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2013 Rarities of the World continued...

Confederate States continued...
Lot Sym. Lot Description  
425 c Image2c Brown Red (8). Horizontal strip of five, large margins to barely in, tied by "Richmond Va. Sep. 20" datestamps and manuscript on large blue "Confederate States of America, War Department, Nitre and Mining Bureau" semi-official imprint cover to Wytheville Va., with matching enclosure (which may not originate as it is dated Sep. 21), slightly reduced at left and some wear incl. edge and backflap tears, appears Very Fine, a scarce and attractive use of a strip on a semi-official imprint cover, Scott Retail for strip of five on cover $4,500.00 (Image)

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E. $ 2,000-3,000

SOLD for $1,600.00
Will close during Public Auction
426 c Image2c Brown Red (8). Horizontal strip of five, mostly large margins to in at left, tied by five strikes of Army of Northern Virginia 10-Bar Open Grid cancel on back of oatmeal cover to Pittsylvania C.H. Va., opened for display, strip slightly stained, minor cover wear

FINE APPEARANCE. A RARE USE OF THE 2-CENT 1863 "RED JACK" GENERAL ISSUE FOR THE 10-CENT RATE AND TIED BY THE ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA GRID.

Ex Corwin and Walske (Image)

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E. $ 2,000-3,000

SOLD for $1,200.00
Will close during Public Auction
427 c Image2c Brown Red (8). Strip of five, full margins to just in incl. at right, tied by three strikes of "Atlanta Ga. May 26" circular datestamp on adversity cover made from printed form to Anthony Shoals Ga., cover repair at right and slightly reduced, right stamp with thin spot, Fine appearance, a rare use of a strip of five on an adversity cover, with 2008 C.S.A. certificate, Scott Retail for strip of five on cover $4,500.00 (Image)

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E. $ 1,500-2,000

SOLD for $950.00
Will close during Public Auction
428 c Image10c Greenish Blue, Die B (12c). Horizontal strip of three and single, large margins, tied by faint "Lumpkin Ga." circular datestamp on East-to-West 40c Trans-Mississippi Express Rate cover to Natchitoches La. with sender's routing "Via Meridian Miss.", with original enclosure dated Dec. 22, 1863, regarding legal matters but comments "No war news of any interest since the defeat of Bragg at Missionary Ridge", letter reinforced with tape (stained), the cover is missing part of backflap and has slight wear along edges, small lightened stained spot in strip

FINE APPEARING AND VERY RARE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI EXPRESS COVER -- REPUTED TO BE THE ONLY ONE WITH ITS ORIGINAL LETTER.

According to a notation by A. Earl Weatherly, this is the only 40c Trans-Mississippi Express cover with its original letter, but we cannot verify this claim

Ex Walske. Illustrated in Shenfield book and listed in Krieger as E11 (page 41). (Image)

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E. $ 3,000-4,000

SOLD for $2,300.00
Will close during Public Auction
429 c ImageCivilian Flag-of-Truce Cover from Cuba to S.C., Aichel Correspondence. Folded letter from a German immigrant, Oskar Aichel, to his wife at home in Anderson C.H., South Carolina, datelined "Havana 12 Jan., 1864", letter was enclosed in an outer envelope (discarded at the exchange point), carried by steamer to New York City and from there to the exchange point through Old Point Comfort to Fortress Monroe, Virginia, censored by Union authorities and marked "Exd.", entered C.S.A. mails with "Richmond Va. Feb. 1" circular datestamp and "Due 10" straightline handstamp struck with the "0" off top of cover, some splitting along folds

VERY FINE. AN EXTREMELY RARE FLAG-OF-TRUCE COVER FROM CUBA TO SOUTH CAROLINA VIA NEW YORK CITY, FORTRESS MONROE AND RICHMOND, VIRGINIA.

This letter from Oskar Aichel follows earlier letters known from his correspondence (see Siegel Sale 988, lot 164). Oskar describes how he is "well pleased with Havana...exceedingly healthy...making good progress in establishing my name, indeed much more than I, at first could expect." He goes on to state that he has eight pupils, four of which cover his expenses (possibly as an art teacher). This contrasts sharply with a letter he wrote the previous December, in which he describes the difficulty of finding work at reasonable wages and characterizes locals as "those mis-trusting vicious creoles."

Letters originating outside the continental United States and carried into the Confederacy under the flag of truce are extremely rare -- far rarer, in fact, than blockade-run covers into Confederate ports. (Image)

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E. $ 2,000-3,000

SOLD for $2,500.00
Will close during Public Auction
430 c ImageHavana to Augusta Ga. via Mobile Ala. 10c Blue Die A (11), three large margins, touched at right, tied by "Mobile Ala. Oct. 27?" double-circle datestamp on blockade-run cover originating in Havana, Cuba, addressed to "Mr. Emile Le Blanc, Columbus Miss." and "Care of J. B. DeBow", enclosed letter datelined Havana Oct. 23, 1863, docketed on back in French by Leon Seré that it was received in Augusta Ga. unsealed on Nov. 7, 1863, cover with small corner repair at top left

VERY FINE. A RARE INCOMING BLOCKADE COVER TO THE C.S.A. VIA MOBILE ALABAMA. ONLY NINE ARE RECORDED IN THE SPECIAL ROUTES CENSUS.

The exact sequence of handling for this cover and letter is difficult to determine, but after originating in Havana, it most likely was carried in an outer envelope (discarded) addressed to DeBow in Mobile Ala. From there it was franked with the 10c Confederate stamp and put into the mails as addressed, to Columbus Miss. Evidently, LeBlanc was not there, so the letter was opened (the "unsealed" part of the note) and the return address instructions (to Leon Seré in the text of the letter) were used to get the letter to Augusta. Seré added the "unsealed" note at Augusta upon its arrival on Nov. 7. We are grateful to Steven C. Walske for his interpretation.

An entry from the Louisiana State University library provides a picture of LeBlanc's activities during the war: "LeBlanc, C.E. Papers, Mss. 1315, 1864-1865 [Columbus, Mississippi]. Location: Reel 12, Confederate Military Manuscripts, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge: This collection consists of six items, papers, 1864-1865, of C. E. LeBlanc, deputy Confederate government agent for the purchase of cotton. Papers concern the sale of certain Confederate property in Columbus, Mississippi, and its subsequent confiscation by a U.S. Treasury agent. Additional items include a promissory note, a contract for the delivery of cotton, and a broadside announcing a lecture to be presented by J. D. B. DeBow in Columbus, Mississippi."

James D. B. DeBow, to whose care this cover was directed, was an American publisher and slavery advocate best known for his influential magazine DeBow's Review. A resident of New Orleans, DeBow was exiled to Mobile after the capture of New Orleans in April 1861. He later became one of the founding members of the Louisiana Relief Committee.

Special Routes census no. BI-MOB-8 (Image)

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E. $ 2,000-3,000

SOLD for $4,500.00
Will close during Public Auction

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