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The Steven Walske Collection of North American Blockade Run Mail continued...

Civil War, Blockade from and to Bahamas via Charleston
Lot Sym. Lot Description  
2432 c ImageLondon to Charleston via New York and Nassau. Remarkable 1864 blockade-run cover that followed the addressee, Jonathan Lewis Faber, across the Atlantic: mailed from London to Reading with Great Britain 1861 1p Red tied by London Oct. 26, 1864 duplex, redirected to Liverpool with Reading Oct. 26 and Liverpool Oct. 27 circular datestamps, forwarded from England under cover to New York, then to Nassau, carried on the blockade runner Julia from Nassau on Dec. 10, arrived Charleston Dec. 14, bold strike of "Charleston Dec. 15, 186-" circular datestamp and "6" handstamped in-port ship fee, redirected one last time to Glenn Springs S.C. with manuscript "fd 10 Due", some toning and creases (one thru stamp), minor edge faults

A FINE AND REMARKABLE USE. ONE OF THE FEW CIVIL WAR BLOCKADE-RUN COVERS IN EXISTENCE BEARING A FOREIGN STAMP. AN OUTSTANDING COVER.

Ex Everett. (Image)

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E. $ 4,000-5,000

SOLD for $4,250.00
Will close during Public Auction
2433 c ImageCharleston S.C. Jul. 30 (1864). Bold strike of double-circle datestamp and "STEAM-SHIP" oval handstamp on incoming blockade-run black-bordered mourning cover to Camp John's Island (near Charleston harbor), "Due" and blue manuscript "12" rate including 2c ship fee, forwarded to Savannah Ga., with 10c Blue, Die B (12) tied by "Charleston S.C. Jul. 31" double-circle datestamp, Savannah forwarder docketing on back, cleaned and some minor cosmetic improvements

EXTREMELY FINE. AN OUTSTANDING INCOMING BLOCKADE-RUN COVER TO CHARLESTON, FORWARDED TO SAVANNAH WITH A 10-CENT GENERAL ISSUE STAMP. VERY FEW BLOCKADE COVERS ARE FRANKED WITH CONFEDERATE STAMPS.

Ex Emerson, Antrim, Haas, Shenfield and Hill (Image)

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E. $ 5,000-7,500

SOLD for $3,500.00
Will close during Public Auction
2434 c ImageNassau to Charleston and Columbia S.C. Incoming cover endorsed "per Fox" and carried from Nassau by that blockade runner on Aug. 4, arriving Charleston Aug. 8, 1864, bold "6" due handstamp for in-port ship fee, turned and sent to Columbia S.C. with 10c Blue, Die B (12) tied by "Charleston S.C. Aug. 17, 186-" circular datestamp, addressed to president of the Union Bank, refolded for display

EXTREMELY FINE. A WONDERFUL TURNED USE OF AN INCOMING BLOCKADE-RUN COVER, FRANKED WITH A 10-CENT GENERAL ISSUE STAMP.

Blockade-run covers bearing stamps of the Confederacy are rare and desirable (Image)

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E. $ 5,000-7,500

SOLD for $4,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
2435 c ImageLiverpool to Charleston via Nassau. Cover docketed "From J.F. & Co." (John Fraser & Co.), carried from Liverpool on Cunarder Persia on Jul. 5, 1862, arriving New York Jul. 16, 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 Leopard (Fraser Trenholm & Co.) from Nassau on Jul. 31, arriving Charleston with Aug. 3 double-circle datestamp and bold "6" cents due for in-port ship fee, minor toning and wrinkling

FINE AND SCARCE INCOMING BLOCKADE-RUN COVER THROUGH CHARLESTON WITH A CHOICE STRIKE OF THE ADDERLEY NASSAU HANDSTAMP.

John Fraser & Co. was the London affiliate of Fraser Trenholm & Co., while Henry Adderley & Co. was their Nassau agent. This cover nicely ties together all three entities. The Leopard made eight successful trips for Fraser Trenholm before she ran aground and was burned while trying to enter Charleston on April 12, 1863.

Illustrated in Special Routes book on p. 122 (Image)

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E. $ 3,000-4,000

SOLD for $2,100.00
Will close during Public Auction
2436 c ImageLiverpool to Oswichee Ala. via Nassau and Charleston. 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

FINE AND SCARCE INCOMING BLOCKADE-RUN COVER THROUGH CHARLESTON WITH A CHOICE STRIKE OF THE ADDERLEY NASSAU HANDSTAMP.

This is the earliest blockade cover through Charleston listed in the Special Routes census. The Robert Rhett cover offered in lot 2481 is earlier but has no postal markings (Image)

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E. $ 2,000-3,000

SOLD for $1,400.00
Will close during Public Auction
2437 c ImageLiverpool to Oswichee Ala. via Nassau and Charleston. Folded cover docketed "July 4, 1862" and "From J.F. & Co." (John Fraser & Co., London affiliate of Fraser Trenholm & Co), carried from Liverpool on Cunarder Persia on Jul. 5, 1862, arriving New York Jul. 16, then by Cunard branch line to Nassau, carried on blockade runner Leopard (Fraser Trenholm & Co.) from Nassau on Jul. 31, arriving Charleston with Aug. 3 double-circle datestamp and "SHIP" straightline handstamp, "32" cents due for triple rate to Alabama (plus 2c ship fee)

VERY FINE. ONE OF THREE KNOWN CHARLESTON "SHIP" STRAIGHLINE USES. AN OUTSTANDING AND RARE INCOMING BLOCKADE-RUN COVER VIA NASSAU.

