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CSA #2b Paterson (4-Margin Dark Blue) tied by the Jackson, Miss CDS 20 DEC (1862). Addressed to Mrs. Anne B. Hewell, Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Very Fine. |
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CSA #7 Horz Pair (4-Margin) tied by the small double circle Vicksburg, Miss CDS (date not fully apparent). Very coarse brown paper cover addressed to Mrs. E. G. Wootton, Greenesborough, Miss. There were two soldiers named Wootton (J. Wootton and William S. Wootton) in Co K 22nd Miss Inf (possibly brothers with one of them writing home to their mother). Cover very likely dates from the Vicksburg Campaign (May-July 1863) as that regiment took part in the campaign. Very Fine. | $200.00 |
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CSA #11 (AD) (4-Margin) tied by a partial strike of the Jackson, Miss CDS with a MAY date. Dark brown corase paper cover addressed to Mrs. Helen L. Oatis, Monticello, Miss. The addressee was the wife of Major Martin A. Oatis of the 22nd Miss Inf who most likely sent this cover. The cover therefore dates from MAY 1863, which is an early use for this stamp, as the 22nd Miss Inf was in the Jackson area at that time and was involved in the Vicksburg Campaign. Also, Mrs. Oatis died some time in 1864. Major Oatis, a lawyer by profession, survived the war and later relocated toTexas. Very clean cover. | $100.00 |
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CSA #43xu1 Jackson, Miss Handstamp PAID 5 Provisional 7 JUL (1861). Addressed to Mrs. Ellen M. Hyland, Warrenton Warren County, Miss. The Hyland Correspondence is the source for several of these provisional covers. Very clean cover with a top edge restoration not affecting the postal marks and a backflap restoration to an overall very fine appearance. | $600.00 |
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CSA #43xu1 Jackson, Miss Handstamp PAID 5 Provisional 12 DEC 1861. Military Address to T. J. Chrisman Care of Cap Nelson 24th Miss Regiment Obanonville via Pensacola, Florida. T. J. Chrisman left the 24th Miss Regt and re-enlisted in the 36th Miss Inf and was reported as Killed-in-Action at Baker’s Creek during the Siege of Vicksburg. This cover is listed on Page 464 of the Crown Survey. Somewhat reduced at left with an edge and lower left corner repair but still an overall Very Fine appearance and clear strikes of the postal markings. CSA Certificate 1991. | $500.00 |
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CSA #43xu1 Jackson, Miss PAID 5 CENTS Provisional 10 OCT (1861). Military Address to Genl C. Y. Dahlgren, Army of the Sea Coast, Shieldsboro, Miss. C. Y. Dahlgren held state rank and was not a regular CSA general. He commanded the Mississippi state troops gathered by Governor Pettus to defend the Mississippi Gulf Coast early in the war. Cover is complete with just a little light foxing. | $750.00 |
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CSA #4 Stone 2 (4-Margin with light pre-affixing creases) tied by the Jackson, Miss CDS 12 MAY 91862). Addressed to Isaac R. Wade Esq., Prospect Hill near Port Gibson, Miss. Minor repair to top backflap but still a Very Fine overall appearance. | $200.00 |
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CSA #11 (AD) (4-Margin) tied by a partial strike of the Grenada, Miss CDS with a more complete strike of the same CDS to the left dated 20 MAY (1865). The cover is dated as to year by the original letter which remains with the cover. Very dark coarse brown paper cover which appears to be a homemade adversity cover with a repaired upper left corner. Addressed to Rev E. L. Compere, Casyville, Miss. This cover is believed to be the current latest known legitimate Confederate use of a General Issue Stamp East of the Mississippi River. A very important Confederate postal history cover and the subject of a Confederate Philatelist article published in the Second Quarter 2016 issue of the journal. A copy of the journal issue containing the article is included with the cover. | $2,250.00 SOLD |
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CSA #4 Stone 2 Horz Pair (not plated) (margin close at top) tied by the Columbus, Miss CDS 16 JUL (1862). Light coarse brown paper cover addressed to Mrs. Mary E. Terral, Quitman, Miss. Very clean cover. | $300.00 |
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CSA #4 Stone 2 Vert Pair affixed sideways Plated as Positions 6, 16 (margin in at the top) tied by two full strikes of the Columbus, Miss CDS 21 MAY (1862). Addressed to Miss Mag Shores, Seven Islands, Fluvannah County, Va. Part of backflap missing, but still a very attractive cover. | $325.00 |
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CSA #43xu1 Jackson, Miss PAID 5 CENTS Provisional 5 JUN (1861) (early use). Orange paper cover from the Carroll Hoy & Co New Orleans Correspondence. Very clean cover. Ex-Brandon. | $550.00 |
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CSA #14xu1 Canton, Miss PAID 5 Provisional 8 AUG 1861. From the Carroll Hoy & Co New Orleans Correspondence with usual filing pinholes. Very clean appearing cover with bold strikes of the postal markings with a professional restoration to the bottom edge. Ex-Matz. | $1,700.00 |
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CSA #11c (AD) Greenish-Blue (margin close at the top tied by the Jackson, Miss sans serif CDS with a FEB date. Coarse brown paper cover addressed to Mrs. J. J. Haile Care of Mr. J. B. Stirling, Washington Co., Pleasant Valley, Alabama. Very Fine. | $125.00 |
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CSA #2 Paterson (4-Margin with minor edge and corner crease at top right) tied by the small double circle Vicksburg, Miss CDS (date not apparent). Orange paper cover addressed to Mr. Paul Hamilton, Walterborough SC. Very clean cover with missing top back flap. | $225.00 |
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CSA #7 two singles (irregular margins) tied together and to the cover by the Monticello, Mi(ss) CDS 17 APR (1863 by period receiving docketing). Coarse brown paper cover addressed to Col Jno. Duncan, Jackson, Miss. The addressee was a prominent landowner and attorney in Jackson, and the "Col" title was honorary. Very Fine Cover. | $125.00 |
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CSA #12 (AD) (4-Margin) tied by the Jackson, Miss CDS with a SEP date. This is the last Jackson postmark used in the Confederate period from mid 1863 to May 1865 and had only the month without a day logo. Addressed to W. H. Brown Esq, Macon, Miss. Clean appearing cover with just a little edge wear, a minor reduction at the left not affecting anything, and a light water stain at the right lower corner. | $100.00 |
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CSA #11 (AD) (4-Margin with light edge gum toning and minor faults) lightly pen-cancelled and a full strike of the Aberdeen, Miss CDS at the upper right 1 DEC. Addressed to Mrs. Ellen Richardson Care Capt Horne, Okolona, Miss. Top back flap missing, otherwise a very clean cover. | $75.00 |
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CSA #4 most likely Stone 3 (not plated) (4-Margin) tied by the small single rim Baldwin, Miss CDS 2 JUN (1862). When the postmark was made, the name of the town was misspelled. The correct spelling is Baldwyn, Mississippi. Addressed to Mrs. S. M. Meek, Columbus, Miss By Mr Leach. Lady's type cover with an embossed decorative border. The addressee was the wife of Samuel Mills Meek (1835-1901) a lawyer in Columbus, Mississippi. He served as Capt of Co H 35th Miss Inf 5/1/1862 until his resignation 3/31/1863. He also served as Lt Col of the 1st Miss State Troops. Sealed edge tear top center, otherwise a very clean cover. | $150.00 |
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CSA #1 Stone 1 (not plated) (margin touches at the right but with a small sheet margin on the left) tied by a fully strike of the brownish Osyka, Miss CDS 7 FEB (1862). From the Carroll, Hoy & Co., New Orleans, Louisiana correspondence with the usual filing pinholes. Very clean cover. | $350.00 |
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CSA #7 Vert Pair
affixed sideways (4-Margin) tied by a full strike of the Canton, Mi(ss)
CDS 30 OCT (1863). Coarse brown paper cover addressed to Mr. Edward
Brown, Sunny Side PO, Cumberland Co., Virg(inia). The orginal letter,
written on an unused ledger sheet, remains with the cover which is
datelined "San
Augustine (Texas) Oct 5th 1863." This
is well after the fall of Vicksburg and Port Hudson giving the
Union the complete control of the Mississippi River. This is
also
before the 40c Trans-Mississippi Express Mail was put into service in
late October 1863. The
cover was
privately carried covertly across the Mississippi River from Texas to
Canton, Miss where it was put into the CSA postal system for ultimate
delivery to Virginia. The opening of the letter
makes that clear "About
getting letters across the Mississippi. I have deferred writing until I
could send one across by private conveyance." The letter
goes on to state "Persons
can cross the river at night below the mouth of the Red River." More
information in the letter about a land purchase and the recent fight at
Sabine Pass (Texas) 9/8/1863 which was a Confederate victory
blocking
the attempted invasion of Texas. A typed transcript of the letter is
included. Cover shows some edge and corner wear with an interior fold
reinforced with archival tape and a missing back flap. Cover still has
a clean appearance and is ready to exhibit as proven covert
mail
across
the Mississippi River at this time is quite scarce. The letter is very
fine. Samuel Wilson (1811-1886), the sender of the letter, is listed on the 1860 Federal Census as a wealthy farmer is San Augustine, Texas. He was born in Virginia and came to Texas in 1836 and served as a private in the Red River Guards in 1836 during the Texas War for Independence. Edward S. Brown (1818-1908), the addressee, was a prominent planter and lawyer in Cumberland County, Virginia. The two may have been related (possibly through marriage) as there are also some apparent family notes included in the letter. |
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CSA 43xu1 stampless provisional cover with the Jackson, Miss CDS 28 JUL (1861) and the PAID 5 CENTS provisional handstamp in BLACK. Pink lined commercially made lady's type cover addressed to Miss Pattie Hyland Care of Wm. S. Hyland Esqr., Warrenton, Warren, Miss. Part of top back flap missing and a sealed edge tear at top center. Very clean cover. | $550.00 |
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CSA #11(AD) (4-Margin) tied by the High Point NC Balloon CDS (small part struck off the top of the cover) 31 OCT. Blue paper cover addressed to Miss Mag Stockton Statesville NC. Part of backflap missing but otherwise Very Fine and a very decent example of the balloon CDS. |
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CSA #2 Paterson (4-Margin) tied by the Warsaw NC CDS 15 OCT (1862). Coarse paper (possible homemade) cover addressed to Miss Annie Small Harrington’s Harnett Cty, N. Carolina. Very Fine. | $275.00 |
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CSA #2 Paterson (4-Margin with a right sheet margin and a little edge nick at the top cnter in the margin only and not into the design) tied by the small Raleigh NC double circle CDS in Blue 26 AUG. There is a second strike of the CDS to the left. Coarse brown paper cover (quite probably homemade) addressed to Mrs. Mattie E. Huff Care J. A. Virgin, Macon, Georgia. Backflap opening tear but a clean cover with a very nice stamp. |
