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Atlanta, Ga Handstamp PAID 5 Provisional Scott #6xu2 dated 4 DEC 1861. Light yellow paper cover addressed to Mess. F. R. Singleton, Cave Spring, Floyd County, Georgia. Sealed edge tears at the top and multiple sealed backflap opening tears. But still a very clean and intact cover which is Crown Listed on Page 30 (ATL-159) of Preliminary Census of Georgia Postmasters’ Provisionals. |
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CSA #2 Paterson (margin just touching at bottom right and affixed sideways) tied by a weak strike of the Griffin, Ga CDS (date not apparent). Addressed to John W. Park (Atty at Law), Greenville, Georgia. Adversity Cover made from a used Ledger Sheet displayed with part of the backflap folded over. The original letter written on another ledger sheet is with the cover and is a lengthy letter dealing with business matters. |
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CSA #4 Stone 3 (two singles affixed so that one overlaps the other) Plated as Positions 47 and 48 tied together and to the cover by the small double circle Augusta, Ga CDS 25 JUL (1862). Addressed to Mrs. George Hollock, Athens, Georgia. Part of backflap missing but otherwise Very Fine. |
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CSA #1 Stone 1 Poisition 40 (clipped corner lower right) tied by the Augusta, Ga small double circle CDS 17 JAN 1862. Blue paper folded letter complete addressed to mrs. Ja. A. Simmons Care Messers Geo W. Williams & Co, Charleston SC. Interesting personal letter from a husband to his wife with a few war references “...I hope the yankees may get a thrashing soon...plague on them...” Clean cover. |
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CSA #12 (KB) (margin nibbled a little into the design at the bottom center which does not detract) tied by the small double circle Augusta, Ga CDS (date not fully apparent but must be late 1864 or early 1865 because of the stamp). Simple address to Mr. W. H. Clark, Army of Tennessee. With no unit or other designation, the addressee cannot be identified. Very clean Adversity Cover made from an 1860 blue paper printed flyer for a Cash Business in Glass, Lamps, China and other things. The adversity nature of the cover is well displayed with the left lower corner flapped over. |
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USA #26 tied by the small double circle Augusta, Ga CDS 23 MAR 1861 (yeardate is in the CDS as well as confirmed by period docketing on the reverse) USA Used in CSA Georgia. Very clean orange paper cover addressed to Mr. N. F. H. Cumming, Warthens Store PO Washington County, Georgia. |
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USA Star Die with the small double circle Augusta, Ga CDS 22 APR (1861) USA Used in CSA Georgia. Addressed to Mr. Wm Alexander, Crawfordsville, Ga. Minor light foxing, otherwise Very Fine. |
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CSA #11 (AD) (4-Margin) Pen-Cancel and manuscript “Quitman Ga April 12” at upper left. Coarse brown paper cover addressed to Miss Henrietta D. Milligan Care of Dr. Milligan, Augusta, Geo. Obscure usage from Brooks County. Very Fine. |
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CSA #2 Paterson (minor clip at the lower right corner but a very large upper sheet margin) tied by the small double circle Augusta, Ga CDS (date not fully apparent). Period docketing dates the cover as 25 OCT 1862. Military Address to Capt Thos Nesbitt, Berzelia, Ga. Capt Nesbitt was in Georgia State Service and was later Major of the 1st Ga Militia Infantry. Very clean cover and very nice stamp. A previous collector some time in the past for some unknown reason wrote “10 cent Blue” on the face of the cover in ink which cannot be erased. |
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CSA #4 Stone 2 (margin just touches at the top but with a large lower sheet margin) tied by the small double circle Augusta, Ga CDS (date not fully apparent). Pink paper cover addressed to Mrs. Wm C. Connolly, Albany, Georgia. The name in the address has been blacked out, but the name can still be read through the black mark. Blacking out or even cutting out the name of the addressee was a fairly common practice in the early part of 20th Century for family privacy reasons when the covers were initially released into the collector’s market. Very clean and complete cover. |
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CSA #7 Horz Pair (margins just a little irregular) tied by a neat strike of the Savannah, Geo “Stars” Fancy Cancel 9 MAR. Adversity Cover made from a printed but unused State of Georgia Chatham County Sheriff’s Arrest Warrant legal document displayed flapped from the bottom. Addressed to Miss Kate Enecks, Egypt PO Effingham Ga. Very clean cover and Ex-Bush Exhibit. | $300.00 |
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CSA #6xu6 Atlanta, Ga Handstamp PAID 10 Provisional 22 SEP 1861. Military Address to Capt Benj C. Yancey, Fulton’s Dragoons, Col T. R. R. Cobb’s Geo Legion, Yorktown, Virginia. Cover is Crown listed as ATL-108. Benjamin Cudsworth Yancey (1818-1891), Minister to Argentina under President Buchanan, was Capt of Co B Cavalry Battalion of Cobb’s Legion and promoted Major 11/15/1861. Col Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb (1823-1862), brother of Howell Cobb, was promoted Brig-Gen 11/1/1862 and was killed defending the Sunken Road at Fredericksburg (Va) 12/13/1862. Very clean appearing cover with bold strikes of the postal markings. Very well matched corner repair at the upper right which does not affect any of the postal markings. Part of backflap replaced with amismatch which does not affect an overall Very Fine appearance. | $800.00 |
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CSA #5 (standard rose color affixed sideways with margin a little close at left upper corner and a small surface scuff at the same corner) tied by a full strike of the Calhoun, Ga CDS 19 JUL (1862). Very clean coarse brown paper cover addressed to Mrs. Rachel Gibson, Griffin, Geo. |
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CSA #6xu2 Atlanta, Ga Handstamp PAID 5 Provisional dated 18 JUL 1861. Addressed to Mrs. Rebecca M. Bell Care of T. B. Howard Esq, Columbus, Georgia. Part of backflap missing and backflap tears with a little corner and edge wear, but still a very clean overall appearance. | $550.00 |
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CSA #12 (AD) (margin touches at the top) tied by the Griffin, Ga CDS 12 SEP. Addressed to Miss Sophia T. Baldwin, Munford Station Talladega County, Alabama via Selma, Alabama. Adversity Cover made from a coastal map which shows Horse Shoe Cove. There are several Horse Shoe Coves, but this one appears to be at Sandy Hook, New Jersey. Displayed with the lower left corner flapped up. Small but complete cover Very Fine. | $400.00 |
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CSA #13 Right Half Diagonal Bisect accepted by the postmaster to pay the 10c rate tied by the Albany, Ga CDS 16 NOV 1864. Addressed to C. F. Lewis Esq, Augusta, Geo. PF Certificate 2001 which notes “repaired at left.” The cover was originally slit open at the left edge, and the repair noted on the certificate is minor and professionally done. The cover has an overall Very Fine appearance. | $1,600.00 |
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CSA #12 (AD) (4-Margin) tied by the small double circle Macon, Ga CDS 15 JUN. Blue paper cover from the Cobb Correspondence addressed to Mrs. Howell Cobb, Athens, Georgia. The address is in the hand of CSA Maj-Gen Howell Cobb to his wife and therefore contains the general’s indirect signature. Howell Cobb, a prominent Georgia politician, has a well-known signature that can be easily identified. Minor reduction at the right, otherwise Very Fine. | $250.00 |
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USA Star Die with a Grid Cancel and the matching small single rim Carrollton, Ga CDS 12 MAR (1861) USA Used in CSA Georgia. Addressed to Col Tyler M. Peeples, Atty at Law, Laurenceville, Ga. Tyler M. Peeples was a prominent lawyer and publicist in Gwinett County, Ga. The title of “Col”was honorary. Very Fine. | $250.00 |
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CSA #12c (AD) (4-Margin Greenish-Blue) Pen-Cancel and matching manuscript “Quitman, Ga Oct 28” to the right. Addressed to Geo W. McDuffie Esqr, Clk Superior Court, Buena Vista, Georgia. Adversity Cover made from a printed book or pamphlet page mainly dealing with nautical matters and hydrography displayed flapped up from the lower left corner. Minor reduction on the right not affecting anything. Very Fine Adversity Cover. | $350.00 |
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CSA #1 appears to be Stone 1 (not plated) (4-Margin affixed sideways) tied by the Milledgeville, Ga CDS (date not apparent). Addressed to Mrs. Emily L. Carter Care of Mrs. H. M. Colquitt, Macon, Geo. The Carter and Colquitt families of Macon, Geo were related. Macon was also the hometown of CSA General Alfred Holt Colquitt. Most likely Mrs. H. M. Colquitt in the address was a relative of the general. At the time of this cover, A. H. Colquitt was the Colonel of the 6th Ga Inf prior to his promotion to Brig-Gen later in 1862. Very clean cover with a nice stamp and a sealed backflap opening tear. | $225.00 |
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Soldiers Due 10 Handstamp with the Dalton, Ga CDS Type C 26 MAR. Addressed to Mrs. G. L. McGee, Stoney Point Anderson Dis, So. Ca. Endorsed at left “Jno L. McGee 24 SCV.” The 24th SC Inf was an Army of Tennessee unit. Cover sent from Dalton, Ga most likely in March 1864 during the Atlanta Campaign to the soldier’s mother. Very Fine. | $200.00 |
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Thomaston, Ga Handstamp PAID 5 Type C 4 NOV (1861). Military Address to Mr. Horace T. Shaw, 5th Ga Regiment Care Capt Horsley, Pensacola, Fla. Private Horace Thompson Shaw (1840-1870) enlisted in Co K 5th Ga Inf 10/21/1861 (about 2 weeks before this cover was posted). He was discharged for disability 7/18/1862. William G. Horsley was Captain of Co K and resigned the service 12/21/1863. Very Fine Ex-Oswald. | $200.00 |
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Handstamp PAID 10 with a slightly blurry strike of the Macon, Ga small double circle CDS 2 APR. Coarse brown paper cover addressed to Hon Inferior Court Marion Co, Buena Vista, Ga. Very Fine. | $100.00 |
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CSA #11 (AD) (margins tight on all four sides) tied by the single rim Augusta, Ga CDS 29 APR. Adversity Cover made from an unused printed freight listing document. Addressed to Mrs. M. Harden, Athens, Ga. Cover reduced at left not affecting anything, otherwise very clean and displayed flapped down from the upper left. | $350.00 |
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CSA #4 Horz Pair Stone 2 Positions 23-24 (4-Margin but a little close on the right and there is a partial scissors cut between the stamps) tied by the Savannah, Ga Paid CDS (date not apparent). Addressed to Mrs. A. W. Lathrop, Staunton, Va. Cover has had a large piece repaired at top left not involving the stamps, postmark, or address. The repair is quite well done and does not detract from an overall very clean appearance. | $150.00 |
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USA #26 with a Grid Cancel and also tied by the Savannah, Ga CDS 28 APR 1861 (yeardate is in the CDS) USA Used in CSA Georgia. Orange paper cover addressed to Mr. S. F. Dickinson, Macon, Ga. The addressee was a Macon cotton factor. Minor sealed backflap opening tears, otherwise Very Fine. | $200.00 |
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Turned Cover -- 1st Use (inside) CSA #12c (AD) (upper left corner has been nibbled Greenish-Blue) tied by the Washington, Ga (date not apparent) from the Kell Correspondence addressed to Mrs. J. M. Kell Care N. C. Munroe, Macon, Ga. 2nd Use (outside) CSA #12 (AD) (4-Margin) tied by the Atlanta, Ga CDS with a JUL date addressed to Miss E. J. Wray, Washington, Georgia. The addressee of the inside use was the wife of Comdr John M. Kell CSN who was the Executive Officer of the CSS Alabama. However, the address is not in Cmdr Kell’s hand. Very clean cover flapped up from the lower right corner to display both stamps and postmarks. | $300.00 |
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CSA #12 (AD) (4-Margin) tied by a full strike of the Atlanta, Ga CDS 23 JUN. Light green paper cover addressed to Mrs. E. L. Wells, Columbus, Ga. The cover is undated as to year and could be 1863 or 1864. Manuscript pencil notation on the cover “1864” but cannot be verified. The addressee was the wife of Elbert L. Wells of Columbus, Ga. Elbert L. Wells had service as a Sergt in Co C 17th Ga Inf 8/14/1861 - 5/3/1863. He had later service in Co A 19th Ga Batt St Guards beginning 7/8/1863 until 5/1/1864 when he was commissioned 1st Lt and transferred to Co D 1st Columbus City Ga Batt Inf. Very Fine Cover. | $150.00 |
GA1032
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CSA #12a (AD) (4-Margin Milky Blue) tied by the BLUE Covington, Ga CDS 15 JUN. Addressed to J. B. Fulton Agt, CS (Commisary of Subsistence) for CSA, Athens, Ga. Minor reduction at the right, otherwise Very Fine. | $150.00 |
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CSA #5 (4-Margin with good color and a little edge gum toning at the right) tied by the Savannah, Ga CDS 6 APR. Adversity Cover made from a green paper lined unused Ledger Sheet. Addressed to Miss Isora Bunch, Newnan, Georgia Care of Presdt M. T. Kellogg. Sealed backflap opening tears, otherwise a Very Fine appearance. | $550.00 |
GA1034
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CSA #2 Paterson (4-Margin) tied by the small double circle Augusta, Ga CDS (date not fully apparent). Addressed to William Dougherty Esqr, Athens, Geo. Adversity Cover made from a printed circular apparently soliciting advertising in a medical journal displayed flapped over from the left. Central diagonal file fold. The cover has been expertly restored along the folds and the edges to a Very Fine appearance with a very nice stamp. | $500.00 |