This is one of only three recorded Charleston "SHIP" straightline markings. The Leopard made eight successful trips for Fraser Trenholm before she ran aground and was burned while trying to enter Charleston on April 12, 1863.

Illustrated in Special Routes book on p. 132 (Image)

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E. $ 5,000-7,500

SOLD for $4,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
2438 c ImageParis to Charlotte C.H. Va. via Liverpool and Nassau. Small cover from Commodore Samuel Barron, C.S.A. Navy in Paris, addressed in his hand and sent under cover to England, departed Liverpool Dec. 17, 1864 on the Cunarder Australasian, arriving New York Dec. 29, Cunard branch line to Nassau (Corsica, departing New York Jan. 2, 1865, arriving Nassau Jan. 6), where place aboard the blockade runner Little Hattie, departing Nassau Jan. 25 or 26 and arriving Charleston Jan. 31, "Charleston S.C. Jan. 31" circular datestamp and "STEAM-SHIP" oval handstamp, pencil "12" cents due for ship fee plus 10c to Virginia

VERY FINE AND LATE INCOMING BLOCKADE-RUN COVER FROM FRANCE TO CHARLESTON VIA ENGLAND AND NASSAU.

The Special Routes census lists this as the latest incoming blockade-run cover to Charleston with a Charleston datestamp (two Feb. arrivals have no entry markings).

Ex Beals. With 1966 P.F. and 1988 C.S.A. certificates (Image)

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E. $ 2,000-3,000

SOLD for $1,700.00
Will close during Public Auction
2439 c ImageEurope to Fayetteville N.C. via Nassau and Charleston. Narrow 1865 incoming blockade-run cover, sent by Cunard line steamer from Liverpool to New York and then by branch line to Nassau, red "Forwarded by Saunders & Son Nassau" oval handstamp, placed aboard the Chicora on Feb. 12 -- the last blockade runner to Charleston -- arrived Feb. 16 with pencil "Ship 12" but without datestamp as Charleston was evacuated the next day due to General Sherman's advance, the post office was moved inland to Cheraw S.C., franked with 10c Blue, Die A (11), faults, tied by "Cheraw S.C. Feb. 28" double-circle datestamp and sent to final destination at Fayetteville N.C., Fine and very rare cover despite the stamp faults, a most unusual blockade-run use with a General Issue stamp cancelled at the evacuation post office at Cheraw, this was from the last blockade-run mail to enter Charleston, illustrated in Special Routes book on p. 131 (Image)

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E. $ 2,000-3,000

SOLD for $2,700.00
Will close during Public Auction
2440 c ImageCharleston to Paris via Nassau. Yellow cover from Charleston S.C., carried by blockade runner Leopard on Jan. 14, 1863, arrived Nassau Jan. 19 where struck with blue "Forwarded by Henry Adderley & Co., Nassau N.P. Bahamas" handstamp at bottom left, red "Nassau Paid JA 19, 1863" circular datestamp, red "PD" in oval handstamp and manuscript "1/3" rate, carried on Cunarder British Queen on Jan. 21 to New York, then by Cunarder China on Jan. 28 to Queenstown, London transits, Paris Feb. 14 receiving datestamp, expertly cleaned and repaired, Very Fine appearance, Fraser Trenholm & Co. used Henry Adderley & Co. as their Nassau agent, ex Antrim, with 2002 C.S.A. certificate (Image)

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E. $ 1,000-1,500

SOLD for $1,200.00
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2441 c ImageCharleston to Liverpool via Nassau. Small June 1863 cover addressed to Mrs. Burckmyer care of Fraser Trenholm & Co. in Liverpool, "Wm. Vance a.a.g. 1st Mil. Dist. S.C. Confederate censor marking on back, carried from Charleston aboard the blockade runner Antonica on June 20, arriving with red "Nassau Paid JU 26 63" circular datestamp, prepaid a total of one-shilling to England, Cunard branch line Corsica to New York, then by Cunarder China on Jul. 16, arriving Queenstown Jul. 25, Liverpool arrival backstamp of Jul. 26, original letter no longer accompanies but transcript included, missing part of flap, 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 (Image)

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E. $ 2,000-3,000

SOLD for $1,500.00
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2442 c ImageSummerville S.C. to Liverpool via Nassau. Cover with enclosure datelined at Summerville S.C. on Feb. 26, 1864, departed Charleston on the blockade runner General Moultrie on Mar. 6, arriving Nassau Mar. 10 with "Nassau-New-Providence MR 10, 1864" backstamp, sent by Cunard branch line to New York, then carried on Cunarder Australasian on Mar. 23, arriving Queenstown Apr. 2, "2/-" shillings due handstamp (one shilling packet plus one shilling unpaid letter fee with 7p credit to Nassau), Liverpool Apr. 3 circular datestamp, forwarded privately to Paris, inconsequential light stain at bottom, Very Fine, rare outbound blockade-run cover from newly re-opened Charleston route, the Federal capture of Morris Island in Charleston harbor precipitated the closure of Charleston as a blockade-running port from Sep. 18, 1863 to Mar. 6, 1864 -- the March 6 sailing of the General Moultrie was the first departure after the re-opening and carried this cover from the Burckmyer correspondence (Image)

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E. $ 1,000-1,500

SOLD for $900.00
Will close during Public Auction

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