The Civil War Sale
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Lot | Town Postmarks - Alabama to North Carolina | Estimate | |
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4051 | Confederacy, Jackson, Miss. Mar 4 (1861). Cds on 1860 3¢ Star Die entire to New Orleans, Extremely Fine and attractive, ex-Marcus White, signed Kimbrough. Scott No. U26; Estimate $100 - 150. | $100 | |
4052 | Confederacy, Jacksonville, Fla., Mar. 11 (1861). Double circle postmark tying U.S. 1857, 3¢ dull red (26) on yellow cover used during the Confederacy, addressed to New York with blue cameo advertising corner card of Judson House, Near Terminus of Fla. AT. & G.C.R.R.; small defect at top right, otherwise Very Fine. Estimate; $300 - 400. | 2 | $300 |
4053 | Confederacy, Jacksonville, Fla., Mar. 13, 1861. Cds tying U.S. 1857, 3¢ dull red (26), small nick at left, on cover addressed to New York, N.Y., with blue "Judson House, Near Terminus of Fla. AT. & G.C.R.R., Jacksonville, Fla." cameo corner card; cover slightly reduced at left, Very Fine and choice, a very scarce Florida Confederate use of U.S. postage and thru-the-lines combination usage. Estimate; $400 - 600. | $400 | |
4054 | Confederacy, Mobile, Ala., Apr. 8, 1861. Bold strike of cds canceling on U.S., 1853, 3¢ Nesbitt entire to Shacklefords Va., Very Fine and choice. Estimate; $150 - 200. | $150 | |
4055 | Confederacy, Selma Ala., '3 Paid', Mar 1. Integral-rate cds ties U.S. 1857, 1¢ blue, type I (18) on 1861 printed circular of the "Office Ala. & Miss. River R.R." to Demopolis Ala.; separations and missing outer bottom flap, Very Fine. Estimate; $500 - 750. A RARE U.S. USED IN THE CONFEDERACY 1¢ CIRCULAR RATE USE. | 3 | $500 |
4056 | Confederacy, Timmonsville, S.C. May 6 (1861). Superb strike of cds on 1860 3¢ Star Die entire to Mt. Olive, N.C., Extremely Fine and attractive, signed Kimbrough. Scott No. U27; Estimate $100 - 150. | $100 | |
4057 | Confederacy, Vicksburg, Miss., Feb 22. Neat cds with matching target handstamp tying U.S. 1857, 3¢ dull red (26) on fresh cover to New Orleans, La. from Hoy correspondence, with illustrated Crutcher & Co. Agents, Vicksburg, Miss. corner card showing various Wagons and Wheelbarrows in oval frame, Very Fine and choice, illustrated in C.S.A. Catalog and Handbook (page 447). Estimate; $200 - 300. | $200 | |
4058 | Confederacy, Vicksburg, Miss., Apr 3. Cds with matching segmented grid handstamp cancelling U.S. 1857, 3¢ dull red (26) on fresh cover to New Orleans, La. from Hoy correspondence, with blue illustrated William McCutchen & Co., Produce Grocery & Commission Merchants, Vicksburg, Miss. cameo corner card showing cotton bale, Very Fine. Estimate; $200 - 300. | $200 | |
4059 | Confederacy, Vicksburg, Miss., Apr 13. Cds with matching "Paid" handstamp cancelling U.S. 1857, 3¢ dull red (26) on fresh cover to New Orleans, La., with circular embossed Thos. W. Owens with Rush Williams & Co., Commission Merchant…Proprietor of the Eunice Wharfboat & Hotel, Eunice, Arkansas corner card; few pinhole one affecting stamp, otherwise Very Fine. Estimate; $150 - 200. In August of 1862, Union forces under General Samuel Curtis traveled down the Mississippi in the steamers White Cloud and Iatan to Eunice to annoy the Confederates and capture a wharf-boat. | 2 | $150 |
4060 | Confederacy, (Alabama) Hatchechubee, Ala., Nov 12th. Brown straight line handstamp with manuscript date on cover to Castalia, N.C., with matching "Paid 10" in circle handstamp, Very Fine, a rare straight line postmark. Estimate; $200 - 300. | $200 | |
Lot | Town Postmarks - South Carolina to Texas | Estimate | |
4061 | Confederacy, (Alabama) Mobile, Ala. Drop "2" Rate. Fresh ca. 1863 homemade cover carried to Mobile outside the mails from Mississippi City and placed at the Mobile post office with bold handstamp applied, favor notation at bottom left, Very Fine, one of the scarcest Mobile handstamp markings, with only three or four known. Estimate; $300 - 400. | 2 | $300 |