GA1036
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CSA #4 Stone 2 (not plated) (4-Margin with parts of adjoining stamps at the bottom) tied by the Atlanta, Ga CDS 26 JUN 1862. Coarse brown paper cover addressed to George A. Winston, West Point, Ga. Clean cover with a minor backflap opening tear. | $200.00 |
GA1041
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CSA #4 Stone 2 Position 3 (Large upper sheet margin. The stamp is faulty missing the right lower corner which has been drawn in to improve the appearance) tied by a Grid Cancel with the matching Athens, Ga CDS (date not fully apparent). College Cover with the Blue and White embossed University of George Athens corner card (Type GA-15a). Addressed to Gen S. P. Myrick, Milledgeville, Georgia. The rank of the addressee was a pre-war militia rank and not CSA. Cover has part of backflap missing, a sealed vertical tear, and a small reduction at the right. Still a very presentable University of Georgia College Cover. | $750.00 |
GA1042
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Turned Cover -- 1st Use: CSA #2 Paterson Stone Y (4-Margin) tied by the Covington, Geo CDS 1 NOV to Mrs. Mary Brown Care of S. B. Brown, Milledgeville, Ga. 2nd Use: CSA #12 (AD) (4-Margin) tied by the Milledgeville, Ga CDS (date not fully apparent) to S. A. Jewell, Mayfield, Warren Co., Georgia. Cover flapped up from the lower left to display both stamps. Very Fine Turned Cover with a Stone Y stamp. | $650.00 |
GA1048
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CSA #6ux2 Atlanta, Geo Handstamp PAID 5 Provisional 27 JUN 1861. Orange paper cover addressed to Mrs. Wm. H. Gilbert Care of Edwin Wiley, Sparta, Ga. The cover is not listed in the Crown census. A little minor staining and minor edge wear and a missing backflap. Very nice strikes of the postal markings and an overall very clean cover. | $700.00 |
GA1050
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CSA #6xu2 Atlanta PAID 5 Provisional 25 JUL 1861. Military address to John B. Cobb, Lieut Comdg Mell Riflemen, Athens, Georgia. The Mell Riflemen were assigned to serve with Cobb’s Legion in Virginia. Cobb’s Georgia Legion was commanded by Colonel (later Brigadier General) Thomas R. R. Cobb who was Howell Cobb’s younger brother. Brig-Gen T. R. R. Cobb was killed at Fredericksburg in December 1862. Lieut John B. Cobb was his son and thus a nephew of Howell Cobb and survived the war. This cover is listed in the Crown Census of Atlanta provisional covers as ATL-035. The cover is reduced a little at the right just into the address but not affecting the postal markings. There is a pressed vertical fold at the right, and the cover has been lightly cleaned to an overall very fine appearance with clear strikes of the postal markings. | $650.00 |
GA1051
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CSA #6xu6 Atlanta PAID 10 Provisional 16 OCT 1861. Military address to Capt B. C. Yancey F. D., Cobb’s Geo Legion, Yorktown, Virginia. Benjamin Cudsworth Yancey (1818-1891), Minister to Argentina under President Buchanan, was Capt of Co B Cavalry Battalion of Cobb’s Legion and promoted Major 11/15/1861. The “F. D.” in the address stands for “Fulton Dragoons” which was the local name of his company. This cover is listed in the Crown Census of Atlanta provisional covers as ATL-121. The envelope is high quality green lined commercial ladies stationery. Minor backflap opening tears, otherwise Very Fine. | $950.00 |
GA1055
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CSA #57xu1a Milledgeville, Ga PAID 5 Provisional (wide space between “I” and “D” of “PAID”) 22 (month not apparent) 1861. Addressed to Jos Bolling Esq, Ringgold, Ga. Circular colorless embossed imprint on the backflap “Executive Department Georgia” indicating that the cover most likely originated at the governor’s office. This cover is listed in the Crown Census of Milledgeville provisional covers as MIL-046. Reduced at the right not affecting anything. Minor edge wear and light foxing. | $350.00 |
GA1056
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CSA #101xu1 Savannah, Ga Handstamp PAID 5 Provisional with the control mark in the upper left corner. Savannah, Ga Paid CDS 20 AUG 1861. Addressed to C. F. Lewis Esq, Augusta, Geo. Minor edge wear at upper left with a small erosion near but not involving the postal marks. This cover is listed in the Crown Census of Savannah provisional covers as SAV-072. Very clean cover. | $350.00 |
GA1057
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Turned Cover -- 1st Use CSA #12c (AD) Greenish Blue (4-Margin with an upper sheet margin) tied by the small double circle Macon, Ga CDS (date not apparent). Addressed to C.J. Malone, Americus, Geo. 2nd Use CSA #11a (AD) Milky Blue (4-Margin with a little residual gum toning) tied by the Americus, Ga CDS with a SEP date. There is an added “Due 10” mansucript on the 2nd use possibly for being overweight. Addressed to Miss Sue M. Malone Care of Mr. Hudson Adams, Eatonton (Ga). The cover has been flapped over from the bottom right to display both stamps. Very Fine example of a turned cover with two different General Issue stamps. | $350.00 |
GA1058
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CSA #12d (AD) Dark Blue (margin in at bottom and edge nick into the design left center) tied by the small double circle Macon, Ga CDS (date not fully apparent). Blue paper Adversity Cover made from an 1860 printed flyer for “Glass, China, Lamps, Etc” displayed flapped down from the upper right corner. Addressed to Mr. W. H. Clark, Newnan, Ga Army of Tenn. Very clean cover. | $200.00 |
GA1059
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CSA #12a (AD) Opaline Milky Blue (4-Margin) tied by the small double circle Macon, Ga CDS (date not apparent). Blue paper Adversity Cover made from a printed Legal Document displayed flapped over from the left. From the Cobb Correspondence addressed to Mrs. John A. Cobb, Athens, Georgia. John Addison Cobb (1838-1925) was a son of Maj Gen Howell Cobb and served on his father’s staff as a Lieutenant ADC in 1862 resigning the service in September 1862. Very Fine Cover. | $250.00 |
GA1060
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Milliedgeville, Ga Handstamp PAID 5 Type C (date not fully apparent). Addressed to Thomas Kiddoo Esq, Cuthbert, Ga. Milledgeville was the Georgia state capital at the time. Minor reduction at the left not affecting anything and minor corner water stains, but still an overall very clean cover. | $100.00 |
GA1062
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CSA #4 two singles (stone not identified) (margins a little irregular with the left stamp showing some preaffixing faults) tied together and to the cover by the Franklin, Geo CDS 30 JUL 1862. There is a second strike of the same CDS at the lower left. Coarse brown paper cover appears to be a homemade adversity cover. Addressed to Mr. Irby H. Scott, Eatonton, Ga. Irby Hudson Scott was a Georgia plantation owner. His tombstone says he had service in Co H 5th Ga Inf, but his name does not appear on the company roster. The addressee’s son was Irby Goodson Scott (1840-1925) who had service as a Lieutenant in Co G 12th Ga Inf and served throughout the war (wounded at 2nd Manassas 8/30/1862). Lieut Scott was a prolific letter writer during the war, and his letters have been published. Another son of the addressee was Private Nicolas Ewing “Bud” Scott (1845-1864) who served in the same unit as his older brother and was killed-in-action at Spotsylvania Court House (Va) on 5/10/1864 and is buried at the Spotsylvania Confederate Cemetery. Clean cover with a minor edge repair at the lower left. | $250.00 |
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Columbus, Ga Handstamp PAID 10 Type B 1 OCT. Very coarse paper addressed to J. J. Cowl, Dahlonega, Ga. This apparently was a folded letter, but the part of the sheet with the letter has been removed. The addressee had service in Co E 11th Ga Cav. Very clean with nice strikes of the postal markings. | $100.00 |
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USA #26 tied by a Grid Cancel and also tied by the Savannah, Ga CDS 16 FEB (1861) USA Used in CSA Georgia. Addressed to Danl H. London Esqr in Union Richmond, Virginia well before Virginia secession. Folded letter complete (business letter concerning cotton) which confirms the 1861 use. Daniel H. London (1818-1876) was a Richmond fabric merchant. Clean cover. Light central vertical file fold which does not involve the stamp. Very Fine use 12 days after the formation of the CSA on 4 FEB 1861. | $300.00 |
GA1077
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CSA #12 (AD) (4-Margin) tied to cover by the GREEN Monticello. Ga CDS 22 SEP. Coarse brown paper homemade adversity cover addressed to Genl Marion Bethune, Talbotton, Ga. Marion Bethune (1816-1895) was a prominent lawyer and judge and a US Congressman from Georgia after the war. The “Genl” title appears to be honorary and not associated with themilitary. Backflap opening tears but still a very fine cover with an uncommon green postmark. | $300.00 |
GA1084
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CSA #6xu2 Atlanta, Ga PAID 5 Provisional 25 SEP 1861. Orange paper cover addressed to Rev J. L. Brookes. Hamburg, So. Carolina. This cover is listed in the Georgia Crown Census as ATL-052. Sealed backflap opening tear. Small reduction at the top just into the top of the provisional mark. Very clean appearing cover. | $600.00 |
GA1089
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CSA #101xu1 Savannah, Ga PAID 5 Provisional with Control Mark partially struck off the cover 11 AUG 1861. Addressed to Mrs. Charles Olmstead Care Mrs L. Williams, Milledgeville, Georgia. The addressee was the wife of Charles Hart Olmstead (1837-1926), who was the Major (later Colonel) of the 1st Ga Inf and in command at Fort Pulaski near Savannah at the time of this cover. The cover is from Major Olmstead to his wife. There are other covers in the same correspondence. Cover is recorded in the Crown Census as SAV-022. Complete cover with just a little light foxing. | $300.00 |
GA1095
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CSA #6 Single Use Prior to the Rate Change (margins a little irregular) tied by the Savannah, Ga CDS 16 JUN (1862). Addressed to Miss Mary A. Smith, Perry’s Mills, Tatnall County, Ga. Adversity Cover made from a blue paper printed lined Ledger Page (unused) displayed flapped down from the upper left corner. Very Fine Ex-Kaplan. | $325.00 |
GA1097
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CSA #12 (AD) (4-Margin) tied by a very nice strike of the RED Social Circle, Geo CDS 2 MAY. Coarse brown paper cover with Military Address to Capt J. B. Fulton, Greensboro, Ga. Captain Joseph B. Fulton was a staff officer and the "CSA Agent" (most likely a quartermaster) in Greensboro, Ga. Very Fine Cover. | $250.00 |
GA1107
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CSA #4 Stone 3 Position 35 Very Dark Blue (margin touches at right) tied by the small double circle Augusta, Ga CDS 3 JUN (1862). Orange paper cover addressed to Mr. D. A. Jewell, Warrenton, Ga. Very clean cover. Ex-Tate. | $350.00 |
GA1109
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CSA #12a (AD) Milky Blue (4-Margin) tied by the Savannah, Ga Paid CDS with a NOV (1863) date. Coarse brown paper cover from the Middleton Correspondence addressed to F. R. Middleton Care of Middleton & Co., Charleston, So. Ca. The Middleton family was a very prominent merchant family in Charleston. Francis Kinloch Middleton (1835-1864), the addressee, while a private in Co K 4th SC Cavalry was killed at the Battle of Haw's Shop (Va) 5/28/1864. Very clean cover. | $100.00 |
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Handstamp PAID (no rate) Type A with the Social Circle, Ga CDS 16 SEP all in RED. Very colorful Wallpaper Cover in an elaborate red, gray, and green geometric pattern flapped open for display. Addressed to Mr. M. E. Penny, Augusta, Mississippi. Minor edge wear and missing one side flap, otherwise a Very Fine appearance. | $800.00 |
GA1114
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CSA #5 Position 45 (95) (White Arrow Variety (CC 5-v3) (4-Margin with a bottom sheet margin and part imprint "Lith of H...") tied by a full strike of the Atlanta, Ga CDS 5 AUG 1862. Orange paper cover addressed to Dr. Francis Thornton, Post Surgeon, Gainesville, Ala. Dr. Thornton (1827-1863) served the CSA in various posts. He was killed 5/31/1863 when two drunken men confronted him and wanted "medicinal" whiskey. Short biography of Dr. Thornton included with the cover. The cover is missing the top back flap and has been professionally repaired along the top edge including the upper left corner of the stamp. The 10c Rose stamp with an imprint is very scarce on cover. CSA Certificate 2000. | $750.00 Sale Pending |
GA1116
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USA Star Die with a Grid Cancel and the Athens, Ga CDS to the left 12 FEB (1861) USA Used in CSA Georgia. Addressed to Mr. S. Rutherford, Culloden, Geo. Very Fine. | $150.00 |
GA1119
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USA Star Die Atlanta, Ga 10 MAY (1861) USA Used in CSA Georgia. Addressed to Mr. James Whitaker, Valley Town NC. Minor back flap opening tears, otherwise a very clean cover. | $150.00 |
GA1120
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USA Star Die with a Grid Cancel and the Thomasville, Ga CDS at the lower left 20 MAR (1861) USA Used in CSA Georgia. Addressed to Mrs. Martha Orr, Washington County, Ga. A little light edge wear and foxing and back flap opening tears. Still a very presentable cover. | $125.00 |
GA1125