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CSA #11c (AD) (4-Margin Greenish-Blue with part of the adjacent stamp visible at the right) tied by the usual somewhat weak strike of the RED Raleigh NC small double circle CDS (not commonly seen in red) with date not fully apparent. Light coarse paper homemade cover addressed to Jno. M. Kirkland esq, Hillsboro NC. A little light foxing and a backflap opening tear but otherwise a Very Fine appearance. |
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CSA #2 Paterson (4-Margin with right sheet margin) tied by the small single rim Pittsboro NC CDS with an OCT (1862) date. Addressed to Mr. Thomas S. Dowd, St Lawrence Chatham Co NC. Minor backflap opening tears but otherwise a Very Fine cover with a gorgeous stamp. | $475.00 |
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CSA #13b (4-Margin Dark Green) tied by a partial strike of the Oxford NC CDS 13 APR. Somewhat faded address to James Lamon, Henderson NC. Very decent example of this difficult stamp on cover. PF Certificate 1982. |
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CSA #12 (AD) (4-Margin) tied by a partial strike of the Weldon NC CDS 13 MAY (1864). Small coarse brown paper cover which is complete addressed to Mr. Samuel D. Booker, Clarksville Mecklenburg Co., Virginia. The addressee had three sons in Co K 34th Va Inf which in May 1864 was attached to the Department of North Carolina and South Virginia until October 1864. Cover most likely originated from one of his sons in this unit. Very Fine. |
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CSA #68xu1 Raleigh NC Handstamp PAID 5 Provisional 21 AUG 1861. Nice Blue and Red combination with excellent strikes of the postal markings. Addressed to Thos Webb Esq, Hillsboro, N. Carolina. Backflap opening tears and a small sealed edge tear at upper left, otherwise a Very Fine appearance. | $450.00 |
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Handstamp PAID 10(ms) with the Elkin NC negative letters CDS 8 APR. The postmark is only partially struck and shows some ink erosion, But still a very presentable cover with a not commonly seen postmark. Addressed to Mrs. H. H. Patton, Asheville NC. | $250.00 |
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CSA #11 (AD) (4-Margin with a small left sheet margin) tied by a full strike of the Oxford NC CDS 30 NOV. Blue paper cover with Military Address to Capt John H. Stout, Chester SC with routing via Raleigh. Period manuscript “Telegrams” at upper left refering to the original contents which are no longer with the cover. Could not find a Captain John H. Stout associated with the Confederate Army, so the rank most likely is a state commission. Backflap opening tears otherwise a Very Fine appearing cover. | $200.00 |
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CSA #11c (AD) (margin close at the top Greenish-Blue) affixed on the reverse to seal the backflap and tied by the Mocksville NC CDS 22 APR (1864). The cover was opened from the side, and the stamp was therefore left undamaged. Very small but complete blue paper cover with Military Address to Major W. B. Clement, 10th Va Cavalry, Lee’s Cavalry Brigade (W. H. F. Lee), Richmond, Virginia. The address is lined through and the cover forwarded without additional charge to Staunton, Va as the cover was addressed to a soldier in the field. William Bailey Clement (1835-1895) entered service as Captain of Co H 10th Va Cav (a company made up of North Carolina soldiers) in Oct 1861 and promoted Major in Sept 1863. His later promotion to Lt Col was “suspended” (reason not stated). Paroled at Salisbury NC 5/1/1865. After the war, he lived as a merchant in Mocksville. Very Fine Cover. | $200.00 |
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CSA #68xu1 Raleigh NC Handstamp PAID 5 Provisional with the small double circle Raleigh NC CDS in BLUE 8 SEP 1861 and the PAID 5 Control Mark in RED with excellent strikes of both marks. Addressed to Mrs Elizabeth Glenn, Walker(s)ville Union County NC. Do not know who sent this cover, but the addressee had two sons who served in Company B 26th NC Inf (William H. Glenn and Robert S. Glenn who I presume were twins as both were listed as age 22 in the 1860 census). William H. Glenn enlisted 6/5/1861 and died (presumably of disease) 3/6/1864. Robert S. Glenn enlisted 1/29/1863 and was wounded and captured as a POW at Pickett’s Charge 7/3/1863 and confined at David’s Island in New York Harbor until exchanged 8/28/1863. He rejoined his unit and was wounded again at The Wilderness 5/5/1864 and died of his wounds in Richmond 7/7/1864. Another Glenn relative (George S. Glenn) also enlisted in the same company 3/29/1863. George S. Glenn was wounded at Pickett’s Charge and wounded again at The Wilderness. The 26th NC Inf (Pettigrew’s Brigade of Heth’s Division) was a Pickett’s Charge regiment. Very Fine provisional cover. | $650.00 |
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CSA #68xu1 Raleigh NC Handstamp PAID 5 Provisional with the small double circle Raleigh NC CDS in BLUE 10 AUG 1861 and the PAID 5 Control Mark in RED. Very decent strikes of the postal markings. Orange paper cover addressed to J. J. Hoyle Esq, Knob Creek, Cleaveland NC. Part of backflap missing. Light edge mounting marks at bottom center and left center. Very clean appearing cover. Joseph J. Hoyle would later enlist at age 24 in Co F 55th NC Inf on 5/30/1862. He was promoted Sergt 11/25/1862 and commissioned 1st Lt 3/11/1863. He was wounded at Globe Tavern, Va 8/18/1864 and died of his wounds at a Richmond hospital 9/1/1864. Veryclean cover. | $450.00 |
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CSA #11 (AD) (4 Large Margins and a spectacular diagonal pre-printing paper fold) tied by the RED Gaston NC CDS 8 JUN. Coarse brown paper cover, which appears to be homemade, addressed to Mr. H. C. Burton, Weldon NC. Sealed edge tear at the bottom center, backflap opening tears, and part of backflap missing. Very clean and Very Fine appearance. | $500.00 |
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CSA #68xu1 Raleigh NC Handstamp PAID 5 Provisional with the small double circle Raleigh NC CDS in BLUE 23 JUL 1861 and the PAID 5 Control Mark in RED. Better than average strike of the red control mark. Orange paper cover addressed to Ralph Gorrell Sr. Esq, Atty at Law, Greensboro NC. Backflap opening tears, otherwise Very Fine. | $350.00 |
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CSA #68xu1 Raleigh NC Handstamp PAID 5 Provisional with the small double circle Raleigh NC CDS in BLUE with an OCT (1861) date and the PAID 5 Control Mark in RED. Orange paper cover addressed to Thomas Webb Esqr, Cashr (Cashier), Hillsboro NC. Part of backflap missing but a very clean cover with good strikes of the postal markings. | $350.00 |
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CSA #12a (AD) Milky Blue (4-Margin with a small left sheet margin) with a Grid Cancel and the matching Chapell Hill NC CDS 11 SEP (Home of the University of North Carolina). Addressed to S. A. Hooker, Hillsboro NC. Very Fine. | $125.00 |
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Wilmington NC PAID 5 Handstamp Type A 2 JUN (1861) Second Day Cover of the Confederate Postal Service. Yellow paper cover addressed to William Robinson Esq, Raleigh NC. The original letter remains with the cover dated June 1st, 1861. The letter was written on the First Day of the Confederate Postal Service but not mailed until the next day. The letter is a short private letter of congratualtions. Clean cover with backflap opening tears. Brian Green notation on the reverse. | $500.00 |
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Wilmington NC 5 PAID within CDS Type E 28 AUG (1861). Orange paper cover addressed to Miss Caroline A. Price, Baptist Seminary, Warsaw NC. Unsigned pencil notation on the back in the handwriting and style of VanDyk MacBride referring to the original letter (no longer with the cover) on a patriotic lettersheet. Minor staining and a backflap opening tear and small edge fault at the top of the postmark. Clean cover. | $100.00 |
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CSA #12a (AD) Milky Blue with an opaline sheen (4-Margin) Pen-Canceled and the matching "Oxford NC De(c) 10" to the left. Coarse brown paper cover with a Military Address to Maj T. Brown Venable Care Genl Whiting, Wilmington NC. Thomas Brown Venable (1824-1893), a native of Oxford NC, began service as Lt Col of the 24th NC Inf but was dropped during the reorganization of May 1862. Spent the rest of the war serving as a Major Staff Officer (AAIG - Assistant Adjutant and Inspector General) to CSA Generals French, Clingman, Whiting, and Holmes. Top backflap missing, otherwise Very Fine with a nice Milky Blue stamp. | $200.00 |
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CSA #68xu1 Raleigh NC Handstamp PAID 5 Provisional with the small double circle Raleigh NC CDS in BLUE 18 AUG (1861) and the PAID 5 Control Mark in RED. Addressed to Mrs. M. D. Withers, Greensboro, Alabama. The distance from Raleigh to Greensboro is more than 500 miles and required 10c postage. Manuscript "Due 5" added for underpayment and then crossed out as the extra 5c was paid at the time of mailing and the the control mark rerated with a manuscript "10." The Raleigh "PAID 5" provisional is not catalog listed with a rerated mark. Small but complete cover and Very Fine with excellent postal use. Molesworth note on the reverse. | $750.00 |
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CSA #68xu1 Raleigh NC Handstamp PAID 5 Provisional with the small double circle Raleigh NC CDS in BLUE 7 NOV (1861) and the PAID 5 Control Mark in RED. Coarse brown paper cover addressed to Hon A. H. Arrington, Hilliardston NC. Period docketing indicates that the cover contained election returns from Nash County NC (election of 6 NOV 1861). Archibald Hunter Arrington was from a very prominent Nash County family serving at this time as a local Nash County official. He was a member of the North Carolina secession convention and also served in the First Confederate Congress. Arrington's written note on the reverse of the cover dated 15 NOV 1861 indicates that Jefferson Davis and Alexander H. Stephens carried the election. Tally sheet enclosures also present with the cover. Very Fine. | $500.00 |
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CSA #68xu1 Raleigh NC Handstamp PAID 5 Provisional in Blue and Red 15 AUG 1861. Addressed to Professor Kimberley, Chapel Hill NC. Very small folded lined lettersheet. Either the page with the letter has been cut away or this is a wrapper-type cover. Very Fine Appearance. | $350.00 |
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CSA #68xu1 Raleigh NC Handstamp PAID 5 Provisional in Blue and Red 21 SEP 1861. Light but recognizable strikes of the postal markings. Folded letter complete addressed to Isham Cox, Mudlic(k) NC. Printed letter from Thomas Carter of Raleigh announcing that he is going out of business and asking that his customers settle with him. Very clean cover. | $300.00 |
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CSA #11 (AD) (4-Margin) tied by the usual light strike of the RED Greensborough NC CDS (date not fully apparent). Addressed to Mr. John W. Hayes, Oxford NC. Adversity cover made from a printed page of a church bulletin displayed flapped up from the lower left. Very Fine. | $450.00 |