4062 | Confederacy, (Arkansas) Pine Bluff, Ark, Jul 19, 1861. Cds with light "Paid" and "5" rate handstamps on cover to Memphis, Tenn., with bold The True Southerner, A Weekly Journal, Pine Bluff, Ark. shield corner card; some minor cover edge tears, otherwise Very Fine. Estimate; $200 - 300. | $200 | |
4063 | Confederacy, (Florida) Jacksonville, Flor., Aug. 1. Cds with two strikes matching straight line "Paid" with "5" rate handstamp (Dietz type A) on cover to Charleston, cover endorsed "B.F. Carr" who reportedly is the Postmaster, Very Fine. Estimate; $300 - 400. | $300 | |
4064 | Confederacy, (Florida) Welaka, Fla., Jan 16. Full cds with manuscript date on cover to Fernandina, Fla., matching "Paid 5" handstamp, 1862 pencil docketing at center; some light edge toning, Very Fine, ex-Agre. Estimate; $300 - 400. | $300 | |
4065 | Confederacy, (Georgia) Louisville, Geo., Aug 6. Blue cds with matching Paid and "10" rate handstamp on fresh cover addressed to Alexander Stephens in Richmond, Va., with boxed J.G. Cain, Attorney at Law, Louisville, Ga. corner card. Estimate; $200 - 300. | $200 | |
4066 | Confederacy, (Georgia) Macon, Ga. Double line circular date stamp on two covers; one to Griffin, Ga. with "Paid 5" in circle handstamp, other with "Paid 10" in circle handstamp to A.H. Stephens in Richmond, Va. with interesting docketing on reverse…Hon. E.A. Nisbet, Macon Georgia, 28th April, 1862, says my son Richard H. Nisbit is liable to conscription is really too feeble a person for the ranks, Asks you to get him a place as surgeon or asst. surgeon; latter with partial backflap and small repaired edge nick, F.-V.F. Estimate; $200 - 300. | 2 | $200 |
4067 | Confederacy, (Georgia) Thomaston, Ga., Dec. 24 (1861). Bold cds with "Paid" straight line & large numeral "5" rate handstamps on immaculate cover to Griffin, Ga., with lovely red brown embossed cameo corner card of "Woodson & Redding, Dealer in Fancy & Staple Dry Goods, Thomaston, Ga.", slightly reduced at right, Extremely Fine and attractive. Estimate; $400 - 600. | $400 | |
4068 | Confederacy, (Louisiana) (Adams Express Across-The-Lines) 1861 (Jun. 16) New Orleans La. to Bordeaux, France. Blue folded cover with part letter and origin docketing, embossed Rochereau New Orleans corner card to Bordeaux, France, carried north by Adam's Express to New York City, entered mails with U.S. 5¢ brown (30A) and 10¢ green (35), straddle-line margin, minor perf toning, tied by New York foreign mail grid cancels, red "New York 'Paid 12' Jun 25" credit datestamp, carried by Cunard Line Arabia from Boston Jun. 26th to Queenstown arriving Jul. 6th, red "Etats-Unis Serv. Br. Pkt., Calais, 9 Juil. 61" transit datestamp and matching "P.D." in frame, Paris (6.9) and Bordeaux (6.10) backstamps, Very Fine and colorful, ex-Noel, Walske, signed Ashbrook. Estimate; $2,500 - 3,500. A CHOICE COVER SENT FROM CONFEDERATE NEW ORLEANS TO FRANCE USING ADAMS EXPRESS TO CROSS THE LINES. This letter was from Albin Rochereau, a merchant and battalion chief in the French Legion. The Legion was an organization of French citizens in New Orleans who defended the city during the Civil War.Although Adams Express Company typically put mail into the post office at Louisville, there are examples of mail that was carried by Adams all the way to New York City. This cover does not have express markings since it was carried inside another envelope. | $2,500 | |
4069 | Confederacy, (Louisiana) Berwick City, La., Nov 27. Bold fancy cds with fleuron at bottom, on cover to Greensburg, La. with manuscript "Pd 5" at top right, Very Fine, a scarce fancy townmark. Estimate; $150 - 200. | $150 | |
4070 | Confederacy, (Louisiana) Brashear, La., Nov 16. Fancy cds with fleuron at bottom, on cover to New Orleans with matching "Paid" and "5" rate handstamps; small piece of backflap missing, Very Fine and very scarce. Estimate; $150 - 200. | $150 | |