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CSA #12 (AD) Horz Pair paying overweight postage on a business size cover (margins tight) tied by two strikes of the small double circle Macon, Ga CDS (date not apparent). From the Louis Manigault Correspondence addressed to Mrs. Louis Manigault, (Key Box 32 PO), Augusta, Georgia. Louis Manigault was a member of a prominent South Carolina and Georgia planter family descended from French Huguenots. During the war, he served as secretary to CSA Surgeon Major Joseph Jones and accompanied Dr. Jones on an inspection of the Andersonville prison in 1864. The cover is oversized but is complete and very clean with a vertical file fold at the left. | $150.00 |
GA1128
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Stampless Thomaston, Ga CDS 8 NOV (1861) handstamp PAID 5 Type C. Orange paper cover with Military Address to Mr. James H. Rogers, 5th Georgia Regiment, Care Capt Horsley, Pensacola, Fla. James H. Rogers entered service as the 1st Sergt of Co K 5th Ga Inf (later an Army of Mississippi and Army of Tennessee unit) 5/11/1861. He was commissioned 2nd Lieut 4/19/1862 and promoted Captain later in 1862. He resigned due to disability 10/31/1862. William G. Horsely (d1913) entered service as Capt of Co K 5/11/1861. He resigned 12/21/1863 with no reason given. Clean cover with a small reduction at the right where the cover was opened. | $125.00 |
GA1133
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CSA #11a (AD) Milky Blue (4-Margin) tied by the Thomaston, Ga CDS 12 AUG. Addressed to Miss Susie Mitchell Care of Mr. W. L. Mitchell, Athens, Ga. Very Fine. | $150.00 |
GA1134
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Columbus, Ga CDS stampless PAID 10 Type B 21 MAR (1863). Light coarse brown paper cover addressed to Capt W. E. Smith, Atty at Law, Albany, Georgia. The addressee was William Ephraim Smith (1819-1890), an Albany lawyer who volunteered for service as a Lieutenant in the Albany Guards at the beginning of the war. The Albany Guards became Co E of the 4th Ga Inf. He was promoted Captain 4/28/1862. Capt Smith was severely wounded at King's School House, Va 6/25/1862 (part of the Seven Days battles) leading his company resulting in the amputation of his right leg. He was discharged on 8/1/1862 because of his wounds. So this cover dates after his discharge when he returned home to Albany. Capt Smith subsequently became a successful politician and was elected to the Second Confederate Congress representing Georgia and after the war served as a US Congressman again representing Georgia. Cover with a minor edge repair at the top left and is missing the top back flap but still has an exceptionally clean appearance. | $125.00 |
GA1137
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CSA #12 (AD) (4-Margin) but close on the right) tied by the Savannah, Ga CDS 17 OCT. Addressed to Miss Mary Willis Care Dr. Willis, Washington, Wilkes Co., Ga. The addressee is the namesake of the Mary Willis Library in Washington, Ga donated to the city by her father, Dr. Francis T. Willis, in memory of his daughter in 1889. It was the first free library in the State of Georgia and is still in operation today. Very clean cover with a little edge wear at left and bottom. | $100.00 |
GA1138
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CSA #12 (AD) (4-Margin) tied by the large single rim Augusta, Ga CDS (date not fully apparent but most likely 2 DEC 1864). This is not the usual large single rim Augusta postmark. This is the newer postmark put into service in late 1864 with "Ga" on the rim and used with violet ink. This strike is clearly black and used before the violet ink was put into service in late December 1864. This Augusta postmark is rarely seen struck in black. From the well-known Manigault Correspondence addressed to Louis Manigault Esq Care Middleton & Co., Charleston, So. Ca. Very clean cover. | $150.00 |
GA1145
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CSA #11 (AD) (4-Margin) tied by the Milledgeville, Ga CDS 13 MAY. Orange paper cover STATE OF GEORGIA Official Business Adjutant & Ins. Genl's Office imprint (CC S-GA-06). Military Address to Col J. J. Findley ADC Dahlonega, Ga. James J. Findley early in the war was the Major of the 52nd Ga Inf but resigned in 1862. His rank of Colonel later in the war was Georgia state rank as he commanded a Georgia home guard militia unit in Lumpkin County. Dahlonega was the county seat of Lumpkin County. ADC in the address refers to "Aide-de-Camp" and moat likely means the cover was addressed to the Colonel's ADC and the office in Millidgeville (the Georgia state capital during the war) probably did not know who was currently serving in that position. The cover is reduced a little at the top to the imprint but not involving the imprint. The top back flap is missing, otherwise a very clean appearing cover. | $200.00 |
GA1147
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CSA #2 Paterson (4-Margin with minor edge toning) Pen-canceled and manuscript "Berzelia (Georgia) Sept 20" to the left. Cover from the Nesbitt Correspondence addressed to Miss Ruth L. Nesbitt Care Madame Gagno, Columbia SC. Very clean cover. | $150.00 |
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USA #26 tied by the Clarksville, Ga CDS 15 APR (1861). Date confirmed by period receiving docketing at the left. USA Used in CSA Georgia. Addressed to J. S. Dobbins Esqr, Calhoun, Ga. This postal use from Clarksville is currently uncataloged. Very clean cover. | $200.00 |
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CSA #1 Stone 2 Position 24 (margin just a little irregular at top center and stamp affixed sideways) tied by the Calhoun, Ga CDS 24 APR (1862). Addressed to Mr. Josiah Bartley, Williamson, Anderson District SC. Folded Letter complete written on blue lined notebook paper which is very high quality paper with a large British watermark (Crown and Coat of Arms). Family letter between brothers but does mention some friends or relatives which have gone into the service. Very Fine. | $225.00 |
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Stampless Black Clarksville, Ga CDS 10 JUL (1861) with handstamp PAID 5 Type B. Pink paper cover from the Dobbins Correspondence addressed to John S. Dobbins Esqr, Calhoun, Gordon Co., Georgia. back flap opening tears and small part of back flap missing, otherwise a Very Fine appearance. | $75.00 |
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CSA #12c (AD) Greenish-Blue (margin close on the left) tied by the Covington, Ga CDS (date not fully apparent). Addressed to Mr. John M. Pittman, Athens, Georgia. Very clean cover. | $125.00 |
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USA #26 (minor faults) Grid Cancel with matching Savannah, Ga CDS to the left 27 MAR 1861 (yeardate is in the CDS) USA Used in CSA Georgia. Very small but complete and clean lady's cover addressed to Mrs. Leighton W. Hazelhurst, Owens Ferry, Camden Co., Geo. Very clean cover. | $175.00 |
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CSA #12 (AD) (4-Margin) tied by a full strike of the VIOLET Augusta, Ga CDS 5 APR (1865). Receiving docketing at left "Rc'd April 9th 65." The cover was received the day General Lee surrendered at Appomattox Court House, Va. Military Address to Capt J. C. Wrenshall, Macon, Georgia. John C. Wrenshall (1834-1926) was a Civil Engineer and served in the Confederate States Nitre and Mining Service. After the war, he helped repair bridges destroyed by both armies. Cover has a little very light staining and minor wear at the upper left corner. Still a very clean appearing cover and a very late use from Georgia with a scarce Violet postmark. | $400.00 |
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CSA #12d (AD) Dark Blue (4-Margin) tied by the GREEN Monticello, Ga CDS (date not fully apparent). Addressed to Mrs. Louisa J. Rowland, Spatanburg, South Carolina. Blue lined commercially made lady's stationery displayed folded up from the left lower corner. Sealed tear and a piece replaced at the top left not involving the stamp or postmark. Top back flap missing. Still a very presentable cover with a scarce green postmark. | $250.00 |
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CSA #11c AD Greenish-Blue (4-Margin) tied by a partial strike of the BLUE Louisville, Ga CDS (date not apparent). The blue Louisville postmark is not often seen. Louisville was once the capital of Georgia (1796-1806). Advertising Cover with a printed Louisville attorney's corner card. Addressed to Judge J. W. Carswell, Richmond Factory, Richmond Cy, Ga. Richmond Factory is now part of Augusta. Cover with a little light foxing and a small reduction at the left not involving the corner card. | $250.00 |
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CSA #4 Stone 2 Position 23
(4-Margin) and CSA #5
(4-Margin ) used in combination
to make the 15c 3x rate. To the left is the Cumming, Ga
CDS (Forsyth County) 7 JUN (1862). The stamps are manuscript
canceled with what looks to be initials "D" and "B." This
is consistent with the name of the Confederate postmaster of
Cumming, Ga William D. Bentley. Addressed to Messer E. Steadman
&
Co., Lawrenceville, Ga. The cover is a little oversized at 7 3/4" x 3"
and is a Folded Letter Complete which accurately dates the cover. The
letter is a business letter dealing with the sale of salt. A typed
transcript of the letter is included. The folded letter is certainly
not heavy enough to account for the 3x rate. But that mystery is solved
by the first line of the letter "I enclose your certificate for
forty-eight sacks of your salt..." There was an enclosure, which is no
longer present, which accounted for the additional weight. Cover shows
some edge wear with a small piece missing at top center and at the
upper right corner. These small faults are unobtrusive with the letter
folded. Internal folds have been reinforced with nearly invisible
archival tape. The cover is otherwise clean and can definitely be
exhibited as it is. Very nice stamps. CSA Certificate 2006. |
$1,250.00 |
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Three Covers from the Same
Correspondence addressed in the same hand from an unknown
sender originating from Doctor Town, Ga (very obscure use from Wayne
County).
CSA #1 Stone 1 Position 3 (4-Margin with a small upper sheet margin and a little gum toning across the top) tied by manuscript postal marking "Dr Town (Ga) Mar 8 (1862)." Addressed to Mrs S. E. Johnson, Hogansville, Troup Cty, Ga. Care of Mrs. Thompson, Corinth, Ca. Cover has some light foxing and staining and edge wear. Ex-Bogg. CSA #1 Stone 1 Position 34 (4-Margin with a transient printing flaw at right center CC 1-1-v7 and just a little edge gum toning) tied by manuscript postal marking "Dr Town (Ga) Mar 15 (1862)." Addressed to Mrs S. E. Johnson, Hogansville, Troup Cty, Ga. Care of Mrs. Thompson, Corinth, Ca. Part of top back flap missing, otherwise Very Fine. CSA #4 Stone 2 Position 31 (4-Margin) tied by manuscript postal marking "Dr Town (Ga) Apr 15 (1862)." Addressed to Mrs S. E. Johnson, Hogansville, Troup Cty, Ga. Care of Mrs. Thompson, Corinth, Ca. Light staining along the right edge. Dr. Town, Georgia (also spelled Doctor Town and Doctortown) in Wayne County was established in 1827 on the site of a former Native American village and named for the fact that a Medicine Man had lived there. The post office was established in 1857 and is a CSA listed post office and operated until 1967. The town no longer exists and is now extinct. Dr. Town is listed in the new CSA catalog, but I have never before seen a cover from this town. These three covers belong together. It would be a shame to separate them. |
$1,000.00 Three Covers |
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CSA #4 Stone 2 Position 23 (margins a little irregular at the top and upper right) tied by a full struike of the Griffin, Ga CDS 9 MAY (1862). Light coarse paper cover addressed to Mrs. Martha E. Kimsey, Forsyth County, Ga. Very clean cover reduced a little at the left not affecting anything. | $250.00 |
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CSA #11 (AD) (4-Margin) tied by the VIOLET Augusta, Ga CDS (date not apparent). The violet Augusta postmark was in use from late December 1864 through 1865. Address somewhat faded but still legible to Miss E. W. Clarke, Coal Mountain, Forsyth County, Georgia. Very clean cover with a light horizontal file fold across the top which does not affect the stamp or the postmark. | $250.00 |
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CSA #11d Green (4-Margin) tied by a full strike of the Stone Mountain, Ga CDS 18 SEP. Addressed to Miss S. Emily Forman, Oak Bowery, Ala. Notation on the reverse signed by Brian Green affirming the green color of the stamp. Very Fine. | $275.00 |
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CSA #12f (AD) officially perforated 12 1/2 (perfed on all four sides with three wide margins but close at the left and light edge gum toning) tied by the Columbus, GA CDS 21 DEC (most likely 1863). Coarse brown paper cover addressed to Dixie Daughter or The Ladies of Como, Miss. Have no idea to what the address refers. Very Fine cover and an excellent example of the officially perforated stamp on cover. PSE Cert 2017. | $750.00 |
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CSA #12 (AD) (margin a little irregular at the right) tied by the VIOLET Augusta, Ga CDS (date not fully apparent but receiving docketing at left dates the cover to 26 MAR 1865). The Augusta violet postmark was in use late December 1864 and through into 1865. Very late use. Sherman bypassed Augusta on his March to the Sea, and Augusta continued Confederate mail service into April 1865. Yellow paper cover addressed to J. Monroe Ogden Esq, Macon, Georgia. Sealed back flap opening tear, sealed edge tear top left center, and small edge tears top right. Still a very clean appearing cover with a late postal use and a not commonly seen violet postmark. | $300.00 |
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CSA #5 (margin tight
on the right and stamp with good color with a little brownish tinge to
the rose) tied by a full strike of the Atlanta, Ga CDS 14
JUL 1862. Addressed to Sam N. Fenn & Brother, Mossey Creek,
Tenn with routing instruction at lower left "via Knoxville, Tenn."