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CSA #4 Stone 2 (not plated) (margin tight on the left) pen-canceled with matching manuscript "Fair Haven (NC) June 6 (1862)" representing very obscure use from Moore County. Heavy coarse brown paper which is an Adversity Cover made from recycled newsprint. Military Address to B. C. Phillips, Goldsborro, Co D 48 Regiment of NC Troops in Care of Capt Clegg. Pvt Baxter C. Phillips enlisted 4/19/1862 and is listed as wounded at Fredericksburg (Va) 12/13/1862 returning to his unit 3/1/1863 and listed as absent 1/18/1865 with no further record. Capt Thomas J. Clegg was wounded a few weeks after this cover was posted at King's School House (Va) 6/25/1862 and died of his wounds in Richmond 7/9/1862. Clean and complete cover. | $225.00 |
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CSA #12c (AD) Greenish-Blue (affixed upside down with margin touching on the left) tied by the ORANGE Raleigh NC small douible circle CDS (date not apparent). Blue paper cover addressed to L. M. Scott Esqr, Greensboro NC. Period docketing at the left concerning the original contents. Very clean cover. | $150.00 |
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CSA #12c (AD) Greenish-Blue (4-Margin with a left sheet margin) tied by the usual weak strike of the ORANGE small double circle Raleigh NC CDS (date not apparent). Addressed to N. C. McMillan, Dundarrack, Robson Co. NC. Very minor reduction at the left and light water stain at top right. | $100.00 |
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Soldiers Letter DUE 10 handstamp (two strikes) Type H with the small double circle Raleigh NC CDS (date not fully apparent). All postal markings are in BLACK but the Due 10 handstamp is currently catalog listed only in blue or orange but is illustrated in black. Addressed to Miss Julia Mary Fripp Care Mr. P. M. Morrison, Winnsborough, So. Carolina. Endorsed acrossed the top "Soldiers letter M. J. F. Beaufort V(olunteer) Artillery." The sender was Pvt Milton J. Fripp of Co C Beaufort SC Light Artillery writing a letter home to his sister. P. M. Morrison mentioned in the address was the Winnsborough CSA postmaster. The cover is also an Adversity Cover made from a printed unused army form. Very Fine. | $350.00 |
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CSA #11 AD (4-Margin) tied by the RED small double circle Raleigh NC CDS with a second strike of the same CDS to the left 6 JAN 1864. Yellow paper cover addressed to Mrs. L. S. Lenoir, Fort Defiance, Caldwell County, N. Carolina. Very Fine. | $200.00 |
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Turned Cover - 1st: CSA #11(AD) (4-Margin) pen-cancelled and manuscript “Randallsville NC May 4 (1864)” to the left. Military Address to Lieut Daniel B. McLean, Weldon NC, Comp I 24th Reg NCT Care of Col Clarke, Ransom’s Brigade. 2nd: Soldiers Due 10 with the the Weldon NC CDS Dietz Type E 13 MAY (1864). Addressed to Mrs. S. J. Smith, Randallsville, Robeson Co. NC. Endorsed at left “D. B. McLean Co I 24th Regt NCT Ransoms Brigade.” Daniel B. McLean enlisted 6/4/1861 and was promoted Sergt Major 7/1/1862 and commissioned as a Lieutenant 6/29/1863. He was captured as a POW at Fort Stedman, Va 3/25/1865 and was confined first at the Old Capitol Prison in Washington DC and then at Fort Delaware until his release 6/17/1865. Coarse paper homemade cover with just a little light foxing but otherwise Very Fine. Has not been folded or cut for display. | $350.00 |
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CSA #6 Single Use Prior to the Rate Change (margin close at the top but with a large left sheet margin) tied by a partial strike of the BLUE Raleigh NC small double circle CDS. The date is not apparent in the CDS, but because of the single use must date between late April and 30 June 1862. Blue paper adversity cover made from a used lined accounts ledger sheet. Addressed to Mary Pool, New Market NC. Ex- Van Dyk MacBride with his unsigned notation on the reverse. Very Fine. | $350.00 |
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Turned Cover -- 1st Use (inside) from Wilmington NC (stamps missing) to White(s)ville NC. Advertising Cover with a dark blue oval shield "S. M. West, Auctioneer Commission Merchant Wilmington NC." 2nd Use: (outside): CSA #4 Horz Pair Stone 3 Pos 32-33 (margin just touches at the top center of the left stamp) affixed on the back to seal the back flap with the Whitesville NC CDS 21 JUL (1862) addressed to A. J, Butner Esqr, Salem NC. Very interesting pair of the Stone 3 5c Blue Lithographs. The right stamp (Pos 33) is a listed variety (joined CE of CENTS 4-3-v1), and the left (Pos 32) stamp has what appears to be a Shifted Transfer very prominently seen in the TA of POSTAGE and the two white oval lines mismatched at the lower left. No idea how this shift would have occurred but seems most likely to be transient and not constant. It is not a misplaced transfer as the stamp is in the correct position. Very clean cover with the upper right corner folded down to display the advertising from the first use. | $750.00 |
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CSA #7 Pair on London Paper (4-Margin with filled in frames at the left and the top 7-L-v5 indicating that the stamps come from the upper left corner of the sheet) tied by a partial strike of the Williamston NC CDS 6 DEC. Addressed to Mrs. Thomas Cowan, Pittsboro NC. Manuscript "James M. Cowan" across the top most likely refers to the name of the sender. Very Fine. | $150.00 |
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CSA #11 (AD) (4-Margin) tied by a weak strike of the BLUE Raleigh NC CDS with a second strike of the same CDS at the right (date not fully apparent) (blue paper cover with blue postmark). "State of North Carolina Executive Department" Semi-Official imprinted cover Type S-NC-03. Addressed to A. A. McKethan Esq, Pres(?) Board of Commissioners, Fayetteville NC. Docketing at right indicates contents were from Gov Vance. Alfred Augustus McKethan (1809-1890) was a carriage maker in Fayetteviile and a railroad promoter as well as being very active in local politics. Very clean cover with a minor corner repair at the lower right, | $350.00 |
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CSA #11c (AD) Greenish-Blue (4-Margin) tied by the BLUE Hillsboro NC small double circle CDS (date not fully apparent). Coarse brown paper cover which appears to be homemade addressed to Miss Sallie M. Person, Louisburg, Franklin Co., N. Car. Very Fine. | $100.00 |
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CSA #7 Horz Pair (margin just in at top center) with a Grid Cancel and the matching Flat Rock NC CDS 24 FEB. Coarse brown paper cover addressed to Mrs. William Lowndes, Greenville SC. Enclosed in the envelope is a fancy period Valentine with a four line handwritten poem to "Alice" which is unsigned. Unable to connect an "Alice" with the name of the addressee, so cannot guarantee that the Valentine is original to this cover. But the Valentine is period, and this cover does have a FEB date. Very clean cover. The attachment of the lacy part of the Valentine to the back card containing the poem is fragile and has been reinforced from the back with archival tape. | $450.00 |
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CSA #11c (AD) Greenish-Blue (4-Margin) tied by the Goldsborough NC CDS 30 OCT (1863). Coarse brown paper cover addressed to Sheriff of Rowan County, Salisbury NC. Original enclosure included which is military voting election results for the congressional election. Three soldiers from Rowan County voted - Mathias Pinkston (Pvt Co D 42nd NC Inf), Levi Bradshaw (Pvt Co D 42nd NC Inf), and J. E. Moore (unit not known). Signed and certified by two officers and an inspector - Capt Dan Cogdell (unit not known), Capt John B. Griswold (50th NC Inf), and Wm H. Woodard Inspector. Very Fine. | $250.00 |
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CSA #12c (AD) Greenish-Blue (4-Margin) tied by a very weak strike of the RED Raleigh NC CDS (date not apparent). Coarse brown paper cover "Official Business" manuscript at upper left and addressed to Sheriff of Rowan County, Salisbury NC. Original election returns enclosed datelined "General Hospital No 7 Raleigh NC Oct 29th 1863." Two patients in the hospital voted in the congressional election of October 1863. Signed and certified by E. Burke Haywood, Surgeon. Surgeon-Major Edmund Burke Haywood (1825-1894) was the surgeon in charge of various military hospitals in North Carolina. An extensive biography of Dr. Haywood is enclosed with the the cover. Very Fine. | $250.00 |
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CSA #12 (AD) (4-Magin but close at left center) tied by the small single rim Kinston NC CDS (date not apparent). Addressed to Mrs. T. A. G. Clarke, Mars Bluff, So. Ca. Adversity Cover made from an printed form which appears to be a passenger listing for a ship or a river steamboat. Displayed flapped over from the right. Small sealed edge tears at upper left. The addressee was the wife of Lieut T. A. G. Clarke, Co H, Hamptons SC Legion. The Legion was in NC May-July 1863. Lieut Clarke may have been the sender of this cover to his wife. Lieut Thomas Alfred G. Clarke died 1/17/1864. Cause of death not recorded. Few back flap opening tears. Small cover with a very clean appearance. | $225.00 |
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CSA #7 Vert Pair (4-Margin affixed sideways with just a little edge gum toning) tied by the Oaks NC CDS with a JUL date. Adversity Cover made from a printed page from an instructional prospectus for the Hillsborough Military Academy school. Addressed to Jno U. Kirkland Esq, Hillsborough Orange Co., NC. Very light water staining but still presents extremely well flapped up from the bottom and flapped over from the left. Ex-Walcott, Ex-Kaplan. | $350.00 |
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CSA #12c (AD) (margin just touches at left Greenish-Blue) tied by an indistinct RED CDS (date not fully apparent). Addressed to J. R. Margrave Esq, Wadesborough NC. Adversity Cover made from a printed legal form displayed flapped over from the left. Small part of backflap missing, and the cover has mutilple small tears sealed from the inside with tape. Still a very presentable adversity cover. | $200.00 |
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CSA #7 Pair (4-Margin with just a little edge nick at right center) tied by a partial strike of the Wilmington NC CDS 3 JUN (1863). Addressed to W. J. Prevo, Jacksons Creek, Randolph Cty NC. Adversity Cover made from a printed but unused North Carolina court form which displays very well flapped up from the lower left. Very Fine. | $300.00 |
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CSA #6 Single Use Prior to the Rate Change (4-Margin) tied by the Wilmington NC 5 PAID CDS 13 JUN (1862). Addressed to W. B. Mills Esq, Mayesville SC. Adversity Cover made from a printed but unused Wilmington shipping freight form. Displays very well flapped down from the upper left. Very Fine. | $350.00 |
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CSA #12c (AD) Greenish-Blue (4-Margin) pen cancel. Manuscript "Franklinville NC Mar 4 (1864)." Dated to 1864 by period receiving docketing. Obscure postal use from Randolph County. Addressed to Jona Worth Esq, Raleigh NC. Coarse brown paper Adversity Cover made from recycled newsprint. Small printed letters can be seen in the paper. Arithmetic computations on the back only, otherwise Very Fine. | $150.00 |