4071 | Confederacy, (Louisiana) Flat Lick, La., Octbr 13. Manuscript postmark with "Paid 10" rating on U.S. 1853, 3¢ Nesbitt entire to Catarrh, S.C., with original 1861 enclosure; small corner nick at bottom left, otherwise Very Fine, an interesting adversity usage. Estimate; $100 - 150. | $100 | |
4072 | Confederacy, (Louisiana) Marksville, La., Jul 15. Neat rimless cds with manuscript day, on cover to Natchitoches, La., red crayon "due 10" and soldier's endorsement at top; part of side flap missing, Very Fine, ex-Ball & Skinner. Estimate; $150 - 200. | $150 | |
4073 | Confederacy, (Louisiana) Shreveport, La., Dec 9, 1861. Cds with matching "Paid" in lozenge and "10" rate handstamps on cover to Tuscaloosa, Ala., with ribbon bordered Childers & Beard, Dealers in Staple and Fancy Dry Goods…, Shreveport, La. corner card; opening edge slits at top edge, Very Fine. Estimate; $200 - 300. | 2 | $200 |
4074 | Confederacy, (Mississippi) Brookhaven, Miss, Jul 21. Cds with matching "Paid 10" rate handstamp on pre-printed address turned cover, address crossed out and addressed to Monticello, Miss., with inside addressed to Jackson, Miss. franked with 1863, 10¢ milky blue (11a) tied by "Monticello, Miss., Sep 29" cds, Very Fine. Estimate; $150 - 200. | 2 | $150 |
4075 | Confederacy, (North Carolina) Statesville, N.C., Oct 5. Cds and matching bold fancy "Paid 5" boxed woodcut framed handstamp on U.S. 1853, 3¢ Nesbitt entire to Rannalsburg P.O., N.C., Very Fine. Estimate; $200 - 300. | $200 | |
4076 | Confederacy, Abbeville, S.C. Oct. 30. Cds with matching arc "Paid 10" handstamp on very small stampless cover to Chester C.H., S.C., Very Fine, a charming little cover measuring only 1 3/8 x 3 5/8, signed Kaufmann. Estimate; $75 - 100. | $75 | |
4077 | Confederacy, Charleston S.C. Jun 1 1861, First Day of CSA Postal Service. Partial cds ties mostly removed U.S. 1857, 3¢ dull red (26) on cover to Aiken S.C., additional more complete strike on reverse of cover, "Held for Postage" fancy handstamp at left; part of back removed, Fine. Estimate; $750 - 1,000. THIS IS THE ONLY RECORDED EXAMPLE OF THE "HELD FOR POSTAGE" MARKING USED IN THE C.S.A. PERIOD. As compared with the other Jun. 1st cover, this shows that the demonetized stamp was not recognized at the Charleston post office, with the stamp likely defaced before the letter was forwarded to Aiken S.C. | $750 | |
4078 | Confederacy, Charleston, S.C., Jun 29, 1861. Neat double circle postmark with matching "Paid 5" handstamp on cover with attractive green cameo Geo W, Williams & Co, Wholesale Grocers, Charleston, S.C. advertising corner card, cover sent to Manning Court House, S.C. then postmarked "Manning, S.C, Jul 2" with manuscript "Forwarded Due 5c" to Sumter, S.C.: cover flap tear which extends slightly onto front, slightly reduced at right, Very Fine, a lovely forwarded usage, ex-Calhoun. Estimate; $200 - 300. In 1852, Geo. W. Williams & Company was established as a wholesale grocery house in Charleston, SC. George was appointed by the S.C. State Legislature during the War Between the States to procure food for the soldiers' families and the poor of Charleston. | $200 | |
4079 | Confederacy, Charleston, S.C., Nov 2, 1861. Cds with matching "Paid 5" in circle handstamp on cover from Col. Joseph Glover in Grahamville, S.C., with O'Hear, Roper & Stoney, Commission Merchants, Charleston, S.C. oval corner card, interesting docketing reading venture made - in schooner "Jasper", Captured; partial backflap and slightly reduced at top, otherwise Very Fine. Estimate; $200 - 300. The O'Hear, Roper & Stoney firm were known as blockade runners. | $200 | |
4080 | Confederacy, Charleston, S.C. "Care Penny Post". Endorsement on incoming street addressed cover, franked with 1862, 5¢ blue, Archer & Daly printing, horizontal pair (7) tied by "Guineys Va. Mar" cds's, Very Fine. Estimate; $750 - 1,000. A RARE CHARLESTON PENNY POST USE DURING THE CONFEDERATE PERIOD. The Charleston Penny Post was an official U.S. Post Office service beginning in 1849, which is believed to have continued on a reduced scale following the outbreak of hostilities in 1861. Although wartime fees are unknown, this service cost 2¢ previously. Persons using this service normally added a street number and endorsed the cover "Penny Post". | $750 | |
