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

Civil War, Blockade via Halifax, Nova Scotia and Havana Cuba
Lot Sym. Lot Description  
2478 c ImageIncoming to Milledgeville Ga. via Halifax and Wilmington N.C. Small undated (late 1864) cover addressed to Georgia Governor Joseph E. Brown at Milledgeville Ga., endorsed "per st. Col Lamb" and carried on that blockade runner from Halifax on Nov. 23, 1864, arriving Wilmington N.C. Nov. 29, manuscript "12" cents due for 10c to Georgia plus 2c ship fee, pencil docketing across the front, Very Fine incoming blockade-run use to Georgia Governor Brown (Image)

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E. $ 1,500-2,000

SOLD for $1,700.00
Will close during Public Auction
2479 c ImageRichmond to Philadelphia via Wilmington, Bermuda, Halifax and Boston. Cover with original enclosure datelined Richmond June 28, 1863, lengthy contents including reference to the family witnessing the Battle of Chancellorsville from Union General Hooker's headquarters, a Unionist "adversity" letter, carried under cover from Wilmington on the blockade runner Robert E. Lee on Jul. 4, 1863, arriving Bermuda Jul. 9, then by Cunarder Alpha arriving Halifax Jul. 14, posted by forwarder in Halifax with Jul. 16 backstamp, then carried by Africa arriving Boston Jul. 22, handstamped "CTS/10" for double-weight packet fee, backflap mostly replaced and some cosmetic improvements, Very Fine appearance, a scarce South-to-North blockade-run cover via Bermuda and Halifax, the earliest example listed in the Special Routes census (Image)

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E. $ 1,000-1,500

SOLD for $5,500.00
Will close during Public Auction
2480 c ImageHavana to Danville Va. via New Orleans. Cover with original letter datelined "Havana Cuba 18th Feb. 1862", endorsed "per Schr. 'Break O' Day" and carried on that ship through the blockade to New Orleans, arrived with bold strike of "New Orleans La. 15 Mar." circular datestamp and "SHIP" straightline, small manuscript "10" cents rate to Virginia (no ship fee charged), part of backflap missing and tiny nick at top

VERY FINE. ONE OF ONLY FOUR RECORDED COVERS CARRIED THROUGH THE UNION BLOCKADE OF CONFEDERATE NEW ORLEANS. THE NEXT MONTH, THE CITY WAS CAPTURED AND OCCUPIED FOR THE DURATION OF THE WAR, ENDING BLOCKADE RUNNING THROUGH THAT PORT.

The U.S.S. Brooklyn initiated the Union blockade of New Orleans on May 26, 1861. The first departure of a steamship was on November 28, 1861. On April 26, 1862, Federal troops captured New Orleans and ended blockade running through that port. The Special Routes census records only four incoming blockade-run covers. This is the only example with the "SHIP" straightline marking.

The schooner Break O' Day was built at Essex, England in 1859. She was initially employed in the cod and mackerel fisheries business and in the fruit trade at New Orleans. She was then used in blockade running.

Illustrated in Special Routes on p. 137. With copy of 1977 P.F. certificate (Image)

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E. $ 5,000-7,500

SOLD for $17,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
2481 c ImageLondon to Charleston via St. Thomas and Havana. Inner blockade-run cover addressed to "Fire-Eater" Robert Barnwell Rhett, originated in London on Sep. 30, 1861 from Dudley Mann, C.S.A. commissioner in Europe (photocopy of enclosure), carried from Southampton on Oct. 2 to St. Thomas, arriving Oct. 16, then to Havana on Oct. 22, from where it was carried on blockade runner Theodora on Oct. 29, arriving Charleston Nov. 4, interesting political and diplomatic content, flap tears just extend to front at top, otherwise Very Fine (Image)

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E. $ 200-300

SOLD for $275.00
Will close during Public Auction
2482 c ImageNew Orleans to Edinburgh, Scotland via Havana. Folded letter datelined at New Orleans on Jan. 2, 1862, "I have not more than 5 minutes to write this", addressed to John Jeffrey & Co. in Edinburgh, carried by blockade runner Calhoun from New Orleans on Jan. 2, arriving Havana Jan. 6, then by Clyde to St. Thomas, arriving Jan. 12, RMSP steamer La Plata on Jan. 14, arriving Southampton Jan. 29, red London transit backstamp, Edinburgh receiving backstamp of Jan. 30, manuscript "1/6" due, mathematical notations front and back, Very Fine and rare outbound blockade-run cover from New Orleans via Havana, on April 26, 1862, Federal troops captured New Orleans and ended blockade running through that port (Image)

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E. $ 1,000-1,500

SOLD for $550.00
Will close during Public Auction

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