Period receiving docketing at right most likely refers to the sender
and how to direct a reply
"E. N. Spiller Care Maj J. S. Calvert, Retain until called for,
Richmond, Va." Exceptionally clean cover. Edward N. Spiller (1825-1871) was one of the partners in the firm that produced the Spiller & Burr revolver for the Confederacy in Atlanta. He also served briefly as a Captain in 1863-1864 in the 2nd Ga Battalion State Guard Infantry in Atlanta. Only about 1500 Stiller & Burr revolvers were made and are much sought after by collectors today. John Strother Calvert (1806-1870) was Spiller's uncle and a member of the Virginia House of Delegates and was also the Virginia State Treasurer 1858-1867. He served as a Major in the 10th Va Inf. No information on the addressee in Mossey Creek. |
$650.00 |
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CSA #7 two singles
in slightly different color shades (left stamp with an irregular margin
on the right, and right stamp 4-Margin) tied together and to the cover
by a partial strike of the small double circle Macon, Ga CDS
(date not apparant). Blue paper Adversity
Cover made from a printed but unused county court form displayed
flapped over from the left. Military
Address to Capt Geo. T. Bartlett, Monticello, Georgia. Routing
instruction at lower left “via
Eatonton.” Very clean cover. George T. Bartlett (1824-1885) was a pre-war lawyer and a member of the state legislature and the state senate. He entered service as Capt of Co G 4th Ga Inf 4/25/1861 but apparently resigned a year later. His service record is a bit sketchy as he is listed as captured as a POW 11/19/1864 at Monticello, Ga (his home town). So he must have been engaged in some sort of military activity at that time. In November 1864, Sherman's troops went through Monticello in Jasper County, so that is possibly when he was captured, but details are not given. He was confined at Fort Delaware until his release at the end of the war. After the war, he practiced law in Monticello and served as a county judge. |
$300.00 |
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Turned Cover -- The
outside use is the First
Use - CSA #12 (AD) (margin touches on the right) tied by
the Marietta, Geo
CDS date not apparent. Blue paper cover addressed toy Mr. J. J. Robarts Care of Capt
Walthour, Isle of Hope near Savannah, Georgia. 5 regiment Georgia
Cavalry. Inside use is the Second Use -- CSA #11 (AD)
(4-Margin but close on the left) tied by the Savannah, Ga
CDS (date not apparent). Addressed to Miss L. J. Robarts, Marietta,
Cobb County, Georgia. Cover flapped up from the lower right corner to
display both stamps. Very clean cover. Ex-Kaufmann. Joseph J. Robarts enlisted in Co C 1st Ga Cav Battalion 5/17/1862 and transferred to Co G 5th Ga Cav 1/20/1863. He is listed as wounded at Kenesaw Mountain (Ga) 6/27/1864 and died of his wounds a few days later in Atlanta. William Lowndes Walhour (1820-1890) entered service as a 1st Lieut in Co C 1st Ga Cav Battalion 10/1/1861 and transferred as Capt of Co G 5th Ga Cav 1/20/1863. He is listed as having sustained a minor wound at Murfreesboro (Ten) 8/15/1864. In November 1864, he entered detached service as a brigade Acting Inspector General. More information about Capt Walthour included with the cover. |
$250.00 |
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Stampless
Soldier's Due
cover with the Atlanta,
Ga CDS and handstamp arc DUE 10 Type C 4 OCT
1862. Addressed to Capt John O'Neill, Montague, Montgague
County, Texas. Endorsed at left "From
J. S. O'Neill of the Eleventh Regiment of Texas Dismounted Cavalry
(11th Tex Cav)."
Very clean appearing cover with a small reduction at the right where
opened, and a small sealed right lower diagonal corner tear Ex-Kaufmann. J. S. O'Neill enlisted as a Sergt 7/1/1861 in Co G 11th Tex Cav. No further record. The addressee is presumably the soldier's father or perhaps another relative. The rank of "Capt" was a Texas State rank as Capt John Q. O'Neill of Montague County, Texas, is listed as commanding a company of Texas State Troops known as O'Neill's Frontier Guards, Montague County, 21st Brigade, TST (Texas State Troops). |
$300.00 |
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CSA #11 (AD) (4-Margin) tied by a full strike of the Savannah, Ga CDS 29 JUN. Addressed to Miss Elizabeth Buntyn, Griffin, Ga. Very Fine. | $150.00 |
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CSA #4b Stone 3 Position 19 (4-Margin Light Milky Blue) tied by a full strike of the Big Shanty (Ga) Straight-Line May 26 (1862). Very probably one of the finest full strikes of the dozen or so known Big Shanty Straight-Line covers. Coarse paper cover addressed to Rev Thomas R. Gary, Saluberta PO, Pickens Dist, So. Ca. Slightly reduced on the left not affecting anything and just a little light foxing. Still a very attractive cover and a significant rarity especially with a full strike of the straight-line postmark. | $1,000.00 SOLD |
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Stampless Soldiers Due cover
with the Savannah, Geo
"Stars" CDS and handstamp (Due) "10"
(this "Due" use is currently not listed in the new CSA Catalog) 1 JAN
(New Years Day cover most likely 1864). Orange paper cover addressed to
Eugene Verdery Esqr, Augusta, Ga. Endorsed at left “E. Verdery Co A OA.”
Minor back flap opening tears, otherwise Very Fine Ex-Kaufmann. Eugene F. Verdery Jr (1843-1921) writing home to his father. The endorsement is unusual as the unit that private Verdery served in was Co A 63rd Geo Inf. The 63rd Ga Inf also had artillery units. Co A was known as the Oglethorpe (Light) Artillery which is consistent with the "OA" in the endorsement. Private Verdery enlisted 3/6/1863. He is listed as wounded in the head at Peach Tree Creek (Ga) 7/20/1864 during the Siege of Atlanta. |
$200.00 |
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Stampless
PAID 5
cover with the Brunswick,
Ga CDS and handstamp PAID 5 Type B 2 JAN (1862). Adversity use of an envelope with
a pre-printed business address
to Messers Kinney & Co., Savannah, Geo. The
pre-printed
address is lined through and then re-addressed to Miss Janice Clopton
Care Maj. Hazlehurst, Waynesville, Wayne Co., Geo. Minor back
flap opening tears and some minor edge wear,otherwise a very clean
cover. Maj Leighton W. Hazlehurst (1821-1882) was a wealthy planter in Wayne County, Georgia. No record of his ever serving in the Confederate Army. So the title is either, pre-war, a state rank, or most likely honorary. |
$200.00 |
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CSA #4 Horz Pair Stone 2 Misplaced Transfers Positions 42-43 entered over Positions 12-13 (margins tight left and bottom with some soiling) tied by the Atlanta, Ga CDS 23 JUL (1862). Very heavy coarse paper homemade cover with a faded address to Mr. Saml Rutherford (the rest of the address is too faded to decipher). The real importance of the cover is the stamps. Above the stamps are blue lines which identify these stamps as the misplaced transfers. There exists a Block of 8 CSA #4 Stone 2 stamps where the top row of 4 are Positions 2-5 and the bottom row are Positions 42-45 misplaced transfers entered over Positions 12-15 with the same two blue lines above the stamps as seen in this pair. This block proves that this pair on cover are the same misplaced transfers as seen on the block. The Block of 8 was offered for sale by Siegel Auctions in the 2001 sale of the Hall Collection and was listed at that time as the only recorded item showing these misplaced transfers. This cover was only recently discovered and recognized for what it truly is and is believed now to be the only example of these misplaced transfers known on cover. A very important cover for the student of the CSA #4 lithograph stamps. | $1,500.00 |
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USA Star Die with the Starkville, Ga CDS 1 MAR (1861) USA Used in CSA Georgia. A second strike of the same CDS is at the lower left. Addressed to John T. McRoy Esqr, Newnan, Georgia. Cover with just a little edge and corner wear. Otherwise a clean appearing cover. | $150.00 |
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CSA #12 (AD) (4-Margin) tied by an excellent strike of the RED Adairsville, Geo dateless CDS (not a commonly seen red postmark). Folded Letter Complete dated June 23, 1863 addressed to Doct W. C. Cross, Ringgold, Ga. Short one page letter from a friend with no war news. The letter states that the writer just heard that Dr Cross was stationed at Ringgold. This suggests that the addressee was in Confederate service as there were Confederate military hospitals in the Ringgold, Georgia, area. Cover with just a little light foxing. Ex-Brian Green. | $350.00 |
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CSA #7 Horz Pair
tied by a nice strike of the VIOLET
Augusta, Ga CDS. The date is not
apparent, but this CDS was used only very late in 1864 through 1865.
Coarse brown paper cover which appears to be homemade addressed to Mrs
R.
C. Hargrove, Gainesville, Hall County, Ga. Very clean cover. |
$350.00 |
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CSA #2 Paterson affixed sideways (margin a little close at the top left) tied by the Greensborough NC CDS 9 DEC. Addressed to Mr. Henry Brooke, Sharon, Taliaferro County, Georgia. Reduced at left where opened affecting nothing. Very clean cover. | $200.00 |
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CSA #1 Stone 1 Position 16 (4-Margin) tied by the Savannah, Ga PAID CDS 13 DEC (1861). Cover from the well-known Manigault Correspondence addressed to Mrs. Louis Manigault, Lanier House, Macon, Georgia. Very Fine. | $250.00 |
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CSA #2b Paterson Dark Blue (4-Margin)
tied by the small double circle Augusta,
Ga CDS
(date not fully apparent). Addressed to Mr. J. Belknap Smith, Columbia
Mines, Ga. Very Fine Cover and an Extremely Fine Paterson Dark Blue
stamp. Joseph Belknap Smith (1815-1888) was a businessman and mine owner (copper and gold) in Wilkes and Columbia counties, Georgia. Columbia Mines, Georgia, in Columbia County was named for the gold mines in the area (Columbia Mining Company). The Smith family papers are archived at Duke University. |
$450.00 |
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CSA #4 Stone 2 Position 29 (margin in at the top center) tied by the Newnan, Ga Balloon CDS 5 MAY (1862). Orange paper cover addressed to Mr. W. C--. Freeman, Greenville, Georgia. Small reduction at the left where opened. Clean cover. | $150.00 |
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CSA #12c (AD) Greenish-Blue
(4-Margin) tied by the Sandersville,
Ga
CDS 9 DEC. Light but legible address to Col David M. Carter, Raleigh
NC. Commercially made cover with embossed flowers on the back flap.
Minor back flap opening tears. Clean cover. Ex-Telep. David Miller Carter (1830-1877), a lawyer by profession, entered service as Capt of Co E 4th NC Inf 5/16/1861. He is listed as wounded at Seven Pines (Va) 5/31/1862. He was promoted Lieut Col in June 1862 and assigned as a military judge for the 2nd and 3rd Corps Army of Northern Virginia. He resigned in December 1862 due to his Seven Pines wound. Both during and after the war, he served in the North Carolina State Legislature. This cover is dated after his resignation from the Confederate Army. |
$125.00 |
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CSA #12c (AD) Bluish-Green
(4-Margin) tied by the Monroe,
Ga CDS 22 JAN (1864). Coarse brown paper cover which
appears to be homemade with a
Military Address to Mr. James S. Mayfield, Dalton, Georgia, 42nd Reg Ga
Vol Co G. Very Fine. James S. Mayfield enlisted as a private in Co G 42nd Ga Inf 11/15/1862. He is listed as having Died of Disease 8/16/1864. |
$150.00 |
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CSA #12c Greenish-Blue (AD) (4-Margin with just a little edge gum toning) tied by the Athens, Ga CDS with a FEB (1864) date. Light coarse paper cover addressed to Maj. M. Stanley, Quincy, Fla with routing instruction at the top "via Albany." Can find no informaton on the addressee. Top back flap missing, otherwise a very clean cover. | $100.00 |
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CSA #12c Greenish-Blue (AD) (4-Margin with just a little edge gum toning) tied by the Athens, Ga CDS with a FEB (1864) date. Light coarse paper cover addressed to Maj. M. Stanley, Quincy, Fla with routing instruction at the top "via Albany." Can find no informaton on the addressee. Top back flap missing, otherwise a very clean cover. | $100.00 |
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CSA #4 two singles (margins irregular) (the left stamp is Stone 2 Position 1 and the right stamp is Stone 2 but not plated) tied together and to the cover by the Talbotton, Ga CDS 30 NOV (1862). Addressed to Mr. A. G. Marshall, Enterprise, Clarke Co., Mississippi. | $150.00 |
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CSA #4 Stone 2 (not plated) (margin in at the bottom) and CSA #6 (4-Margin) used in combination to make the 10c rate tied together and to the cover by the Marietta, Ga CDS 4 NOV (1862). Light coarse brown paper cover addressed to Mrs. Mollie W. Battle, Cedar Town, Polk Co., Ga. Top back flap missing, small sealed edge tear at top center, and a light stain at the lower right edge. Still a very decent example of a not commonly seen combination use. | $300.00 |
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CSA #4 Stone 2 Position 2 (margin in at the bottom left corner and with some edge gum toning) tied by the Savannah, Ga CDS 2 MAY (1862). Addressed to Mrs Matt M. Hall, Coleman Station, Randolph Cty, Georgia. Adversity Cover made from an 1860 used US Post Office printed Registry Ledger. Shows wear and top back flap missing. Displays well with the lower left corner flapped up. | $250.00 |
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Turned Cover -- 1st Use (inside)
handcarried outside the postal system to Mrs May Anthony,
Fort Gaines, Ga, Politeness of Capt Sutton. 2nd Use (outside) CSA #4a Stone 2
(not plated) Dark Blue (margin touches at the bottom) tied
by the Fort Gaines, Ga
CDS with a MAY (1862) date. Very heavy coarse brown paper cover which
appears to be homemade.
Military Address to Major O. P. Anthony, Rantowles (Colleton County) C.