Lot | Town Postmarks - Virginia | Estimate | |
4081 | Confederacy, Columbia, S.C., Jun 22. Cds with matching circled "Paid" and "10" rating handstamps on cover to Conwayboro S.C., with large illustrated Columbia Female College design showing school building, with original 1864 enclosure; cover fault including some erosion, no flap, refolded at top prior to use, Fine and rare, this design is not listed in the new Confederate Handbook, but depicts the same building as SC-03. Estimate; $300 - 400. | $300 | |
4082 | Confederacy, Conwayboro, S.C., Feb 8. Neat cds with matching "Paid" handstamp on fresh cover to Georgetown, S.C., with boxed Walsh & Lesesne, Attorneys At Law, Conwayboro, S.C. corner card; cover reduced a bit at right, Very Fine and choice. Estimate; $200 - 300. | $200 | |
4083 | Confederacy, Darlington C.H., S.C. Nov 3. Cds with matching "Paid" rectangular framed and "10" rating handstamps (CSA type C) on blue adversity cover made from an engineering form to Charleston S.C., forwarded to Pendleton with "Charleston S.C. Nov 4" cds and matching "Paid 10" circled rating handstamp (CSA type G); some staining, Fine and scarce use showing two different Paid 10 combinations, ex-Telep & Karrer, signed Kaufmann. Estimate; $100 - 150. | $100 | |
4084 | Confederacy, Greenville, S.C., Apr 3. Cds and matching "Paid" and "10" handstamps on illustrated Van Schaack & Grierson, Druggist, Charleston, S.C. advertising cover showing "Sign of the Negro & Golden Mortar" Statuary design, to Raleigh, N.C., magenta "Rebel Archives" double oval handstamp and pencil "Retd to duty" notation at left, Very Fine, illustrated in the Confederate States Handbook (page 447), with 1983 P.F. certificate. Estimate; $2,000 - 3,000. A WONDERFUL AND UNIQUE SOUTH CAROLINA ILLUSTRATED AD DESIGN. | $2,000 | |
4085 | Confederacy, (Tennessee) Memphis, Ten., Jun. 25, 1861. Cds with matching "Paid" and "5" rate handstamps on fresh cover to Batesville Ark., Very Fine. Estimate; $100 - 150. | $100 | |
4086 | Confederacy, (Tennessee) Memphis, Ten., Jul 25, 1862. Cds with matching "Due 3" handstamp on soldier's endorsed letter to Morel, Ind., with "Phi Mu Society, La Grange Synodical College, La Grange, Tenn." corner card, some edge wear and corner added at lower left, handsome Very Fine appearance. Estimate; $100 - 150. | $100 | |
4087 | Confederacy, (Tennessee) Beersheba Springs, July 3. Cds with manuscript "Paid 5" rating on cover to Knoxville, Tenn., Very Fine, a scarce and unusual Tennessee postmark. Estimate; $150 - 200. | $150 | |
4088 | Confederacy, Brownsville, Tex, Jul 15. Transit cds with matching "Paid 10" rate handstamp on folded letter sheet to New Orleans, La. from Matamoros, Mexico, with manuscript "via Berwick's Bay" routing endorsement at top and greenish blue "A. Uhde & Co., Matamoros" company senders handstamp, with "Matamoros, Julio 8, 1861" docketing on inside flap; light corner wear and some toning along file fold, F.-V.F., ex-Weatherly. Estimate; $1,000 - 1,500. THE ONLY KNOWN TRANS-RIO GRANDE MAIL USAGE BEARING THE "VIA BERWICK'S BAY" ROUTING DIRECTIVE. A rare early Trans-Rio Grande usage carried from Matamoros, Mexico to Texas where it entered the mail in Brownsville, Texas. and carried across the Berwick's Bay route to New Orleans. | $1,000 | |
4089 | Confederacy, Houston, Tex., Mar 23, 1861. Cds, matching "10" rate handstamp and soldier's endorsement at upper right on cover to Fairfield Texas, with printed Simmons & Bradley, Attorneys at Law, Fairfield, Freestone County, Texas corner card; slightly reduced at right, F.-V.F. Estimate; $200 - 300. | $200 | |