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CSA #11 (AD) (4-Margin) tied by the Rocky Mount NC CDS 7 MAR. Addressed to B. B. Barron Esq, C. S. Receiver, Iron PO, Lincoln County NC. A "receiver" handled the local financial affairs of the Confederate Government. Blue paper Adversity Cover made from a used insuarnce form displayed flapped down from the top. Small but complete cover and Very Fine. | $350.00 |
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CSA #12 (AD) (4-Margin) tied by a full strike of the BLUE Greensborough NC CDS 18 JUL (1863). Folded Letter Complete addressed to Messers Graves & Long, Danville, Va. The handwriting is very difficult to read, and the best I can make out is that the letter is a business letter dealing with sugar. Very nice stamp with an excellent postmark. | $125.00 |
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CSA #7 Horz Pair in a very Dark Blue color shade (margins a little tight) tied by the BLUE Raleigh NC small double circle CDS 18 APR 1864 with a second strike of the same CDS to the left. Light coarse brown paper cover addressed to Miss M. Lou Abernathy, Lenoir, Caldwell Co. NC. The year is in the postmark and says 1864, but there is a discrepancy with the receiving docketing which says 1863. Most likely the postmark is correct and the docketing is wrong as Raleigh is not known to have error dates in thepostmark. Very Fine. | $125.00 |
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Boxed PAID 5 Handstamp Type B with the small single rim Ridgeway NC CDS 7 OCT (1861). Addressed to Miss (cannot make out the first name) Peacock, Plymouth, Washington County, N. Carolina in care of E. G. Peacock. Very clean cover. Ex-Dietz, Ex-Kohn, notation signed by Brian Green, Ex-Powell. | $250.00 |
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CSA #4 Stone 2 Position 12 (margin touches on left) tied by the BLUE small double circle Raleigh NC CDS with an APR 1862 date. The cover is an Adversity use of the USA 1c Blue Star Die with the stamp affixed directly over the indicium of the star die. The 1c Blue Star Die can be seen from inside behind the stamp. Addressed to John Kirkland Esqr, Cashier, Hillsboro NC. Adversity use of the 1c Blue USA Star Dies is scarce. Cover a little reduced at the left not affecting anything..Otherwise a Very Fine appearing cover. The stamp could be lifted and either moved to the side or hinged into place to demonstrate the 1c Blue Star Die if so desired. | $350.00 |
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CSA #11 (AD) (margin a little tight at the left but with a minor short transfer at the top) tied by the usual somewhat weak strike of the RED small double circle Raleigh NC CDS (date not apparent). State Imprinted Cover for the "Adjutant General's Office, RALEIGH, N. C. OFFICIAL BUSINESS" Type S-NC-10. Addressed to Col A. A. Harbin, Mocksville NC. A. A. Harbin was the colonel of a North Carolina Home Guard Regiment in State Service. Very clean cover. Ex-Powell. | $300.00 |
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CSA #4 Stone 2 (not plated) (margins tight and a little irregular) and CSA #6 London Print (margin just in at lower left) used in combination to make the 10c rate tied together and to the cover by the Wilmington NC CDS 10 JUL (1862). Orange paper cover addressed to Miss Kate McGeachy, Saint Pauls, Robeson County, No. Ca. Very clean and complete cover with a scarce combination use just 10 days after the 5c rate was eliminated. | $750.00 |
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CSA #4 Stone 2 (not plated) (4-Margin and somewhat over inked) used in combination with a CSA #6 London Print (4-Margin) to make the 10c rate. Both stamps cancelled with a BLUE Grid and the matching BLUE Raleigh NC small double circle CDS at the lower right 3 JUL 1862 (three days after the rate change). Coarse brown paper cover which appears to be homemade addressed to Hon T. D. McDowell, Elizabethtown NC. Thomas David Smith McDowell (1823-1989) of Bladen County NC was a planter, legislator, and Confederate Congressman serving in the First Confederate Congress 1861-1863. Part of top back flap missing and a little corner wear, otherwise Very Fine. | $450.00 |
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CSA #7 Horz Pair affixed upside down (very coarse printing with tight margins) tied by a partial strike of the Fayetteville NC CDS 3 MAY 1863.Cover with a vertical file fold through the left stamp. Folded letter complete (lengthy business letter) addressed to Messers Thos Branch & Son, Petersburg, Va. Thomas Branch and Son was a grocer and commission merchant in Petersburg. Very clean cover. | $125.00 |
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CSA #7 Vert Pair affixed sideways (margins a little tight) Pen-Canceled with matching manuscript "Lenox Castle NC May 30th (1863)." Obscure use from Rockingham County. Addressed to R. Gorrell Esqr Attorney at Law, Greensboro, Guilford County, N. Carolina. Minor light foxing, otherwise Very Fine. | $150.00 |
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CSA #1 Stone 2 Position 7 (4-Margin with edge gum toning) tied by the Wilmington NC CDS 11 OCT (1862). Handstamp (Due) "5" (Wilmington mark Type H) applied to assess the underpayment of the 10c postage. Yellow paper cover addressed to Mrs. Mary E. Roberts Care of Revd Stephen M. Roberts, Morganton NC. Turned cover with inside use handcarried to Genl S. F. Patterson (prominent North Carolina politician), Palmyra (the name of the Patterson home). Sealed edge tears. Very clean appearing cover. | $225.00 |
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CSA #2 Paterson (4-Margin) tied by a Grid cancel with the matching Chapel Hill NC CDS to the left 26 FEB (1863). Addressed to Mrs. E. L Speight, Tarboro, N. Carolina. Turned Cover (not opened for display) with inside use CSA #7 Pair (stamps partially removed) tied by the Richmond, Va CDS Powel Type 4a and manuscript "Treasury Department Second Auditor's Office" at the upper right. Addressed to Spiers Whitaker Esq, Chapel Hill NC. Edge staining and light foxing at the left, otherwise Very Fine with a nice stamp. | $250.00 |
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CSA #11 (AD) (margin tight on the right) Pen-Canceled with the matching manuscript "Sassafras Fork NC Apr 17" manuscript at the right. Obscure use from Granville County. Coarse brown paper cover addressed to Mr. Jacob Barron, Iron Station, Lincoln Co. NC Care of Col B. B. Barron. Minor edge and corner wear. Very clean cover. | $125.00 |
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CSA #11 (AD) (margin in at bottom left) tied by a partial strike of the RED Greensboro NC with a JUN date. Addressed to Maj P. W. White, Quincy, Florida. The addressee was the Confederate Chief Commissary Officer for the State of Florida. minor light foxing, otherwise Very Fine. | $125.00 |
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CSA #2 Paterson (4-Margin) with a Grid Cancel and the matching Chapel Hill NC CDS at the left 13 SEP (1862). Small but complete Adversity Cover made from lined notebook paper. Addressed to Henry Whitted Esqr, Hillsboro NC. Back flap opening tears and just a little light foxing at the lower right, otherwise Very Fine. | $250.00 |
NC833
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CSA #1 Horz Pair Stone 1 Positions 32-33 (right stamp with minor faults which does not detract from the overall appearance, and the left stamp is the White Shirt listed variety CC 1-1-v8) tied by a full strike of the Wilmington NC 5 PAID (Pre-War 3 PAID altered to 5 PAID) CDS 26 MAY (1862). Addressed to Miss Kate T. Blount, Woodville, Mississippi. Minor reduction on the left. Clean appearing cover. | $200.00 |
NC835
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CSA #11c (AD) (4-Margin Greenish-Blue and affixed on the reverse to seal the backflap) tied to the cover by the usual weak but recognizable strike of the RED Raleigh NC small double circle CDS 5 MAY with a second complete strike of the CDS on the face of the cover. The stamp was not damaged in opening. Addressed to W. H Bogle Esqr, Taylorsville NC. Imprinted Semi-Official Envelope with “Adjutant General’s Office Roll of Honor” at upper right and “Official Business” at upper left. This is quite a scarce Confederate War Department Imprint and not a North Carolina State Imprint and is listed in the Confederate Catalog as WD-AG-10. A small part of the “e” of “Office” is cut off at right due to the printing as the cover is not reduced on the right. The imprint was just placed close to the right edge. The cover is slightly reduced at the left, but the small reduction does not affect anything. A little light spot foxing but still a very clean appearance. Notation on the reverse signed by Brian Green. | $500.00 |
NC836
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CSA #7 Pair affixed upside down (the right stamp has a filled in frame at the right CC 7-R-v2) (margin just in at the bottom) canceled by the black small double circle Raleigh NC CDS with a MAR date and a second strike of the same CDS on the cover to the left of the stamps. Semi-Official North Carolina State Imprint "Adjutant General's Office, Raleigh, N.C." at the upper right and "(O)FFICIAL BUSINESS" at the upper left listed in the Confederate Catalog as S-NC-13. This cover is the lsting copy for this imprint type ("O" missing from "OFFICIAL"), and the cover is illustrated in the Confederate Catalog. Military Address to Maj J. Jenkins, 25th Batt HQ, Shelby NC. The unit in the address must be a state unit. Very clean cover. Ex- Brian Green. | $400.00 |
NC837
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CSA #68xu1 Raleigh NC stampless PAID 5 Provisional 7 SEP 1861. Addressed to Mrs. Samuel J. Person, Salem NC. Excellent two color strikes with the CDS in BLUE and the PAID 5 mark in RED. Very clean cover. | $450.00 |
NC841
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CSA #11 (AD) (4-Margin but stamp cut in half horizontally and affixed in two halves) tied by the Oaks NC CDS with an OCT date. Addressed to Mrs. J. C. Norwood, Lenoir, Caldwell Co. NC. Adversity Cover made from a printed but unused Savannah, Ga shipping document with the picture of a Sailing Ship inside and unfolded for display. Period pencil docketing at the top in light pencil written by the sender. "I have put my letter in this as I have no envelope at hand" which speaks to the paper shortage at the time. Reduced at left which does not detract, otherwise very fine. | $200.00 |
NC849
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CSA #12c (AD) Greenish-Blue (margins tight left and right) tied by the Charlotte NC CDS (dateless). Adversity Cover made fromk blue lined notebook paper containing an old letter dated "Feby 23/57." Addressed to Col B. B. Barron, Iron, No. Ca. Very clean cover. | $200.00 |
NC850
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CSA #12 (KB) very dark blue (4-Margin) tied by the small double circle Fayetteville NC CDS 23 JAN (1865). Addressed to Miss Mildred Cameron Care of Mr. G. W. (cannot decipher the last name), Raleigh NC. Very Fine. | $125.00 |
NC851
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Small but complete Turned Cover -- 1st Use (inside) CSA #7 Horz Pair (4-Margin) with two strikes of a Grid Cancel and the matching Chapel Hill NC CDS to the left 29 JUL and addressed to Mrs. M. A. Curtis, Hillsborough NC. 2nd Use (outside) CSA #11c Greenish-Blue (4-Margin) with a BLUE Grid Cancel and the matching small double circle BLUE Hillsboro NC CDS 27 SEP and addressed to Mrs. C. Y. Kennedy at Dr De Rosset's, Chapel Hill NC. Cover opened for display. Very Fine. | $300.00 |