& S. R. R. (Charleston and Savannah Railroad) SC 51st Reg Ga
Inf. Light staining at the lower left corner, otherwise a
Very Fine cover. Oliver Preston Anthony (1828-1873), listed as a teacher on the 1860 Federal Census, entered service as Capt of Co I 51st Ga Inf 3/4/1862, promoted Major 3/22/1862, and promoted Lieut Col 5/2/1863. He resigned 7/14/1864. |
$225.00 |
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CSA #94xu1 Talbotton, Ga PAID 5 Stampless Provisional 21 APR 1862. From the Alexander H. Stephens Correspondence addressed to the Vice-President in Crawfordsville, Georgia. Backflap missing as is usual with this correpsondence and a very short summary on the back only identifying the sender. This cover is listed on Page 637 of the Crown Survey and is listed again in Crown’s later publication Preliminery Census of Georgia Postmaster’s Provisionals in which he documents 9 known examples of this provisional marking of which the 21 APR 1862 date is the latest date listed. Very Fine, Ex-Agre, Brian Green Certificate 1991. | $900.00 |
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CSA #89xu1a Warrenton, Ga Paid 5 Re-Valued "10" Stampless Provisional 27 JAN 1862. From the Alexander H. Stephens Correspondence addressed to the Vice-President in Richmond, Virginia. Secretarial summary on the back "James Cody Warrenton Ga Jan 27th 1862 Wants an Office in one of the Governmental departments." Cover is listed in the Crown Census of Warrenton, Georgia, provisionals with 13 examples of this revalued "10" mark listed in the census. Minor reduction at the top. Two small sealed edge tears at the top center. Very clean cover. Ex-Agre. PF Certificate 1983. | $900.00 |
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CSA #7 Horz Pair affixed on the reverse to seal the back flap and tied by the small double circle Macon, Ga CDS (date not apparent). The stamps were torn in half on opening and significantly damaged. Blue paper Adversity Cover made from a used printed State of Georgia report form of some sort. Addressed to Clerk Infr (Inferior) Court, Cuthbert, Randolph County, Ga. Original short enclosure dated June 1864 included which is a note written on the back of the printed letterhead of an unused State of Georgia document. "Mr. Clerk. I send you Sir a box of Laws &c. Please review & examine. If right, please sign & return the enclosed rect to me at this place." | $150.00 |
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CSA #12c Greenish-Blue (AD)
(4-Margin) tied by the Thomasville,
Ga CDS 1 DEC (1863). Military
Address from the well-known Bryant Correspondence to Mr. W. A. Bryant,
Co H 3rd Fla Vols, Fla Brigade, Tennessee. Very Fine. William A. Bryant (b1838) enlisted as a Private in Co A 3rd Fla Inf . He was detailed several times during his service to the Quartermaster's Department ultimately surrendering at Lake City, Fla 5/18/1865. |
$150.00 |
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CSA #11a (AD) Milky Blue (4-Margin) tied by the Atlanta, Ga CDS 25 AUG. Light brown coarse paper cover addressed to Mrs. M. A. E. Mooney, Greenville, So. Ca. Minor reduction at left where opened, otherwise Very Fine. Ex-Kohn. | $125.00 |
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CSA #12c (AD)
Greenish-Blue (4-Margin) tied by the BLUE Sandersville, Ga
CDS 22 AUG. Military
Address to Mr. Ivy W. Duggan, QM Sergt 49th Ga, Richmond, Va.
At left "49th Ga
Regiment,Thomas' Brigade, Pender's Division." Adversity
Cover made from what appears to be a printed page which is a review
flyer of a journal about the historical aspect of the Bible.
Clean appearing cover which has been folded out for display. Ivy (Ivey) Walker Duggan (1831-1917) entered service as a private in the 15th Ga Inf in July 1861. In October 1862, he transferred to the 49th Ga Inf as the Quartermaster Sergt and served the remainder of the war with that unit. He was highly educated and taught at various Georgia schools after the war. His papers and letters are archived at Emory University in Atlanta. |
$300.00 |
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Turned Cover --
First Use (displayed) CSA
#7 Vert Pair (4-Margin with light soiling at upper left)
tied by the RED Buena
Vista, Ga CDS 23 APR (1863). Military Address to Sergt John E.
Mathis, 12th Regt Ga Vol Co A, Jackson's Army, Richmond, Va.
Second Use -- Stampless Soldiers
Due with the BLUE
Richmond, Va CDS Richmond Powell Type 5b and handstamp DUE 10 Type Q.
Addressed to Miss Susan Harris, Buena Vista, Ga. Endorsed at upper left
"J. E. Mathis Comp
A 12th Ga Vols." A little light minor staining. Still a
very presentable turned cover use with a military address and
endorsement. John E. Mathis entered service as a Private in Co A 12th Ga Inf 6/15/1861 and was promoted Sergt 2/6/1862. He died in 1864 of wounds received at Spotsylvania CH (Va) 5/10/1864. |
$200.00 |
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Three Covers (no contents) from
the Georgia Governor Joseph E. Brown Correspondence -- First Cover - CSA #11 (AD) (margin touches at the left) tied by the Blakely, Ga CDS 1 FEB (1864). Addressed to His Excellency J. E. Brown, Milledgeville, Ga. Extensive receiving docketing on the face of the cover concerning the original contents written by Governor Brown himself in his distinctive handwriting. Second Cover - CSA #11c (AD) Greenish-Blue (margin touches at the right) on the reverse used to seal the back flap and tied by the Bainbridge, Ga CDS 10 MAY (most likely 1864). Stamp not damaged in opening. Addressed to Joseph E. Brown Governor, Milledgeville, Ga. Extensive receiving docketing on the face of the cover concerning the original contents written by Governor Brown himself in his distinctive handwriting. Third Cover - CSA #11 (AD) two singles double weight rate (one stamp 4-Margin and one stamp touches at right) tied by a very weak strike of a VIOLET CDS which is most probably Augusta, Ga. Milledgeville, Ga. Extensive receiving docketing on the face of the cover concerning the original contents written by Governor Brown himself in his distinctive handwriting. Very late use as the docketing dates the cover to MAR 1865. Sherman's Army bypassed Augusta on the March to the Sea and did not occupy Augusta. Millegeville was the Georgia State Capital during the war. All three covers are complete and clean. Governor Brown's handwriting is very difficult to read, and I cannot completely decipher the handwriting. Deciphering the full docketing on the three covers will be a challenge for anyone trying to read the handwriting but could yield interesting results. |
$300.00 Three Covers |
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Stampless
PAID
cover with the Savannah,
Geo "Stars" CDS 6 JAN (1862) and handstamp PAID 5
Type F. Addressed to Mrs. Sophronia Mitchell, Duncanville, Thomas Co.,
Ga. Part of back flap missing, otherwise a very clean cover with the
rarely seen Savannah "Stars" postmark. Sophronia Mitchell (1808-1893) was the wife of Richard Mitchell (1791-1856) a wealthy plantation owner (Fair Oaks Plantation near Thomasville, Georgia). The sender of this cover is unknown, but Mrs. Mitchell did have several sons who served in the Confederate Army. |
$200.00 |
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CSA #7 Horz Pair (stamp faults at upper right) tied by the Oglethorpe, Ga CDS 9 SEP. Addressed to Miss Lucie A. Rodgers, Renwick, Lee County, Georgia, Care D. J. Rodgers Esqr. Reduced a bit at right where opened. Despite the stamp faults, still a very clean appearing cover. | $50.00 |
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Stampless
cover with the Americus,
Ga CDS and manuscript "Paid
10" 30 NOV (1861). Orange paper cover with Military
Address to John Brown, Travelers Repose, Va. Care of Capt W.
A.
Hawkins 12th Regiment. Travelers Repose is in Pocahontas County which
would later in 1863 be incorporated into the Union State of West
Virginia. Minor reduction at the right where opened,
otherwise Very Fine. John Brown enlisted as a private in Co A 12th Ga Inf 6/15/1861. At the time of this cover, the regiment was part of Stonewall Jackson's command in the Army of the Northwest. Pvt Brown is listed as wounded and captured as a POW at Gettysburg 7/2/1863 and died of his wounds (skull fracture) a few days later on 7/10/1863. Willis Allston Hawkins (1825-1886), a Lawyer from Americus, entered service as Captain of Co A 12th Ga Inf 6/15/1861. He was promoted Major 4/10/1862 and Lt Col 1/22/1863. He resigned only 2 days later on 1/24/1863. After the war, he served as a justice of the Georgia Supreme Court. |
$200.00 |
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Stampless
cover with the Americus,
Ga CDS and handstamp PAID
5 Type B 29 MAY (1862). Coarse brown paper cover with Military Address to Maj J. E.
Rylander, 10th Ga Battalion, Macon, Ga. Minor corner wear,
otherwise Very Fine. John Emory Rylander (1836-1864), a teacher by profession, entered service as the First Sargeant of Co A 12th Ga Inf 6/15/1861. He was commissioned Capt and transferred to Co C 10th Ga Battalion 3/4/1862 and promoted Major two weeks later on 3/17/1862. He was Killed-in-Action at Cold Harbor (Va) 6/2/1864 and is buried in Americus, Georgia. A more detailed biography of Maj Rylander accompanies the cover. |
$200.00 |
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Stampless cover with the Americus, Ga CDS and manuscript "Paid 10" 11 DEC. Coarse brown paper cover addressed to Mr. Thomas G. McFarland (1803-1887), Rossville, Geo. Period receiving docketing at the left indicates the sender of the cover was Mr. H. A. McDonald. Minor reduction at the right which does not detract from an exceptionally clean appearance. | $150.00 |
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CSA #7 Horz Pair on London De La
Rue Paper (4-Margin but close at the top and right with
the left stamp showing a rather large random printing flaw
in Jefferson Davis' beard CC 7-L-v7) tied by the Jasper, Ga CDS 3 SEP
(1862). Folded letter written on a lined Ledger Sheet
datelined "Jasper
Pickens County Geo."
The letter dates the cover to 1862. Addressed to Genl Henry C.
Wayne, Executive Department, Milledgeville, Georgia.
Milledgeville was
the capital of Georgia during the war. The letter writer, Elisha
Burnett a Captain in the Georgia State Militia, seeks compensation
($9.00) for expenses incurred in seizing a still per a
proclamation of Governor Brown. The letter could benefit from a
transcription. Two vertical file folds not affecting the
stamps, otherwise a clean cover with
an interesting letter. Henry Constantine Wayne (1815-1883), born in Savannah, Georgia, and an 1838 graduate of West Point, served in the pre-war US Army and commanded the expedition to test the Camel Corps when Jefferson Davis was the Secretary of War (1853). He also fought with distinction in the war with Mexico. He resigned the US Army in December 1860 and was appointed Adjutant and Inspector General of Georgia by Georgia Governor Joseph Brown when Georgia seceded. In December 1861, he was commissioned Brig-Gen PACS but resigned his Confederate commission in January 1862 when ordered to Virginia and remained in Georgia state service through to the end of the war as Adjutant and Inspector General and Commander of the Georgia State Militia. After the war, he returned to Savannah where he engaged in the lumber business. |
$400.00 |
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CSA #101ux1 Savannah, Ga
stampless PAID 5 provisional cover with the Savannah, Ga Paid
CDS 2 AUG 1861. The provisional control mark is at the upper left. This
cover is listed on the Crown Census of Savannah provisional covers.
Addressed to Mrs. Charles H. Olmstead Care Mrs L. Williams,
Milledgeville, Georgia. Back flap opening tears, otherwise Very Fine.
Ex-Bogg. The addressee was the wife of Charles Hart Olmstead (1837-1926) who was the Major (later Colonel) of the 1st Ga Inf and in command at Fort Pulaski near Savannah at the time of this cover. The cover is from Major Olmstead to his wife. There are other covers in the same correspondence. Sometime between 13 OCT 2023 and 16 OCT 2023, this cover was stolen by a postal employee while in route from Fort Worth, Texas, to upstate New York. The Priority Certified envelope was opened, the contents removed (this cover was the only item), the envelope re-sealed with a large yellow COVID-19 Test Kit label, and the empty envelope delivered to the addressee. The mail theft was reported in detail to the Postal Inspectors (Case #56332902) who are investigating. An APS / ASDA theft notice also went out by E-Mail to all APS and ASDA member dealers. If anyone spots this cover offered for sale anywhere (on-line such as E-Bay, at a show, in an auction, or in a dealer's stock, etc) please let me know. More than likely the thief will attempt to sell it somewhere (JLK). |
$550.00 USPS Stolen Cover |
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CSA #11c (AD)
Greenish-Blue (4-Margin but close on the left affixed sideways) tied by
the Atlanta, Ga
CDS 16 DEC (1863). From the Cobb Correspondence addressed to Mrs.
Howell Cobb, Macon, Geo. Minor reduction on the right where opened,
otherwise Very Fine. The addressee was the wife of Howell Cobb, a very prominent Georgia politician of the day and a CSA Major-General. But the cover is not from General Cobb. The Cobb Correspondence is quite large and quite well known. But the sender of this cover is not identified. |
$95.00 |
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Stampless
Soldier's Due
cover with a partial strike of the Savannah,
Ga CDS and handstamp (Due) "10" Type N 27 MAR
(1863). Coarse brown paper cover from the Alexander H. Stephens
Correspondence addressed to Mrs. M. E. Stephens Care A. H. Stephens,
Crawfordville, Ga. Endorsed at upper left "Linton A. Stephens, Jo
Thom(p)son Artillery." Top back flap missing. Very clean
cover. Linton Andrew Stephens (1845-1894) enlisted as a private in the Hanleiter Company Ga Jo Thompson Light Artillery 1/28/1863. He rose through the ranks to 5th Sergt 3/15/1864. At the time of this cover, the unit was defending the coast near Savannah. After the war, Sergt Stephens lived in Crawfordville where he is buried. His tombstone identifies his CSA unit and refers to him as "Dr." Could find no documentation as to the meaning of that title as he is not identified anywhere as a physician. Could possibly be a church title. The addressee, Mary Elizabeth Stephens (1815-1868), was Pvt Stephens' mother. She was married to John L. Stephens (1815-1856) who was a half-brother of Alexander H. Stephens, the CSA Vice-President. VP Stephens never married and had no children. The extended Stephens family was quite large with complicated relationships. |
$300.00 |
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Stampless
PAID
cover with the BLUE
Manassas, Ga CDS and the matching BLUE PAID 10
handstamp Type A 5 MAR 1863. Military
Address to Mr. Wm A. Chunn, 40th Ga Regt, Stovall's Brigade, Dalton,
Georgia. Very clean cover with just a little corner wear.
