular datestamp and STEAM-SHIP” in oval handstamp, red crayon 22” cents double rate due in Alabama (including 2c ship fee), from the Wright correspondence, minor toning, Very Fine, this is the earliest blockade cover through Charleston listed in the Special Routes. census, ex Walske (Image)

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 E. $ 1,500-2,000

SOLD for $1,500.00
Will close during Public Auction
223 c ImagePetersburg Va. to Beith, Scotland via Wilmington N.C. and Nassau -- Outbound Blockade Run. Folded letter datelined at Petersburg on Jul. 30, 1863, censored exd. J.S.” on back, carried by blockade runner Pet from Wilmington on Aug. 6, arriving Nassau Aug. 10 with Bahamas AU 10, 1863” backstamp, branch-line steamer to St. Thomas and then by RMSP steamer on Aug. 30, arriving Southampton Sep. 14, manuscript Postage Due 1/- 1/-” and 2/2” summary for one-shilling packet fee and one-shilling unpaid letter rate, plus 2p inland to Scotland, Beith SE 14, 1863” arrival double-circle datestamp, Very Fine and rare outbound blockade-run cover with a Confederate censor marking, the Aug. 11, 1863 C.S.A. Special Order required the examination of blockade-run covers, but they were rarely marked as examined, ex Walske (Image)

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 E. $ 1,500-2,000

SOLD for $1,600.00
Will close during Public Auction

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