NC852
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Turned Cover -- 1st Use (inside) Pre-War postal use USA 3c Red Nesbitt #10 pen-cancelled and matching manuscript "Hillsboro, Ten Augst 8th." Addressed to E. Hough Esq, Yadkinville, Yadkin County NC. Routing instruction "via Augusta, Georgia." 2nd Use (outside) CSA "Hamptonville NC Mar 17th" "Paid 10" all in manuscript. Addressed to Mrs. Martha Hough, Thomasville, Davidson Co., NC. Opened for display. Very Fine. | $300.00 |
NC858
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Stampless BLUE Raleigh NC small double circle CDS 7 NOV with "Paid" manuscript (no rate) which is unusual for Raleigh. Coarse brown paper cover addressed to Hon Thos Ruffin near Graham, Alamance Co., No. Ca. The addressee was a prominent North Carolina jurist and former member and Chief Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court. Ex-MacBride with his note on the back. Very Fine. | $125.00 |
NC862
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CSA #7 Horz Pair (4-Margin) tied by the BLUE dateless Cahrlotte NC CDS. Dated by period receiving docketing to 23 FEB 1863. Addressed to A. M. McPheeters Esq, Raleigh NC. Alexander Miller McPheeters (1828-1903) was a prominent Raleigh businessman. Edge stain along the bottom. Very clean appearing cover. | $125.00 |
NC863
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CSA #11a (AD) Milky Blue (4-Margin) tied by a partial strike of the Wilmington NC CDS 14 JUL. Yellow paper cover addressed to W. W. Clark Esq, Greensboro NC. Clean cover with a very nice stamp. Ex-Bogg. | $100.00 |
NC870
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CSA
#7 Horz Pair (small nick just into the design at the
right) tied by a
partial strike of the Greenville
NC CDS (date not fully apparent). From
the Benjamin Franklin Little Correspondence addressed to Mrs. B. F.
Little, Little's Mills, Richmond, Co., NC. Endorsed at left "from B. F. Little Capt Co E 52nd
Regt NCT." Back flap opening tears and just a little cover
wear at the left. The addressee was the wife of Capt Benjamin Franklin Little (d1879) of the 52nd NC Inf. Capt Little was promoted Lt Col of the regiment at Gettysberg. The 52nd NC Inf was involved in Pickett's Charge on the third day of Gettysburg and suffered 30% casualties including Lt Col Little who was wounded and captured as a POW. He was confined at Fort McHenry and Fort Delaware until exchanged and paroled 3/6/1864. He resigned from the army in August 1864 because of his Gettysburg wounds. |
$125.00 |
NC871
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CSA #2e Paterson Light Milky Blue Stone Y (4-Margin) tied by the Greenville NC CDS (date not fully apparant). Coarse brown paper cover addressed to Mr. William Grimes, Raleigh NC. Exceptionally clean cover and a very nice stamp. | $350.00 |
NC873
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"Semi-Official Imprinted Cover "State of North Carolina, Executive Department" (CC Type S-NC-01) handcarried locally in Raleigh outside the postal system to Mr. Stubbs, Chairman, Military Committee, Yarborough Hotel. Notation at lower left "Return to Gov Vance." Zebulon Vance was the Confederate governor of North Carolina 1862-1865. The address and notation are in the governor's handwriting. A little insect nibbling at the left upper corner and the left center edge. | $250.00 |
NC874
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CSA #12 (AD) (margin
touches at the top) tied by a partial strike of the Clinton NC CDS 10
AUG (1863). Coarse brown paper cover with full Military
Address to Major W. W. Sillers, 30th Reg N.C.T. (North Carolina
Troops), Ramseur's Brigade, Rhode's Division, Ewell's Corps, Richmond,
Va. Very clean cover. William Walter Sillers (1838-1863), a graduate of the University of North Carolina and a lawyer in Clinton NC, entered service as a private in Co A 30th NC Inf 4/20/1861 (after Fort Sumter but prior to North Carolina secession) and was commissioned Lieut 8/13/1861, promoted Major 5/1/1862, and promoted Lt Col 9/3/1863. He is listed as wounded at Malvern Hill (Va) 7/1/1862 and Mortally Wounded in Action (MWIA) at Kelly's Ford (Va) 11/7/1863 dying two days later in Gordonsville, Va. He is buried in Clinton NC. A collection of the war time letters of Lt Col Sillers to his sister, Frances Sillers Holmes, are archived in the rare books section of the University of Notre Dame Library. This cover most likely sent by his sister back home in Clinton. |
$150.00 |
NC875
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CSA #12a (AD) Milky Blue (4-Margin) tiled by the Wilson NC CDS 10 AUG. Commercially made lady's type cover with embossed flowers on the back flap. Addressed to Miss Dora B. Crenshaw, Cheraw, So. Ca. Part of top back flap missing but still a very clean cover. | $100.00 |
NC877
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Stampless
Soldier's Due
cover with the Weldon NC
CDS and arc DUE 10
handstamp Type E 5 DEC 1863. Coarse brown paper cover addressed to Miss
Marian Ellis, Clemmonsville PO, Davidson County NC. Endorsed at left "From W. H. Ellis of Co B 49th
Regt NC." Small part of back flap missing and just a
little light soiling, but still a very clean appearing cover. William H. Ellis enlisted as a private in Co D 15th NC Inf and was transferred to Co B 49th NC Inf on 1/9/1863. He was captured as a POW at Drewry's Bluff (Va) 5/16/1864 and confined first at Point Lookout, Md. He was transferred to the prison at Elmira NY 8/16/1864. He survived and was released 6/16/1865 after taking the Oath of Allegiance. |
$175.00 |
NC879
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CSA #1 Stone 2 Position 22
(very dry printing) (4-Margin with edge gum toning) affixed on the
reverse to seal the back flap and canceled with a full grid. The cover was
opened on the right, so the stamp was not damaged in opening. On the
face of the cover is a full strike of the Chapel Hill NC CDS
31 MAR 1862. Overall
College Cover University of North Carolina
Type NC-14a addressed to Mrs. C. V. Miller, Pendleton So Ca. The
original letter is with the cover written by a college student son to
his mother. The letter is four pages written on a Stars and Bars in full
color (10-Stars) patriotic lettersheet
Type F10-3. A typed transcript of the letter is included. Back flap
opening tears. Very clean cover and a very fine patriotic lettersheet.
This is the only combination I have ever encountered with a patriotic
lettersheet used in combination with an overall college cover. The writer of the letter is identified as University of North Carolina student Harry Miller (1845-1864), son of Henry C. and Caroline V. Miller. The family was a wealthy prominent planter family in South Carolina. Harry Miller is buried in Saint Paul's Episcopal Church Cemetery in Pendleton SC. A lengthy tombstone inscription says that he left the University of North Carolina in August 1862 to join the war. He enlisted as a private in Co A 3rd SC Infantry and was Killed-in-Action at the Battle of Cedar Creek (Va) 10/19/1864 during Early's Valley Campaign. |
$1,600.00 SOLD |
NC880
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Adversity use of a USA Star Die
envelope ( the Star Die paid no postage) stampless cover
with the small double circle
BLUE dateless Raleigh NC CDS and BLUE handstamp PAID
(no rate) Type B dated "Dec 17 1862" by period receiving docketing at
the left. From the Pettigrew Correspondence addressed to William
Pettigrew, Haywood, Chatham County NC. Minor back flap opening tear,
otherwise Very Fine. The addressee, William Shepard Pettigrew (1818-1881), was the brother of famed CSA General James Johnston Pettigrew who commanded a division during Pickett's Charge at Gettysburg and was killed a few days later during the retreat from Gettysburg. During the war, William S. Pettigrew operated the family's plantations in North Carolina and was later ordained an Episcopal minister in 1869. |
$375.00 |
NC882
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CSA #4a Dark Blue Stone 2
(not plated) (4-Margin with a small part of the adjacent stamp visible
at the top)
tied by the integral 5 PAID Wilmington NC CDS 8 JAN (1862). This is the
pre-war Wilmington 3 PAID integral postmark which was altered to "5
PAID" to reflect the Confederate rate. Orange paper cover addressed to
Hon Thomas D. McDowell, Elizabethtown, Bladen County NC. Minor wear but
otherwise Very Fine. Thomas David McDowell (1823-1898) was a prominent Bladen County planter and a legislator as he served in the pre-war North Carolina House of Representatives as well as the State Senate. He served in the Confederate Provisional Congress as a representative from North Carolina and was elected to the First Confederate Congress without opposition. He also served as both a pre-war and post-war Trustee of the University of North Carolina. |
$650.00 |
NC883
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CSA #68xu1 Stampless Raleigh NC PAID 5 Provisional in BLUE and RED 1 DEC (1861). Addressed to A. W. Harris & Bro, Oxford NC. Excellent full strikes of the BLUE Raleigh NC CDS and the RED PAID 5 control mark. Part of top back flap missing, otherwise Very Fine. | $450.00 |
NC884
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CSA #1 Stone 1 Position 15 (4-Margin) with a BLUE Grid cancel and the matching BLUE Raleigh NC small double circle CDS to the left 2- DEC 1861. Very faint manuscrupt "Due 5" to the left of the postmark indicating cover was overweight. Coarse brown paper cover addressed to Mr. E. G. Speight, Gad(d)ey(s)ville (Robeson County) No. Ca. | $200.00 |
NC885
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CSA #12 (AD) (4-Margin) tied by the Warrenton NC CDS 14 NOV. Coarse brown paper cover addressed to Mr. William H. Barnwell, Camden, Wilcox County, Ala. Top back flap missing, otherwise a very clean cover. | $125.00 |
NC886
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CSA #2 Paterson (close at the left lower corner) pen-canceled and matching manuscript to the left "Saxapahaw NC December 26 (1862)." Very obscure use from Alamance County. Addressed in legible pencil to Mr. Solomon Dixon or Benny Davidson, Snow Camp (Alamance County NC). Coarse paper folded business letter concerning an apparent replacement wheel of some sort. Some corner pieces missing from the letter but does not affect the text of the letter. Clean cover. | $350.00 |
NC888
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CSA #12 (KB) (4-Margin with a right sheet margin) tied by the RED Greensborough NC CDS (date not apparent). Red postmarks on KB stamps are fairly scarce. Because of the use of the KB stamp, the cover must date from late 1864 to early 1865. Orange paper cover addressed to Mrs. Mary C. Penn, Mayo Forge, Patrick Co., Va. Mayo Forge is a listed Patrick County, Va, post office in the Confederate period but no longer exists today. Back flap opening tear and a small reduction at the left not affcting anything. Very clean appearing cover. Ex-Randy Neil Exhibit. | $250.00 |
NC889
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CSA #11 (AD)
(4-Margin but stamp has very minor edge faults which do not affect its
overall appearance) tied by the Salisbury
NC CDS (date not fully apparent). The stamp is Unofficially Rouletted
along the bottom with clean intact either machine-cut or
razor-cut
roulettes. Unknown where these roulettes originated as Salisbury had a
large volume of mail come through, so the roulettes could have come
from almost anywhere. Light coarse paper cover addressed to Mr. J. B.