Ex-Knapp. William A. Chunn (1840-1921) entered service 10/5/1861 as a 2nd Lieut in I Co Ga 1st Brigade State Troops and mustered out 4/15/1862. He then enlisted as a private in Co I Ga 40th Inf and was subsequently promoted Commissary Sergeant. He surrendered with his unit at Greensboro NC 4/26/1865. After the war, Sergt Chunn, a lawyer by profession, returned home to Bartow County, Georgia, and practiced law. The cover is most likely from his wife. |
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Turned Cover -- Very
clean cover which has been folded out completely for display. 1st Use - CSA 11 (AD) (4-Margin) pen-cancelled and the matching manuscript postal markings to the left "Berzelia (Ga) Augt 16 (1863)." Military Address to W. H. Little, Charleston SC Care Capt W. P. Crawford Co C 28 Geo Regt. 2nd Use - CSA #12 (AD) (4-Margin) tied by the large single rim Charleston SC CDS 5 FEB 186- (1864). Addressed to Mrs Mattie A. Inglet(t), Berzelia, Georgia. "In hast if you please" at lower left. Mrs Mattie Inglet(t), the addressee of the first use, was the wife of Corpl T.W.G Inglet(t) of Co C 28th Ga Inf who sent this cover to his wife. Thomas Wilkes Glascock Inglet(t) (1839-1910) enlisted as a Private 9/10/1861 and was promoted Corporal 8/1/1863. He is listed as wounded at Gaines Mills (Va) 6/27/1862 losing two fingers of his left hand. He was wounded a second time at Darbytown Road (Va) 10/7/1864 and was furloughed after his second wound. He returned home to Berzelia and is listed on the 1870 Federal Census as a wheelwright. Pvt William Henry Little (1840-1907), the addressee of the 2nd use, is on the rolls of the same company as Corpl Inglet(t) on 12/31/1863. After that, there is no further military record. Pvt Little married Mary Elizabeth Inglet(t) in 1860 and was therefore related to the Inglet(t) family by marriage as his wife was Corpl Inglet(t)'s sister. After the war, he converted to the LDS church in 1888 and relocated to Ogden, Utah, where he is buried with his wife. William Peter Crawford (1832-1891) entered service as Capt of Co C 28th Ga Inf 9/10/1861 and was promoted Lt Col 1/20/1864. He had a distinguished war record with the regiment. |
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CSA #12 (AD) (4-Margin but close left and right) pen-canceled with a partial strike of the GREEN Greens Cut, Ga CDS 24 FEB (1864) to the left. Small but complete cover addressed to the Probate Judg(e) of Tuscaloosa Co., Tuscaloosa PO, Ala. The original stamp on the cover was placed on the back to seal the back flap. At some time in the past, the original stamp either fell off or was removed and would have been pen-canceled as there is no postmark on the reverse. The current stamp on the front of the cover is a replacement and is not the original stamp as it does not match the stamp outline on the back. But still the cover displays very well. Greens Cut, Georgia, was a very obscure CSA listed post office with a green postmark in Burke County. This green postmark is very scarce. I have never before seen a Greens Cut cover. In doing a search, I was only able to find three additional Greens Cut CSA covers, one stampless and two with pen-canceled CSA #7 stamps. The post office at Greens Cut was established in 1854 and discontinued in 1926. Greens Cut (named for a railroad cut), Georgia, still exists today as a small unincorporated area. The original short one-page letter datelined "Greens Cut Feb 24th 1864" signed by a John W. Colson deals with the dispersal of money from an estate and asks for the money as four per cent bonds. Very clean cover. | $350.00 |
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CSA #2 H&L (margin tight at the bottom right) tied by the Savannah, Ga CDS with a JUL (1862) date. There is also an unframed grid cancel applied but does not tie the stamp. The Grid is consistent with the Grid used at Savannah and apparently missed the stamp when struck. The stamp is the "Shooting Star" variety (CC 2-H-v5) from Position 14. CS Navy address to B. Henning, 2d Asst Engr C. S. Navy, Columbus, Georgia. No information on the addressee. The Confederate Navy operated an Iron Works and a Shipyard at Columbus, Georgia, on the Chattahoochee River for the construction of river ironclads. Columbus is also the current home of the National Civil War Naval Museum. Light coarse brown paper cover with some minor light soiling but still has quite a clean appearance. | $475.00 |
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CSA #4 Stone 3 Position 14
(margins tight left and botton) tied by the Big Shanty (Ga) Straight
Line
postmark June 22 (1862). Addressed to Col R. D. Winn, Lawrenceville,
Gwinnett Co., Georgia. This is quite a scarce straight line postmark
with perhaps only a dozen or so covers recorded (most with the 5c Blue
Lithograph) recorded by Conrad Bush in the 1990's. A few more covers
have come to light since then. Ex-Bleuler Very Fine. Richard Dickinson Winn (1816-1894) was a prominent plantation owner and politician in Gwinnett County, Georgia. He served as a justice of the Inferior Court of Gwinnett County, as a member of the Georgia State Legislature, and as a delegate to the Georgia Secession Convention. He had four sons who served in the Confederate Army all of whom survived the war. The title of "Colonel" was honorary. |
$1,250.00 |
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CSA #12c Greenish-Blue
(4-Margin) tied by a partial strike of the Atlanta, Ga CDS 2
JUN. Addressed to Mrs. Tho (Thomas) E. King Care of J M. Green MD,
Macon, Georgia. Advertising
Cover with fancy corner card in black "P. P. Pease, Wholesale Grocer
and Commission Merchant, Peachtree Street, Atlanta, Ga." Very
clean cover. Ex-Dr. Warren, Ex-Kaufmann. James Mercer Green MD (1815-1881), an 1837 graduate of the Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, practiced medicine pre-war in Macon, Bibb County, Georgia. During the war, he served the Confederacy as an Army Surgeon (PACS) for the duration of the war in various assignments. At the time of this cover, he was Surgeon-in-Charge at the General Hospital in Macon. No information on the addressee who very likely was a relative of Dr. Green. |
$500.00 |
GA1276  | CSA #12 (AD) (margin touches at the left) tied to commercially made cover by the Barnesville, Ga CDS (Pike County) 25 JUN. Addressed to Miss June Cowan, Eufaula, Ala. Very clean cover. | $125.00 |
GA1279  | CSA
#4 Horz Pair Stone 3 Positions 1-2 (Light Milky
Blue and cut into the design at the top). The Position 1 Stamp on the
left shows the "Leaking N" variety which defines
the position (CC 4-3-v3). The pair is tied by a partial strike of the Good
Hope, Ga CDS (date not apparent), a very obscure CSA listed
post office in Walton County. Coarse brown paper
cover with Military Address to Mr. M. S. Jobson Care
of Col G. T. Anderson, 11th Ga Regiment, Richmond, Virginia. M. S. Jobson enlisted as a private in Co K 11th Ga Inf 7/3/1861. He served for the duration and surrendered with his unit at Appomattox 4/9/1865. No other information available. Col George Thomas "Tige” Anderson (1824-1901) of the 11th Ga Inf was later promoted Brig-Gen on 1 NOV 1862. He was severely wounded at Gettysburg but recovered and served to the end of the war. After the war, he went to Atlanta and ultimately became the Atlanta Chief of Police and spent his final years as the County Tax Collector and Chief of Police in Anniston, Alabama. | $400.00 |
GA1280  | CSA #11 (AD) Light Blue (4-Margin) tied by the Linton, Ga CDS 12 JUL. Adversity Cover made from a printed but unused Army form displayed with the left lower corner flapped up. Military Adress to Ivy W. Duggan, Q. M. Sergt 49th Ga, Richmond, Va. At left "49th Ga Reg, Thomas Brigade, Wilcox Division." Minor reduction with a little wear at the left edge. Very clean cover. Ivy (Ivey) Walker Duggan (1831-1917) entered service as a private in the 15th Ga Inf in July 1861. In October 1862, he transferred to the 49th Ga Inf as the Quartermaster Sergt and served the remainder of the war with that unit. He was highly educated and taught at various Georgia schools after the war. His papers and letters are archived at Emory University in Atlanta. | $225.00 |
GA1282  | Stampless PAID cover all in manuscript "Sharon Geo 7 May (1864) Pd 10". Light brown coarse paper cover from the Stephens Correspondence addressed to the Vice-President in Crawfordsville, Georgia. The top back flap is intact, and there is no secretarial notation on the back except for the names "Brooke" and "Sharon" which refer to the sender and the town of origin. That is most unusual for the Stephens correspondence. The original letter is archived in the Library of Congress. A photocopy of the original letter is included with the cover which is a short note about returning some books. Very Fine. | $150.00 |
GA1283  | Stampless PAID cover with the Americus, Ga CDS 12 OCT (1861) and handstamp PAID 5(ms) Type A. Orange paper cover addressed to Mr. Jas G. Hill, Fort Valley, Ga. Reduced a bit at right where opened not affecting anything. Very clean cover. | $150.00 |
GA1284  | Stampless cover with manuscript "2"
and no postmark. From the Cobb Correspondence addressed to Col Jno B.
Lamar, Macon, Geo. Period receiving docketing at the left "H. H.
Richards wants a horse" referring to the original contents which are no
longer with the cover. Cover represents a Macon, Georgia, Drop Letter in
1861 or 1862. It was fairly common not to use a postmark on drop
letters. This is a CSA Catalog unlisted postal use for Macon. Reduced
at right where opened not affecting anything. John Basil Lamar (1812-1862), a Georgia politician and a wealthy Georgia planter, served as a staff officer (Voluntary ADC) to his brother-in-law Brig-Gen (later Maj-Gen) Howell Cobb. Col Lamar was mortally wounded at the Battle of Cramptons Gap (part of the Battle of South Mountain, Maryland) 9/15/1862 and died of his wounds the next day. | $250.00 |
GA1285  | CSA #7 Horz Pair (4-Margin but close on the right and a small sheet margin on the left) tied to cover FRONT ONLY by the Dalton, Ga CDS 27 JAN. Semi-Official Imprint at upper right above the stamps "Quartermaster's Office Camp Pickens (Manassas)" (CC WD-QM-30). Fancy script "Official"
at top center appears to be handwritten and not part of the imprint.
Addessed to Mrs. Eliz P. McCants, Plains Store, East Feliciana, La.
Very clean cover front with a scarce Semi-Official Imprint. Eliza P. McCants (1818-1903) was the widow of David Alexander McCants (d1853) of the large McCants plantation family of East Feliciana Parish in Louisiana. The slave census of 1860 shows the she owned 16 slaves at that time. Cover most likely sent by a relative in the army. Camp Pickens near Manasas was the major Camp of Instruction for soldiers from Virginia and soldiers arriving in Virginia from other states beginning in July 1861 into 1862. The imprint on this cover is quite scarce. Unusual to see an imprint like this used outside Virginia some time after the camp was destroyed during the Second Battle of Manassas in August 1862. | $250.00 |
GA1286  | USA Star Die with a Grid Cancel and the Savannah, Ga CDS 20 APR 1861 USA Used in CSA Georgia. Addressed to Mr. S. F. Dickinson, Macon, Geo. The addressee was a Macon cotton factor. Minor back flap opening tear. Exceptionally clean cover. | $200.00 |
GA1287  | CSA #13d Left Upper Diagonal Bisect to pay the 10c rate (clear margns) tied across the bisect by the Augusta, Ga CDS 1 OCT. Addressed to Capt J. A. R. Hanks, Macon, Ga. Capt Hanks was the State of Georgia Quartermaster. His correspondence is extensive and well known. "OK'd by Dietz 3/6/35" on the reverse. Ex-Brian Green. CSA Certificate 1965 notation on the back, but the old cetificate is no longer with the cover. The certificate archives are not complete that far back. Minor central vertical file fold. Very Fine Bisect Cover. | $1,400.00 |
GA1288  | CSA #11 (AD) (4-Margin) tied by the Columbus, Ga CDS 4 AUG. Addressed to Miss Amanda Anderson, Madison C. H., Fla. Adversity Cover made from a navigational nautical chart of the entrance to Galveston Bay. Large clip to the right upper corner where flapped for display. Still quite a presentable cover. | $150.00 |
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Handstamp PAID 5(ms) with additional “Paid 5” in manuscript with a partial strike of the Columbus KY small single rim CDS (date not fully apparent). Addressed to Miss Amarila Lemons, Sommerville, Tenn. This is a known correspondence. The cover is from Lieut William R. Lacy of Co C 6th Ten Inf to his cousin. Lieut Lacy was mortally wounded in 1864 during the Atlanta Campaign and did not survive the war. Cover is complete and Very Fine. | $650.00 |
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Stampless
cover with the BLUE
Bowling Green KY CDS 9 NOV (1861) and manuscript "Paid 10." Semi-Official Imprint
"Headquarters Western Department, Official Business" (CC
WD-ZA-33). Addressed to A. L. Alexander Esqr for Mrs. Gilmer,
Washington, Wilkes Co., Georgia. Based on the handwriting, the cover
was sent by CSA Lt Col Jeremy F. Gilmer to his wife in care of his
father-in-law. Sealed opening tear at the
upper right corner through part of the imprint but nothing missing.
