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The Richard L. Calhoun Collection of Charleston, South Carolina-The First Year of Secession continued...

Transatlantic Mail
Lot Sym. Lot Description  
459 c Image24c Gray Lilac (37). Wide left interpane margin with centerline, rich color, tied by grid cancel, clearly struck "Charleston S.C. May 11, 1861" double-circle datestamp on yellow cover to London, England, red "3" credit handstamp also ties stamp, red London May 31 transit datestamp, light vertical file fold well away from stamp

EXTREMELY FINE. A RARE CONFEDERATE USE OF THE UNITED STATES 24-CENT 1860 ISSUE ON A TRANSATLANTIC COVER TO ENGLAND.

The U.S. naval blockade of Charleston was initiated on May 10, 1861. United States mail continued to be carried north until the Washington D.C.-Richmond route was closed on May 23. This cover shows the unusual circumstance of mail bound for England being carried after Confederate commerce ships could no longer sail from Charleston.

Ex Emerson, Richey and Kohn (Image)

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 E. $ 1,500-2,000

SOLD for $2,700.00
Will close during Public Auction
460 c Image30c Orange (38). Vibrant color, tied by grid, "Charleston S.C. Jan. 1, 1861" double-circle datestamp on tissue cover to Berlin, Germany, red "N. York Am. Pkt. 7 Paid Jan. 5" credit datestamp, red framed "Aachen Franco" datestamp, receiving backstamp, few flaws incl. stamp with piece out at left and cover wear with repaired tear, still Fine and rare Independent State use, reported to be one of only two examples of the 30c stamp used from Charleston in 1861 (Image)

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 E. $ 750-1,000

SOLD for $850.00
Will close during Public Auction
461 c ImageCharleston S.C. Jan. 18, 1861. Clear strike of circular datestamp with 24c integral rating on folded cover to Edinburgh, Scotland, bold "5" handstamp and "1/-" shilling due marking, endorsed "pr Str. America", blue Tobias Sons company handstamp, Boston and receiving backstamps, vertical file fold, Very Fine Independent State use to Scotland (Image)

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 E. $ 400-500

SOLD for $450.00
Will close during Public Auction
462 c ImageCharleston S.C. Mar. 19, 1861. Clear strike of circular datestamp on mourning cover originating in England, Great Britain 1sh Green tied by "92" in barred oval handstamp (Bolton), addressed to Charleston and forwarded to Georgetown S.C., carried on the Inman Line's Etna, red "21 Cents" credit handstamp, red "New York Paid 24 Mar. 14" datestamp, manuscript "Fd. 3" for forwarding postage, small piece out of top flap, some wear, stamp slightly soiled, still Very Fine, a rare mourning cover sent fully prepaid from England to Confederate Charleston via New York, forwarded at Charleston with U.S. 3c rate (Image)

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 E. $ 500-750

SOLD for $700.00
Will close during Public Auction
463 c ImageCharleston S.C. 15 Mar. 25, 1861. Bold strike of 15c integral-rate circular datestamp on blue folded cover to Tourcoing, France, 12c New York debit datestamp, carried on the Havre Line's Arago, "8" decimes due marking crossed out and uprated to "16", Havre transit, transit and receiving backstamps, horizontal file fold, some soiling, still Very Fine, rare, one of two reported Confederate uses of the Charleston 15c rate integral-rate datestamp (see lot 427), this was later uprated so this should have been charged 30c in Charleston (Image)

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 E. $ 750-1,000

SOLD for $800.00
Will close during Public Auction

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