Fitzgerald, Hottsburg, Davidson Co NC. Part of backflap missing, but
cover is very clean and very attractive and represents a scarce example
of an unofficial rouletted stamp on cover. Ex-Wilson Hulme, Ex-Randy
Neil Exhibit. John Burgess "JB" Fitzgerald (1835-1911) entered service as the 3rd Lieut of Co B 57th NC Inf 7/4/1862. He is listed as hospitalized in Richmond in October 1862 with "icterus" (jaundice which is a sign / symptom of gall bladder and / or liver disease). No further information. I first acquired this cover in 2002 and submitted the cover to the CSA for certification. CSA Certificate #4196 was issued March 9, 2002, which stated GENUINE. I reacquired the cover in 2005, and the certificate was still with it. I again very recently reacquired the cover, but no mention or sign of the original certificate. The certificate appears to have been lost or misplaced some time after I sold the cover again in 2005. However, I do have an unofficial photocopy of the certificate which will be enclosed with the cover. |
$850.00 |
NC891
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CSA #12 (AD) (4-Margin)
tied by a partial strike of the Clinton
NC CDS 3 JUN (1863). Small but complete coarse brown paper
cover with Military
Address to Capt Jas. C. Holmes, 30th Regt NCT (North Carolina Troops),
Ramseur's Brigade, Rodes' Division, Richmond, Va. Very
clean cover. James C. Holmes (1826-1865), a merchant and farmer from Sampson County NC, entered service as 2nd Lieut of Co A 30th NC Inf 8/18/1861, promoted Capt 8/3/1861, and Major 9/3/1863. In 1864, he developed paralysis on his left side and other debilitating problems (from the description it sounds like he had a stroke - JLK) and was retired to the Veteran Reserve Corps 8/19/1864. He died in Oct 1865 from his debilitated condition. |
$150.00 |
NC892
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CSA #12 (AD)
(4-Margin) tied by a Grid Cancel and the matching Chapel Hill NC CDS
3 SEP (1864) to the left. Coarse brown paper cover with full Military
Address to Lt Col A. C. McAlister Cmdg 46th Reg NCT (North Carolina
Troops), Cooke's Brigade, Heths Division, A. P. Hills Corp, Army of
Northern Virginia. Routing instruction at the left "mail direct via Greensboro."
Very Fine. Alexander Cary McAlister (1838-1916), an 1858 graduate of the University of North Carolina, entered service as a Sergt in Co K 18th NC Inf 4/26/1861. He was commissioned Lieut 8/12/1861 and transferred to Co I 22nd NC Inf. He was promoted Capt 3/1/1862 and transferrred to Co F 46th NC Inf, promoted Major 3/21/1863, and promoted Lt Col 1/1/1864. After the war, he lived as a merchant in Burlington and Asheboro NC and served for a time in the North Carolina legislature. |
$200.00 |
NC894
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CSA #12c Greenish-Blue (margin a little tight at the right) tied by the Oaks NC CDS with an AUG date, Coarse brown paper cover addressed to Gen Saml Patterson, Patterson NC. The addresse, Samuel Finley Patterson (1799-1874) was a very prominent North Carolina businessman and politician. The title of "General" was honorary. Minor reduction at the right where opened, otherwise Very Fine. | $125.00 |
NC895
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CSA #11 (AD)
(4-Margin) cancelled by a very light strike of the RED Raleigh NC small
double circle CDS with a second stronger strike of the same CDS to the
left with a JAN date. The red Raleigh postmark is not commonly seen.
Light coarse brown paper cover address to Jno U. Kirkland Esq,
Hillsboro NC. Very clean cover. Wx-Gordon Bleuler Collection. John Umstead Kirkland (1802-1879), a prominent North Carolina merchant, was the father of CSA Brig Gen William Whedbee Kirkland (1833-1915). Gen Kirkland was first Colonel of the 11th NC Inf before his promotion as Brig Gen in August 1863. He served with distinction and was wounded multiple times. However, the address is not in the General's hand. Another son, Capt John Umstead Kirkland Jr (1837-1914) served as the Adjutant of the 5th NC Inf. |
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CSA #11 (AD) (4-Margin) tied by the manuscript postal marking "Hillsboro NC Jan 19th / 64." Small but complete coarse brown paper cover addressed to Mr. C. G. Griswold, Richmond, Va. The addressee was a Richmond attorney. Very clean cover. | $100.00 |
NC897
  | Turned Wallpaper Adversity Cover with a marroon, tan, and brown colorful geometric pattern Very
Fine. Turned wallpaper covers with postal use on
the wallpaper side are extremely scarce. 1st Use - (wallpaper folded to the inside) - Stampless with the Mount Mourne NC CDS and handstamp PAID 10 Type B 31 MAR (1863). Military address to Mr. John R. Washam, Giuney (sic) Station, Va., Co K 23 Regt NCT (North Carolina Troops) in care of Col Christy (sic), Iverson Brigade, D H(ill) Division. 2nd Use - (wallpaper folded to the outside) - CSA #7 Horz Pair Dark Blue (margin irregular at the bottom) tied by the Guineys, Va CDS with an APR (1863) date. Addressed to Mrs. Mary P. Thompson, Dry Pond NC. John R. Washam (1831-1904) enlisted as a private in Co K 23rd NC Inf 6/22/1861. He is listed as captured as a POW at South Mountain (Md) 9/14/1862 and confined at Fort Delaware and Aikens Landing until paroled and exchanged in November 1862. He is listed as wounded and captured a second time as a POW at Frederick (Md) 7/9/1864. He was confined at Fort McHenry and Point Lookout until exchanged in March 1865. After the war, he lived as a farmer in Mecklenburg County NC. Daniel Harvey Christie (1833-1863) was first Major 7/12/1861 and then Colonel of the 23rd NC Inf 4/16/62. He is listed as wounded at Seven Pines and Gaines Mill (Seven Days May - June 1862) and Mortally Wounded in Action at Gettysburg 7/1/1863 dying of his wounds 7/17/1863 at Winchester, Va where he is buried. | $2,000.00 |
NC899
 | Turned Cover -- First Use: CSA #2e Light Milky Blue Paterson Stone Y (4-Margin and a Very Fine stamp) tied by two strikes of the BLUE Danville, Va CDS 12 SEP (1862). Addressed to Mrs. Mary M. McClain, Alexander County NC, Yorks Collegiate Institute. Second Use: CSA #7 Horz Pair (4-Margin with the right stamp showing a filled-in frame variety on the right CC 7-R-v2) Grid Cancel (not tied) and manuscript postal markings at the upper left "York Institute NC 17th July (1863)." Adressed
to the Sherriff (sic) of Meclenburge (Meckleburg) County, Charlotte NC.