Otherwise a clean and complete cover with a scarce imprint and a scarce
postal use from Confederate occupied Kentucky. The Confederates did not have an official "Western Department" designation as no such reference can be found to such a Confederate military department. But the USA had such a designation which in the summer of 1861 included western Kentucky. The Union "Western Department" went out of existence on 11/9/1861 which is the date of this cover. This is very probably a Union imprint and not a Confederate imprint which helps to explain why the imprint is lined through. It appears that Col Gilmer (Later Maj-Gen in 1863) found these imprinted covers most likely in Bowling Green and used them for his personal correspondence home to his wife. The cover appears to be a captured Union imprinted cover and is associated with a later very prominent CSA general. There are only two other examples of this imprint that I could find - one used from Bowling Green KY and dated 25 OCT (1861), and the other used from Nashville 6 NOV (1861). All three covers are from the same Gilmer Correspondence. One is an oversized cover with the imprint not lined through, and the other is similar to this cover with the imprint lined through. I cannot prove positively that this is a Union imprint because I cannot find a postally used Union or pre-war example of the imprint. The only recorded uses that I could find are Confederate from the same personal correspondence. The evidence is compelling that this is "CSA Use of a Union Imprint." My research article, "Headquarters Western Department Semi-Official Imprint," on this imprint was published in the Second Quarter 2021 issue of the Civil War Philatelist. Click the title of you wish to read the full article. One of the additional two covers in this correspondence is listed in the Tennessee section as TN400. Jeremy Francis Gilmer (1818-1883), an 1839 West Point graduate, was a pre-war US Army Engineer officer. At the beginning of the war, he was commissioned as a CSA Engineer Officer and served as a Lt Col on the staff of General Albert S. Johnston as Chief Engineer of Confederate Military Department No. 2 which included the Western Theater. He was known to have been in Bowling Green in Oct-Nov 1861. He was wounded at the Battle of Shiloh but recovered. In 1862 he was promoted Colonel and became Chief of the Engineer Bureau in the Confederate War Department. In 1863, he was promoted from Colonel directly to Major-General without having been a Brigadier-General and later assisted in the defences of Charleston and Atlanta. Gen Gilmer was considered by many to be the best military engineer in Confederate service. After the war, he engaged in railroad activities and was president of the Savannah Gaslight Company. The handwriting on the three covers known to me with this imprint is clearly that of Gen Gilmer early in his Confederate service. |
$1,250.00 SOLD |
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Stampless
Soldiers Due
cover with the usual weak but recognizable strike of the Columbus, Ky CDS and
manuscript "Due 5". The Columbus manuscipt "Due 5" is
overstruck with a handstamp DUE
5 applied enroute when the cover
transitted Memphis, Ten (Memphis Type G DUE 5
handstamp). Mail from CSA occupied Kentucky generally was routed
through Memphis. Addressed to Mrs. E. P. Worthington Care of Dr. W. W.
Worthington, Eggs Point, Miss. Eggs Point was an obscure USA listed
post office in Washington County, Mississippi, but is not listed in the
CSA Catalog and is not listed as a CSA post office. Soldier's
endorsement "E. T. Worthington Bolivar Troop 1st Battalion of
Miss
Cavalry." Very Fine cover. Ex Van Dyk MacBride with his unsigned note
on the back and signed by Brian Green. Edward T. Worthington (1840-1902) served as a Sergt in the 1st Battalion Mississippi Cavalry. The unit was in Kentucky in late 1861 and early 1862. No further information. The addressee was Sergt Worthington's mother, Elizabeth Payne Worthington (1818-1911). Dr. William Waring Worthington (1802- 1886), Sergt Worthington's father, built the Belmont Plantation Mansion in Washington County, Mississippi, in 1857. The antebellum Belmont Mansion still exists today. Cover could benefit from further research. |
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CSA #1 Stone 2 (2 singles from different sheets as two distinct color shades are represented with the left stamp 4-Margin but close at the top and the right stamp just touching in spots on three sides) tied together and to the cover by the New Orleans, La CDS 29 JAN (1862). Addressed to Dr. N. Rowell Florence, Alabama. Somewhat reduced at left not affecting anything and some light gum staining around the edge of the right stamp. Cover has an otherwise Very Fine appearance. |
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CSA #1 Stone 1 Horz Pair (4-Margin Light Green with a small partial scissor cut between the stamps and affixed upside down in the upper left corner paying the 10c rate over 500 miles) barely tied at the top by the Farmerville, La CDS 8 MAY (1862). Addressed to Miss H. P. Stewart Cushing, Ala. Small ladies type cover with part of backflap missing but otherwise very clean and an uncommon usage. |
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USA Star Die with a partial strike of the New Orleans, La CDS with a FEB (1861) date. The day is not visible. But since Louisiana seceded 26 JAN 1861, that puts this cover in the Confederate period. Very clean cover addressed to Mr. Abel Lyman Lyons Wayne Co NY. |
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Turned Cover -- 1st Use: CSA #7 Horz Pair (4-Margin) tied by the small double circle Shreveport, La CDS 4 APR 1863. Military Address to Mr. Davis Y. Milling, Comp D 13th Regt Texas Cavalry, Pine Bluff, Ark. 2nd Use: Soldeirs (Due) 10 handstamp with the small double circle Little Rock, Ark CDS Dietz Type B 27 APR (1863). Endorsed at left “D. Y. Milling Co D 13th Texas Cavalry” and addressed to Dr. J. S. Milling, Collingsburg Bossier Parish, La. Coarse brown paper cover which appears to be homemade with just a little light soiling and foxing and a little edgewear. Excellent turned usage between Louisiana and Arkansas. | $800.00 |
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USA Star Die with a Grid Cancel and the matching Baton Rouge, La CDS to the left 23 FEB 1861 (full year date in the CDS) USA Used in CSA Louisiana. From the Carroll Hoy & Co New Orleans Correspondence with the usual filing pinholes. Very Fine. | $300.00 |
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USA Star Die Grid Cancel and the matching Donaldsonville, La CDS to the left 10 MAR 1861 USA Used in CSA Louisiana. Period receiving docketing at the left. Addressed to Mr. James A. Ventress Jr, Manchac, La (an obscure small post office in East Baton Rouge Parish). The addressee, James A. Ventress Jr (1834-1872), was a wealthy planter and large slave holder. He was later Captain and then Major of the 11th La Inf, a unit organized in July 1861 several months after this cover was posted. The 11th La Inf was captured at Island No. 10 in April 1862 and was not reorganized after the exchange. Minor sealed backflap opening tears but still a Very Fine appearance. | $250.00 |
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USA Star Die with a partial strike of the New Orleans, La CDS 15 APR (1861) USA Used in CSA Louisiana. Addressed to Mess A. Wallach & Co., No 16 Maiden Lane, New York. Very Fine. | $200.00 |
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CSA #11 (AD) (4-Margin) Pen-Cancelled with matching manuscript “Logansport, La Mar 13 (1865).” Period faint docketing at left indicates 1865 usage. Addressed to Miss Jettie Word Care of Col T. J. Word, Palestine, Texas. The Word Correspondence from Palestine, Texas is well known. The addresse’s brother was Pvt John J. Word of Co I 7th Tex Mounted Volunteers (Cavalry). This unit was part of the 1861-1862 Army of New Mexico Sibley Expedition. Pvt Word survived the expedition. But this cover is not from her brother. Most likely it is from Henry Jacob Hunter who was in the same unit as her brother but in 1862 became the Regimental 2nd Assistant Surgeon. Shortly after the war, Jettie Word married Dr. Hunter. Logansport is near Shreveport on the Texas-Louisiana border. In 1865, the 7th Tex Cav was assigned to the Department of Western Louisiana and was in that area. Minor wear but still Very Fine. | $300.00 |
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USA #26 tied by a full strike of the small double circle Shreveport, La CDS 6 APR 1861 (yeardate in the CDS) USA Used in CSA Louisiana, Addressed to Miss Susie S. Dearing, Tuscaloosa, Ala. A little minor foxing at lower right, minor reduction at left not affecting anything, and one side flap missing. Still a very clean overall appearance with a nice stamp and postmark. | $275.00 |
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CSA #6 Horz Pair (margins irregular) tied by the small double circle Shreveport, La CDS 14 SEP 1862. Addressed to Miss Em M. Reagan, New Salem, Rust County, Texas. “Favor to Shreveport of Mr. Simpson” at the lower left. This cover is from the same correspondence as Cover BE121 presented in the Bush Exhibit section and is known to have originated from Pollard, Ala. Research has shown that the sender of the cover was Douglas J. Cater (1841-1931) of Rusk County, Texas who married Emily Mary Reagan after the war in 1866. Douglas John Cater began service as a private in Co B 3rd Tex Cav 5/16/1861 and transferred to Co I 19th La Inf 6/29/1862 to be with his brother. At the time of this cover, the 19th La Inf was assigned to the Department of the Gulf and was in Pollard, Ala. Cover was handcarried by a Mr. Simpson (possibly a soldier headed home on furlough) from Pollard, Ala across the Mississippi and put into the mail at Shreveport for delivery to Texas. There is partially erased pencil docketing which is difficult to read because of the erasure and most likely is not period and not related to this cover. Backflap opening tears but a very clean appearance and excellentusage. | $500.00 |
LA349
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USA Star Die with a very decent strike of the New Orleans, La CDS 29 MAR 1861 USA Used in CSA Louisiana. Addressed to Mr. John Underwood, Centerville, Miss. Very clean cover. | $225.00 |
LA363
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CSA #1b Dark Green Stone 2 Position 40 (4-Margin) tied by two strikes of the New Orleans, La CDS 24 DEC (1861) Christmas Eve Cover.Orange paper cover addressed to Dr.Wm Reynaud, Baton Rouge, La. Minor vertical file fold on the right, otherwise Very Fine. Early use of a CSA #1 Stone 2 stamp from New Orleans. | $350.00 |
LA365
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CSA #2 Paterson (margin touches at the right and with a horz pre-affixing crease at top center) pen-cancelled and manuscript "Bellevue La Nov 10/62" at top right. Addressed to Mrs. H. M. Hanks, Rocky Mount, Bossier Parish, La. Very obscure and scarce internal Bossier Parish use. Other than the stamp crease, a very clean cover. | $125.00 |
LA372
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CSA #62x4 5c Red-Brown on Bluish Paper New Orleans Provisional (margin just in at the upper left corner but part of the adjacent stamp visible below) tied by the New Orleans, La CDS 3 SEP (1861). Addressed in French to Madm Reynaud in care of Mr. L. Favrot, B(aton) Rouge. The Raynaud Correspondence is a well known New Orleans Correspondence. The Favrot family was also a very prominent Louisiana family. The two families were related by marriage. Very Fine cover. | $500.00 |
LA373
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CSA #62x4 5c Red-Brown on Bluish Paper New Orleans Provisional two singles (plated as Positions 6 & 7) paying the 10c rate Trans-Mississippi to North Carolina (one stamp is 4-Margin and the other stamp has the margin touching at the bottom) tied together and to the cover by the New Orleans, La CDS 12 OCT (1861). Addressed to L. Thompson Esqr, Hotel, Bertie Cty, N. Ca. The original letter remains with the cover which is a one page business letter concerning the sugar market. Back flap opening tears and a small sealed edge tear at thetop center, otherwise a very clean cover. Ex-Bartels with his note on the back dated Dec 1926. | $600.00 |
LA378
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CSA #7 Vert Pair (margins
a bit irregular and affixed sideways) tied by the large single rim Shreveport, La
CDS 23 AUG (1863). Folded Letter complete addressed to Mrs. Adeline C.
Taylor, Marshall, Texas. Small clipped right lower corner when the
letter is folded but otherwise Very Fine. Ex-Skinner Collection. The letter is not signed but was written by the addressee’s husband, Dr. G. W. Taylor of Marshall, Texas, who had just been conscripted into army service and was reporting for duty at Shreveport. Dr. Taylor would be assigned as the Assistant Surgeon of the 10th Tex Inf, an Army of Tennessee unit. Letter has interesting content “...lying out in the open air now without tents or camp clothes...sick with chills and fever also have three large boils on me that keep me in misery all the time...I am promised an assistant surgeon in a day or two...the crisis of this war is upon us and requires every man that can go...” and more. In a different hand on the back possibly written by the wife “Oh what a change since this letter was written” of unknown significance, but the 10th Tex Inf did take part in the Battle of Chickamauga the next month. Typed transcript of the complete letter is included. |
$300.00 |
LA382
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USA Star Die with
the New Orleans, La
CDS 18 APR
(1861) USA Used in CSA
Louisiana.