4090 | Confederacy, Houston, Tex., Nov 27. Cds with matching "10" rate handstamp on "Simmons & Bradley, Attorneys at Law, Fairfield, Texas" boxed corner card cover to Fairfield, "Waul's Tex Legion" endorsed sent from "L.D. Bradley, Capt. Co. B. 2nd Bat."; reduced at right, Very Fine. Estimate; $200 - 300. | $200 | |
4091 | Confederacy, Houston, Tex., Apr 1. Cds with matching "Paid" handstamp on cover to Brazoria, Tex., with blue embossed Ballinger & Jack, Attorney at Law, Galveston, Texas cameo corner card; cover missing bottom flap and repaired nick at bottom, F.-V.F. Estimate; $150 - 200. | $150 | |
4092 | Confederacy, Jefferson, Tex., Jun 14. Cds with "Paid" and "10" rate handstamps on buff cover to New Orleans, La., with "B.J. Terry & Co., Wholesale and Retail Grocers and Commission Merchants, Jefferson, Texas" boxed corner card; minor opening tear at upper left and insignificant pinholes with mounting remnant on reverse, Very Fine and choice, a rare Texas advertising cover. Estimate; $400 - 600. | $400 | |
4093 | Confederacy, San Antonio, Tex., Nov 13. Blue cds with red "Paid 5" circled rating handstamp (Dietz type I) on circa 1861 cover addressed to Hon. T. J. Wordat in Palestine, Texas; reduced a bit at right, Very Fine. Estimate; $200 - 300. There is no soldier's endorsement but we know from the handwriting and another cover in correspondence that sender was Major Alexander M. Jackson, an officer on General Sibley's staff who served as the AAG and as Gen. Sibley's ADC during the Army of New Mexico Sibley Expedition. This cover was sent from San Antonio where troops were gathering just prior to moving out to Fort Bliss near El Paso. | $200 | |
4094 | Confederacy, San Antonio, Tex., Nov 29. Blue cds on cover to Comfort, Tex. with additional red "Paid 5" in circle handstamp; slightly reduced at right, Very Fine. Estimate; $300 - 400. | $300 | |
4095 | Confederacy, Waxahachie Tex., Apr 15. Cds on cover to Paris, Tex. addressed to Capt. William M. Cravens, readdressed to Doaksville, C.N. and endorsed "Express" and "Care of Maj F.A. Recton", with pencil "7/10/62" docketing; with C.S.A. franking removed at some point, cover edge wear and missing bottom flap, Fine appearance, a scarce military express use Choctaw Nation. Estimate; $300 - 400. | $300 | |
4096 | Confederacy, Amherst C.H., Va., May 21. Cds with manuscript Free, From Am. Ct. Ho. P.M. postmaster free frank endorsement on cover to Maple Hill, Va., with boxed H.C. Pierce, Attorney at Law, Amherst Court House, Va. corner card, "May 22/61" docketing below free frank, with original enclosure, Very Fine, a rare postmaster free frank usage used in the Confederacy. Estimate; $300 - 400. The free frank could still be used for postmaster's mail at this time as the free frank was not abolished until the CSA Postal Service started operation on June 1, 1861. | 2 | $300 |
4097 | Confederacy, Charlottesville, Va., Apr 24, 1864. Cds with matching "10" rate handstamp on "Soldier's Letter" endorsed cover to Benton, Ala., with albino embossed Boynton & Boynton, Atty's At Law, Cahawba, Ala. corner card, Very Fine. Estimate; $150 - 200. | $150 | |
4098 | Confederacy, (Fredericksburg, Va.). Cover with indistinct townmark and manuscript "Due 10" addressed to Harrisburg Depot, N.C. with soldier's endorsement at left, blue embossed Franklin Slaughter & Co., Banking, Exchange & Collection Office, Fredericksburg, Va. cameo corner card; slightly reduced at right, Very Fine. Estimate; $150 - 200. | 2 | $150 |
4099 | Confederacy, Gordonsville, Va., Sep 13. Bold cds with matching "Paid" and "10" in circle rate handstamp on cover to Kingston, Ga., with boxed Wm. H. Kite, Dealer in Dry Goods, Groceries…, Liberty Mills, Va. corner card; light wear and seal cover opening tear at top, F.-V.F. Estimate; $150 - 200. | $150 | |
4100 | Confederacy, Lexington, Va., Nov 18. Blue cds with matching "Paid 5" handstamp on cover to Lewisburg, Va., with gray allover Greenlee Davidson, Attorney at Law, Lexington, Va. shaded ad; trivial edge wear, Very Fine. Estimate; $150 - 200. | $150 |