The cover has been folded out for display but has been cut to display
the second use (York Institute) on the outside with the Stone Y stamp
from the first use flapped up from the lower left. Edge wear. Ex-Maurice Bursey Collection. York Collegiate Institute was a school in Alexander County NC founded by Brantley York in 1856 who founded a number of schools one of which became Duke University. York Collegiate Institute lasted into the early 1900's changing its name to York Institute and had its own listed post office with the post office active 1856-1908. Wartime CSA covers from this school post office are very scarce. This cover could arguably be considered as a College Cover because of the school post office manuscript postal markings. | $1,000.00 |
NC900
 | CSA #7 Horz Pair (margin just in at the top) tied by the RED Greensborough NC CDS 22 JAN. Yellow paper cover addressed to M. Richwine Esq, Salisbury NC. Advertising Cover with a fancy printed Corner Card "Scott & Scott, Attorneys at Law, Greensboro, N.C." Minor corner repair upper left not affecting the advertising which does not detract from an otherwise Very fine appearance. | $300.00 |
NC902
 | CSA #7 Horz Pair (margin a little tight on the right) tied by the BLUE Hillsboro NC CDS 6 APR. Orange paper cover with Military Address to Surgeon Wm Alex Thom, C. S. Army, Banner Hospital, Richmond, Va. Very Fine. William Alexander Thom (1820-1899) received his MD degree from the Medcal College of Virginia in 1841. Before the war, he practiced medicine in Northampton County. He entered service as Acting Assistant Surgeon of the 39th Va Inf at Camp Huger (Va) 6/23/1861 and was appointed Surgeon 11/25/1861 and transferred to Richmond. He spent the rest of the war at various hospitals and various duties in Richmond as Surgeon-in-Charge and served for a time as the Head of the Medical Examining Board. Banner Hospital in the address (also known as General Hospital No 12) was in a tobacco warehouse at 19th and Franklin Streets and also served Libby Prison. Dr Thom was captured near the end of the war on 4/3/1865 while working in a hospital in Richmond and paroled 4/16/1865. After the war, he went back to Northampton County and continued to practice medicine. | $200.00 |
NC903
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(margin touches at the bottom) tied by a North Carolina postmark not
otherwise identified 2- FEB (1862). Coarse brown paper cover adressed
to Col Alex McMillan, Dundarrach P. Office, Robeson County NC. Period
military docketing at the left "Daniel McMillan 38 Reg N.C.V. (North Carolina Volunteers)." Very Fine. There is no Col Alexander McMillan listed in the Confederate Army. The addresse is also not found on the Federal Census of 1860. The addressee was apparently a planter in the Dundarrach area, and the title of "Col" was honorary. The docketing indicates the cover was very likely from a son. There are two different soldiers named Daniel McMillan that mustered into Co K 38th NC Inf on the same day 1/30/1862. One was 21 and the other 22. Both from Robeson County and undoubtedly related (perhaps cousins). One Died of Disease in 1864, the other survived the war. Could benefit from further indepth research into the family. A short history of the regiment is included with the cover. | $250.00 |
NC904  | Stampless College Postmarked Cover with the small single rim Trinity College NC CDS and handstamp PAID 5(ms) Type A 5(ms) 28 AUG (1861). Trinity College would later become Duke University. Addressed to Miss Nancy A. Morrie, Albemarle NC. Short notation on the front of the cover apparently written by the addressee Nancy A. Morrie Dear Sir I now take my pen in hand to inform you that I am well. Small but complete and very clean cover with a little edge staining at the top right and a little minor edge wear at bottom center. Ex Kohn, Ex Richard Hall College Cover Collection. | $500.00 |
NC905  | CSA
#1 Stone 2 (not plated) (margin irregular at the left) tied by the
Davidson College NC CDS 30 JAN (1862). Overall Advertising College
Cover in pink showing the college building (CC NC-06a). This cover was
used as the illustration in the CSA catalog for the Davidson College
pink ocerall cover. Addressed to Mr. Robert Mable, Marrietta, Ga. There
is some staining and missing color at the lower left the cause of which
is unsure. There is no evidence that the cover has been repaired, so
this may be the result of the actual printing of the cover design
itself. The cover is reduced a little at the left where opened and
is still very presentable. This is a scarce overall college cover
design. Davidson College, established in 1837, still exists today as a prominent smaller liberal arts college (about 2,000 students) in Davidson, North Carolina. The addressee, Robert Mable (1803-1885), was a wealthy planter and landowner in Cobb County, Georgia. He had a number of children one of whom may have attended Davidson College at this time. | $500.00 |
NC906  | A
remarkable group of three overall University of North Carolina (Chapel
Hill) College Covers from the Hedrick Correspondence illustrating three
different postal uses -- 1) Civilian Through-the-Lines, 2) Blockade between the CSA and the USA, 3) Immediate post-war USA use. Benjamin
Sherwood Hedrick (1827-1886) was born in Davidson County NC. He was
very highly educated at Harvard College and the University of North
Carolina. In 1854, he accepted a position as Professor and Chair of the
Department of Analytical and Agricultual Chemistry at the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In 1856, he left UNC (it is largely
believed he was driven out because of his political views as he was a
Republican and was publicly anti-slavery) and went North to New York
where he obtained unsatisfactory work. He made his way to Washington DC
in 1861 and obtained a position at the US Patent Office where he
remained for the rest of his life achieving the position as Chief
Examiner of the Chemical Department. In 1852, he married Mary Ellen
Thompson also from a North Carolina family. Both the Hedrick and the
Thompson families were large and were divided as most family members
remained in North Carolina and supported the Confederacy. That is a
short summary. A very detailed article titled Benjamin Sherwood Hedrick: The Man behind the Covers
was written by the late Maurice Bursey who was a noted North Carolina
Postal Historian and a Professor of Chemistry at the University of
North Carolina. His article was published in the Summer 2008 issue of
the North Carolina Postal History Society Postal Historian
journal. Professor Bursey had access to all the Hedrick papers archived
at UNC and other manuscripts at Duke University. A copy of Professor
Bursey's article is included with the covers. 1) USA #65 with a quartered "X" cork cancel and the Old Point Comfort, Va., double ring Union postmark dated 15 DEC (1863 noted on the reverse). Overall yellow University of North Carolina Advertising College Cover (CC NC-14a). Addressed to Mrs. B. S. Hedrick, Washington City D. C. with period "by flag of Truce" notation at the lower left. The sender of this cover is not identified but would have been a family member in Chapel Hill NC as the routing notation indicates that this was an inside envelope with the Union postage affixed of a Civilian Through-the-Lines cover transferred through Union Old Point Comfort, Va., where the outer envelope was discarded. Professor Hedrick would have had easy access to Union stamps and undoubtedly sent Union stamps to his family in North Carolina to maintain the correspondence. 2) USA #65 with a segmented cork cancel and the New-York (City) double ring CDS 11 JUL (1864 noted on the reverse). Overall pink University of North Carolina Advertising College Cover (CC NC-14a). Addressed to Prof B. S. Hedrick, Washington City, District of Columbia, United States. Professor Bursey has identifed the handwriting on this cover as that of Mrs. Eliza Thompson, the step-mother of Professor Hedrick's wife, Mary Ellen (Thompson) Hedrick. Eliza Thompson lived in Chapel Hill which would be the most likely origin of the cover. The use of "United States" in the address and the fact that the cover was routed through New York City strongly suggests that this is a Blockade Cover most likely through Wilmington NC with the Union postage already affixed. 3) USA #65 tied by the New Berne NC double ring CDS dated 30 JUL (1865 noted on the reverse). Overall gray University of North Carolina Advertising College Cover (CC NC-14a). Addressed to Prof B. S. Hedrick, Washington City, District of Columbia, U.S. This cover is in the same handwriting as the Blockade Cover and is from Mrs. Eliza Thompson. The "1865" on the reverse indicates that this cover is very soon after the end of the war and went through the regular USA mail service as New Berne NC was under Union occupation since early 1862 and had a well established Union post office. Except for just a few minor back flap opening tears on two covers, all three covers are Very Fine. These covers belong together and will only be sold as a group of three covers. They will not be sold individually. | $4,000.00 Three Overall UNC College Covers |
NC907  | CSA #7 Horz Pair (4-Margin) tied by the Milton NC
CDS date not completely apparent. Yellow paper cover addressed to Mrs
V. A. Knox, Fredericksburg, Va. "Fredericksburg Va" in the address
appears to have been strengthened but looks like it could be period
because the original address writing was too light. Commercially made
envelope with flowers on the back flap and embossing from a Liverpool,
England, stationer under the top flap. Very clean cover. Virginia Ann Knox (1814-1886) and her husband Thomas Fitzhugh Knox (1807-1890) of Fredericksburg had 4 sons in the Confederate Army all of whom served in the 30th Va Inf. One additional son, Douglas Hamilton Knox (1847-1914) was a cadet at VMI who graduated in 1868. The 30th Va Inf was part of Picket's Division in the ANV but spent time on detached duty in North Carolina. One of the sons in the unit could easily have sent this cover home to his mother. Alexander Bell Knox (1845-1868) did not enlist until April 1864, so he is not the sender. One of the remaining 3 sons most likely was the sender of this cover - Lieut Robert Taylor Knox (1837-1918), Capt James Souter Knox (1842-1909), Lieut Samuel Gordon Knox (1843-1910). | $125.00 |
NC908  | CSA #4 Stone 2 (not plated) (4-Margin with a prominent random stone scratch at the top) pen cancelled and the small single rim BLUE Lenoir NC CDS to the left 27 MAY (1862). Adversity use of a 3c Nesbitt Postal Stationery envelope with the stamp affixed over the embossing. Addressed
to Genl W. F. Jones, Columbus, Polk Co., NC. Routing instruction at the
lower left "Via Columbia & Spartanburg." Very tiny edge repair at
left center and extremely light minor water staining but still an
exceptionally clean appearing cover. Ex-Weiss, Ex-Tate. General William Franklin Jones (1807-1864) of Lenoir NC was a North Carolina legislator. The title of "General" was apparently honorary as it had nothing to do with the Confederate Army or with a pre-war military rank. | $400.00 |
NC909  | Stampless PAID cover with the usual partial strike of the Carolina City NC integral 5 Paid
CDS with a NOV (1861) date. Coarse brown paper cover addressed to Miss
F. M. Blair, Deals Mills, Caldwell County NC. Just a little minor light
edge soiling and a small reduction at the left where opened. Still a
clean appearing cover. Carolina City established in 1855 was captured and occupied by the Federals in March 1862. The war devastated the small town and left it in ruins. Carolina City no longer exists as the area where the town once stood is now incorporated into Morehead City. The only things left from Carolina City are the somewhat few currently recorded early Civil War covers. | $200.00 |
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CSA #9 (T-E-N) (4-Margin but close at left and with a very light horz pre-affixing crease and a little edge gum toning but still a very pretty stamp) tied by the Mars Bluff SC CDS 8 JUN 1863. Coarse paper probably homemade cover addressed to L. W. T. Wickham Esq, Richmond, Va. The original letter remains with the cover (lengthy business letter). Minor backflap opening tears but otherwise a Very Fine appearance. An unusual town of usage for this stamp. CSA Certificate 2000. |