Addressed to Mr. James P. Boyce, Greenville, South Carolina. Period
receiving docketing at the left. Minor edge repairs at top not
affecting anything and few sealed back flap tears. Otherwise a very
clean appearing cover. James Petigru Boyce (1827-1888) was a prominent Southern Baptist Pastor and a co-founder of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary which opened in 1859 in Greenville SC. Rev Boyce served in the Confederate Army as the Chaplain of the 16th SC Inf Nov 1861 - May 1862. |
$150.00 |
LA385
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CSA #62x3 New Orleans 5c Brown Provisional (4-Margin) tied by the New Orleans, La CDS with a JUL 1861 date. Yellow paper cover addressed to Mrs. Mary Shaw, Fayette, Jefferson County, Miss. Small reduction at the left where opened. Very clean cover with a very nice stamp. | $400.00 |
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CSA #62x4 Horz Pair 5c Red-Brown New Orleans Provisional on Bluish Paper (margin tight at the bottom) tied by the New Olreans, La CDS with an early DEC 1861 date. Folded two page printed circular dealing with commodity prices in New Orleans as of Saturday, November 30, 1861. Also contains a business letter on a blank page which accounts for the 10c postage rate over 500 miles rather than the circular rate. The letter is datelined "New Orleans Nov 30, 1861." Addressed to Mess Cummins Edwards & Co., Memphis, Tenn. Central vertical file fold not involving the stamps. Very clean cover and an interesting business circular early in the war from the Confederacy's largest city. | $550.00 |
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CSA #1 Stone 2 Position 11 (4-Margin) tied to orange paper cover by the Bayou Goula, La CDS 31 MAR (1862). Addressed to R. T. Archer Esq, Port Gibson, Miss. R. T. Archer (b1797) was a wealthy planter in Claiborne County, Mississippi. Extremely Fine. Ex-Bartels, Ex-Tate Exhibit, Ex-Kaufmann. | $400.00 |
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CSA #12 (AD) (4-Margin but very irregularly torn from the sheet) pen-cancelled and matching manuscript "Jackson La Jan 18 / 65" to the left. Addressed to Albert G. Nalle Esqr, Orange Court House, Virginia. Late use from Louisiana to Virginia. Jackson, La, is in East Feliciana Parish northeast of Baton Rouge on the east side of the Mississippi River. Therefore, the cover does not represent Trans-Mississippi use. Receiving docketting on the reverse is dated 3 MAR 1865. It took a month and a half in transit Louisiana to Virginia in early 1865, but it did arrive. Very Fine. | $175.00 |
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Turned Adversity Cover made from
blue-lined notebook paper. Cover
with a little minor staining but still a Very Fine appearance and
folded out for display. Very scarce turned Louisiaina - Texas
postal use. First Use - CSA #13 (4-Margin) tied by the small double circle Shreveport, La CDS 6 SEP (1864). Addressed to Mrs. Sarah A. Newell, Huntsville, Walker County, Texas. Second Use - Stampless with the Huntsville, Tex CDS and handstamp PAID 10 Type D 23 SEP (1864). Addressed to Mr. Robert A. Newell, Auston (sic), Care of the Nitre & Mining Beauroe (sic), Texas. Robert Aiken Newell (1820-1881), an Irish immigrant to Louisiana before the war, married Sarah Ann Forman in 1856 and operated the Oak Grove Plantation near Cheneyville, La (central Louisiana south of Alexandria). He also had ties to the Louisiana Keary plantation family and the Catalpa Plantation also near Cheneyville. In 1863, the Newell family relocated to Texas to avoid the Union occupation of Louisiana. At the time, he worked for the Nitre and Mining Company which was a private company that made gunpowder in central Texas later taken over by the government as the Nitre and Mining Bureau. The Robert A. Newell letters and papers are archived at Louisiana State University. |
$2,500.00 |
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CSA #1 Stone 1 Position 45 (4-Margin) tied by the New Orleans, La CDS with a MAR 1862 date. Just to the left of the portrait is a small white area which is repeatable and is a plating characteristic for the Stone 1 Position 45 stamp. Addressed to Miss Rebecca Mandeville, Natchez, Miss. Wax seal with crest sealing the back flap is intact. Very Fine. | $300.00 |
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CSA #62x4 5c Red-Brown on Bluish Paper New Orleans Provisional two singles (both 4-Margin affixed slightly overlapping) paying the 10c rate over 500 miles trans-Mississippi to Virginia. Stamps tied together and to the cover by the New Orleans, La CDS 5 NOV (1861). Yellow paper cover addressed to Albert G. Nalle Esqr, Orange Court House, Virginia. Very Fine. | $650.00 |
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CSA #2e Paterson Stone Y Light
Milky Blue (4-Margin with a light corner crease at the
upper right) tied by the small single rim Port Hudson, La
CDS (no date). Addressed to Mrs. M. E. Pratt, Prattville, Autauga
County, Alabama. Very minor light foxing at the lower left, but still a
Very Fine cover with a very nice stamp. Ex-Judd with his note on the
back. The cover was sent by 1st Lieut Merrill Edward Pratt (1828-1889) of Co K 1st Ala Inf home to his wife. Most of the 1st Ala Inf was captured at Island #10 in April 1862 and exchanged in September 1862. That would date this cover to late 1862. After exchange, the regiment was assigned to Port Hudson. The Pratt family of Prattville, Ala., was involved in the cotton gin business. The letters of the Pratt family 1824-1903 have been published. |
$400.00 |
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CSA #62x4 5c Red-Brown New
Orleans Provisional on Bluish Paper Plated as Position 28
(4-Margin with part of the adjacent stamp visible below) tied by a PAID cancel with
the New Orleans, La
CDS to the left 25 SEP (1861). Addressed to Hon J. Alex Ventress,
Woodville, Miss. "Mail" at lower left. Very clean cover. Ex-Skinner. James Alexander Ventress (1805-1867) was a prominent Mississippi politician serving as a State Legislator and a State Senator. He was also a lawyer, inventor (measuring instruments, weapons, cotton machinery) and a plantation owner. He was instrumental in the founding of the University of Mississippi. |
$500.00 |
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CSA #1 Stone 1 Position 29 (4-Margin with a pre-affixing horzontal crease and/or tear which does not detract from the appearance) tied by the Bonnet Carre, La CDS 12 FEB 1862. Scarce Louisiana town listed as a CSA post office in St John the Baptist Parish. The town no longer exists today. Folded one page business letter written on blue lined letter paper. Letter datelined "Bonnet Carre PO Feb 12th 1862." Adressed to Charles Johnson Esqr Care of Messers Johnson & Sims, New Orleans. Clean cover with interior fold reinforced with old style document mending tape. | $350.00 |
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USA Star Die with Patent Lines tied by the New Orleans, La CDS 7 MAY (1861) USA Used in CSA Louisiana. Addressed to R. B. Cunningham Esq, Dallas, Madison Parish, La. Very Fine. | $200.00 |
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CSA #2e Paterson Stone Y (4-Margin) tied by the small single rim Port Hudson, La CDS (appears to be dateless). Addressed to Mrs. A. D. Morgan, Prattville, Autauga County, Alabama. Minor reduction at the left where opened. Very clean cover and and a very nice stamp. | $350.00 |
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CSA #7 Horz Pair London Paper (margin a little tight at the top) tied by an excellent strike of the RED Alexandria, La CDS 10 DEC (most likely 1862). Orange paper cover addressed to A.R. Erwin Esqr, Ranalsburg PO, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. Very Fine. | $250.00 |
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CSA #62x3 5c Brown New Orleans
Provisional Vertical Pair (margin just in at the bottom of
the bottom stamp) tied by a full strike of the New Orleans, La
CDS 8 AUG (1861). Very thin paper folded lettersheet with the page
containing the letter removed. High quality paper with the large "J
Whatman 1857" watermark. The James Whatman Company of England was the
premier paper maker of the day and was the inventor of wove paper in
the 18th century. Addressed to G. Barnsley Esqr, Kingston, Cass Co.,
Georgia with routing "via Chattanooga" (over 500 miles accounting for
the double rate.) Exceptionally clean appearing cover
with central
light horizontal and vertical file folds not involving the stamps or
postmark. Godfrey Barnsley (1805-1873), the addressee, was a merchant and cotton broker with business interests in New Orleans. He was rumoured to be one of the richest men in the South at the time. The remains and the ruins of his estate (Woodlands) in north Georgia can still be seen today. |
$800.00 |
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CSA #1 Stone 2 Position 38 (very nice 4-Margin stamp) tied by a full strike of the New Orleans, La CDS 24 JAN (1862). Addressed locally to Geo Farish Esqr, New Orleans, La. The cover was unclaimed and after a period of time was advertised with the application of the boxed New Orleans ADV Type F handstamp (partial but recognizable strike). The cover is by definition an Overpaid Drop Letter as there is no evidence on the cover that river mail was involved. But it is still possible that the cover was brought into the city from somewhere else and then dropped at the post office. No way to tell for sure if the cover originated inside or outside the city without the enclosure. Very clean cover with a beautiful stamp. | $500.00 |
LA412  | Stampless Soldiers DUE cover with
the small double circle Shreveport, La CDS (date not apparent) and
manuscript "Due 20" (overweight) Coarse brown paper cover addressed to
Mrs. Turza J. Dalby, Dalby Springs, Bowie County, Texas. Endorsed across
the top "G. D. Dalby 32 Texas (Cavalry) Ector's Brigade." Lower right
corner of the cover which includes part of the address is missing but has been repaired reasonably well to
a decent appearance. Edge faults at the left have also been repaired.
Condition is not the greatest, but the cover represents an unusual
double rate Soldiers Due use which is sedom seen from Shreveport. The
32nd Texas Cavary was assigned to Tennessee and Mississippi, so this
cover was very likely handcarried across the Mississippi from the unit
by a courier or pehaps by a soldier returning to Texas on furlough and
then posted in Shreveport. Ex-Richard Murphy Collection. Green Davis Dalby (1832-1884), a pre-war school teacher, enlisted at Boston, Texas, in Co H 32nd Tex Cav 2/19/1862 as a Hospital Steward. The unit took part in the major campaigns in the Western Theater such as Chickamauga, Atlanta, etc. Hospital Steward Dalby served for the duration of the war in the Medical Department with his unit and was captured with his regiment 5/9/1865 at Meridian, Miss., and later paroled. After the war, he returned home to Bowie County, Texas, and became for a time the Bowie County Surveyor and was appointed postmaster of Dalby Springs in 1877. The post war Federal Censuses of 1870 and 1880 list his occupation as a "farmer." The addressee was his wife. | $100.00 Sale Pending |
LA413  | CSA #7 Horz Pair (pen-canceled) (left stamp cut into at the left) with the Mansfield, La CDS at the left lower corner 16 MAY (1863). The cover is a USA 3c Red Star Die without patent lines used as an Adversity Cover as the Star Die pays no postage. Addressed to Miss Molley Freeman, Lancaster, Dallas Co., Texas. Military endorsement "Stones Regt Partisan Rangers Company C".
Period receiving docketing on the reverse dates the cover to 1863. With
the cover is a lengthy two page soldier's camp letter. Good camp letter
from a relatively obscure Texas Partisan Ranger unit. The cover is
reduced a bit at the left involving the left stamp but still has a
clean appearance. The writer of the letter is identified as D. A. Freeman writing to his cousin. According to the endorsement, he was a member of Co C of Stones Texas Partisan Rangers. He was enlisted as the spelling is somewhat creative and he keeps mentioning the boys in his company. The unit was officially known as the 2nd Tex Cav Partisan Rangers organized in late 1862 and early 1863 in Dallas County, Texas, and commanded by Col B. Warren Stone. Personel records of this unit are incomplete. No information found on the letter writer. The unit fought in engagements in Louisiana in 1863 and 1864 including the Red River Campaign before returning to Texas. In the letter, the writer talks about resting in camp while on the way to Alexandria. The writer further states that they are expecting a "heavy fight" as the feds have 35-40 thousand infantry and 1 thousand cavalry. Seems to be a bit exagerated as all the activity in the Western Theater at that time was in Mississippi with the Battle of Champion's Hill which initiated the Siege of Vicksburg occuring on the day the letter was posted (16 MAY 1863). The first action the unit saw was the Second Battle of Donaldsonville (La) 6/28/1863 which was quite small as battles go. There is much more in the letter which would certainly benefit from a transcript. | $250.00 |
LA414  | Turned Cover -- This
is quite a scarce Semi-Official imprinted cover with Military Courier
use. The cover has been opened for display of both uses. The cover has
a clean appearance but shows some edge wear which is most prominent at
the right lower corner. First Use (inside) - Semi-Official Imprint at upper right "HEADQUARTERS District of Western Louisiana" with "OFFICIAL BUSINESS" at upper left. Imprint is similar to CC WD-ZB-07 but is an unlisted variety as the lettering and spacing is somewhat different, there is no comma after "HEADQUARTERS," and the catalog listing does not mention "OFFICIAL BUSINESS" at the upper left. No postal markings as most likely carried by military courier. Addressed to Major W. R. Caton Comdg at Simm(e)sport (La). The headquarters of the Confederate Military District of Western Louisiana was in Shreveport. Second Use (outside) - No postal markings. Addressed to Major Lewis Maverick, Asst Inspr Gen'l, Camp Stevens, La. "Courier" at bottom left indicating that the cover was carried by military courier. Manuscript "Adjts Office 23 Tex Cav" at upper left and "OB" (Official Business) at upper right. William R. Caton (1822-1903), a prosperous farmer from Red River County, Texas, entered service as Capt of Co A 23rd Tex Cav 3/1/1862 and was promoted Major 10/28/1863. After the war, he returned to his home in Red River County, Texas. Lewis Antonio Maverick (1839-1866) entered service as Capt of Co E 36th Tex Cav in March 1862. He was later promoted Major and assigned to the staff of CSA Brig-Gen Xavier B. Debray, commander of the Texas Cavalry Brigade in Louisiana, as Assistant Inspector General in May 1864. That would date the second use of this cover in mid 1864. The 23rd Tex Cav was another regiment in Gen Debray's brigade. Major Maverick died in 1866 at the age of 27 and is buried in San Antonio, Tex. His cause of death at such a young age has not been recorded. | $600.00 |
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