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CSA #4 Stone 2 Horz Pair Positions 41-42 (margins close to touching) tied by the small single rim Florence SC CDS (date not fully apparent). Very small ladies cover from the well-known Middleton Correspondence addressed to Miss Marion L. Middleton, Summerville, So. Ca. Small part of backflap missing otherwise Very Fine. |
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Handstamp PAID 10(ms) with the Society Hill SC CDS Dietz Type I 10(ms). Cover is from Major Vander Horst to his wife Mrs. Vander Horst, Wilmington NC. Arnoldus Vander Horst (1835-1881) was a staff officer who served on the staffs of various generals including Bee, Whiting, and Bragg. Cover has just a little light foxing but is otherwise Very Fine. |
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USA Star Die Charleston SC 25 FEB 1861 USA Used in CSA South Carolina. Addressed to Mrs. Jno C. McClenaghan, Marion CH SC. Capt John C. McClenaghan is mentioned once in the Official Records cited for bravery at First Manassas while serving as the regimental Quartermaster for the 8th SC Inf. This cover predates the formation of the 8th SC Inf by about two months. Minor backflap opening tear, otherwise Very Fine. | $200.00 |
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USA Star Die Charleston SC 3 MAY 1861 USA Used in CSA South Carolina. Addressed to Mr. P(aul) F(rancis) Villepigue, Camden SC. The addressee was the father of CSA Brig-Gen John B. Villepigue (1830-1862), but the address is not in the General’s hand. Gen Villepigue, a West Point graduate, was the Colonel of the 36th Ga Inf prior to his promotion to Brig-Gen in early 1862. He was severely wounded in the defense of Fort McRee in Pensacola and had distinguished service while in command at Fort Pillow and while commanding a brigade at Corinth. Gen Villepigue fell victim to a fever and Died of Disease at Port Hudson, La 11/9/1862. Minor light horizontal crease, otherwise Very Fine. | $200.00 |
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Handstamp PAID 10 with two strikes of the large single rim Charleston SC CDS Dietz Type IV 7 NOV. Adversity Cover made from a printed legal court document dated 1854. Addressed to Hon Edward Frost, Pendleton SC. The addressee was a well known Charleston attorney and judge who was also a railroad investor and President of the Blue Ridge Railroad. Judge Frost was involved in politics both during and after the war. Minor paper clip stain at top center from filing, otherwise Very Fine and displayed with the lower right corner flapped up. | $250.00 |
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CSA #11 (AD) (4-Margin with a light crease) tied by the pre-war Charleston SC smaller single rim postmark with a SEP date. This Charleston postmark was only very occasionally used in the Confederate period. The postmarks more commonly used were the small double circle or the large single rim with yeardate and missing digit. This pre-war mark differs from the other more commonly used CSA single rim device in that it is somewhat smaller than the CSA mark, has a different style of lettering, and has no yeardate within the postmark. Only about 40 covers are recorded where this pre-war Charleston postmark was used from mid-1862 to mid-1864. Yellow paper cover addressed to Mr. W. J. Gerald, Camden SC. Cover with just a little overall foxing and a light edge stain at top center. Still a very good example of this not commonly seen Charleston postmark. | $300.00 |
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Soldiers (Due) 10 handstamp Type D with the small double circle Charleston SC CDS 26 JUN 1864. Adversity Cover made from a printed Maritime Insurance Form. Addressed to Mr. J. A. Young, Camden SC. Endorsed at upper left “G. G. Young 2nd SC Cav.” The sender, George Graham Young (1823-1897), was the brother of the addressee, John Andrew Young (1808-1882). Very Fine. | $350.00 |
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CSA #4 Stone 2 (not plated) (margins just a little tight) tied by the BLUE Columbia SC CDS with a JUN 1862 date. Military Address to Capt Thomas Nesbitt, Newton Baker County, Georgia. The is a red bordered front and back high quality personalized ladies stantionery sent by Miss. Ruth L. Nesbitt to her father. Her initials “RLN” are embossed on the backflap as a fancy monogram. This type of high quality ladies cover is a significant rarity in the Confederacy. Captain Thomas Nesbitt was in Georgia state service. At the time of this cover, he was serving in the 9th Regt Georgia State Troops and was later in 1864 Major of the 1st Ga Infantry Militia unit. Very Fine Ex-Monroe Collection. | $600.00 |
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Handstamp PAID 10 with the smaller 29mm single rim Charleston SC CDS Type IV 19 FEB. This particular Charleston postmark is a pre war mark and is seen used in the Confederate period only very rarely. The standard single rim Charleston postmark used in the Confederate period is 32mm. Addressed to A. F. O’Bryan Esq, Walterborough, So. Carolina. Adversity cover made from a printed but unused legal form displayed flapped down from the top. Very clean cover with a little minor light foxing and a small amount of edge wear. | $300.00 |
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CSA #11 (AD) (4-Margin) tied by the large single rim Charleston SC CDS 28 JUN. Stamp affixed on the reverse to seal the backflap but not damaged in opening. Adversity Cover made from what appears to be an unused lined Ledger Sheet. Addressed to Mrs. Jas C. Furman Care of Rev Jas Furman DD, Greenville SC. Rev James C. Furman (1809-1891) was the son of the namesake of Furman University and for many years served as President of the University. Very clean cover. | $150.00 |
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“Green Pond SC Dec 26 Paid 10” all in manuscript. Addressed to Mr. E. B. Heyward, Gadsden PO SC. Adversity Cover made from a printed page which appears to reference a hanging. Displays very well flapped over from the left. Very Fine Ex- Kohn. | $350.00 |
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CSA #11c (AD) (4-Margin Greenish-Blue with minor sealed edge fault at top center) tied by the smaller 29mm single rim Charleston SC CDS 2 JUN. This particular Charleston postmark is a pre war mark and is seen used in the Confederate period only very rarely. The standard single rim Charleston postmark used in the Confederate period is 32mm. Adversity Cover made from a blue printed but unused shipping form showing a small steamboat design. Addressed to Miss Lizzie Shuler Care of Mr. Owen Shuler, Vance’s Ferry So. Ca. Very Fine adversity cover with the scarce Charleston smaller single rim postmark. | $500.00 |
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CSA #12 AD (4-Margin) tied by a partial strike of the Laurens CH SC CDS (date not fully apparent). Addressed to Doct M. E. Carrer(e), Charleston So Ca. Adversity Cover made from a printed but unused State of South Carolina Tax Court Document displayed folded over from the top. Maynard Edward Carrere (1813-1879), a native of Charleston, obtained his medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1837. During the war, he served as a volunteer surgeon at the Confederate Hospital in Charleston. Very Fine Adversity Cover. | $300.00 |
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Turned Cover -- First Use (inside) Handcarried outside the Postal System undated to Dr. M. E. Carrere, Charleston SC. Receiving docketing at the top “From My Mother.” Maynard Edward Carrere (1813-1879), a Charleston native and a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania Medical School, was a prominent physician and surgeon in Charleston. During the war, he was a volunteer surgeon at the Charleston Hospital. Second Use (outside) CSA #12 (KB) (4-Margin) tied by the BLUE Columbia SC CDS (the date is weak but appears to be in MAR 1865) addressed to Mr. Solomon Legare, a relative of Dr. Carrere’s first wife Mary WilkinsonLegare (d1855). Very clean cover and complete. | $200.00 |
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CSA #4 Stone 2 Position 26 (margin touches at bottom) tied by the RED small double circle Camden SC CDS 28 MAY (1862). Full Military Address to Mr. Paul Romare, 6th Regt South Carolina Volunteers (6th SC Inf), Gen Anderson’s Brigade, Richmond, Virginia. A short biography of the addessee is included with the cover. PF Certificate 2012 but the certificate does not address the stone or the plating. Very Fine Cover. | $450.00 |
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CSA #11 (AD) (margin just a little irregular at the right but covered by the postmark) tied by the large single rim Charleston SC CDS 17 DEC. Adversity Cover made from a printed legal document from 1854. Addressed to Mr. A. M. Mason, Pinkneysville PO Gwinett County, Georgia. Alexander M. Mason (1839-1880) of Gwinnett County, Georgia enlisted in Co K 36th Ga Inf (a Western Theater unit) 5/13/1862. He is listed as hospitalized at Atlanta 9/1/1863 (reason not given but presumably for disease as there is no record of his ever being wounded and no further record). Very Fine Adversity Cover. | $300.00 |
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CSA #7 Vert Pair affixed sideways (margin close on left and minor faults) tied by a partial strike of the large single rim Charleston SC CDS 3 APR (1863). Adversity Cover made from a very coarse brown paper which appears to be an unused printed and lined account ledger sheet. Addressed to Mrs. W. D. Russell, Augusta, Georgia. The addressee’s husband was Whiteford Doughty Russell and is most likely the sender of the cover. Whiteford D. Russell of Richmond County, Georgia (1839-1864) entered service as a Lieut in Co I 1st Ga Inf 3/18/1861 for one year and then mustered out 3/18/1862 and transferred to the 21st Ga Cav Battalion as Capt of Co A 5/8/1862. On 2/13/1864 he transferred again to Co A 7th Ga Cav where he was promoted Major. He was mortally wounded in action at Trevilian’s Depot (Va) 6/11/1864 and died of his wounds three days later. Cover must date from April 1863 when Capt Russell was in Charleston with his then unit the 21st Ga Cav Battalion. Clean cover. | $200.00 |
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CSA #4 Vert Pair Stone 2 Positions 18, 28 (margin just in at top right) tied by the Greenville CH SC CDS with a JUL 1862 date. Addressed to Miss Rosa M. Pringle, Society Hill Darlington District, So. Ca. Sealed backflap opening tears, but otherwise a very clean cover. | $350.00 |
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CSA #12c (AD) (4-Margin with a small upper sheet margin Greenish-Blue) tied by an excellent full strike of the VIOLET Pendleton SC CDS 26 FEB. Small but complete cover addressed to miss Margaret Martin, Camden, So. Ca. File fold at the far left not affecting anything otherwise Very Fine. | $350.00 |
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CSA #16x1 Charleston SC 5c Blue Provisional (margin just touches major border at top and with a right sheet margin, full outer frames top and bottom with double outer frame at bottom and part of adjacent stamp visible at bottom, almost full outer frame at left) tied by the large single rim Charleston SC CDS 7 OCT 1861. Orange paper cover addressed to Mr. W. R. Johnson, Petersburg, Va CSA. Cover with a minor reduction at the top and an unobtrusive very well done corner repair at the upper left. From the Col Green Collection and Ex-Calhoun. Signed“Dietz” on the reverse.Very Fine overall appearance. | $2,000.00 |
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CSA #16x1 Charleston SC 5c Blue Provisional (margin touches main border at left, full outer frames right and bottom with a double frame right and a pre-affixing corner crease at the lower right) tied by the small double circle Charleston SC CDS 25 SEP 1861. Orange paper cover addressed to Mr. J. E. Hagood, Pickens CH SC. James E. Hagood was the clerk of the circuit court at Pickens CH and his business correspondence is extensive. Very clean cover with a Very Fine overall appearance. | $1,000.00 |
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CSA #16x1 Charleston SC 5c Blue Provisional (4-Margin, full outer double frame at top and part frames on the other three sides) tied by the small double circle Charleston SC CDS 6 NOV 1861. Orange paper cover addressed to Mrs. T. A. Norton, Cross Hill, Laurens District, So. Car. The cover has been professionally restored to a Very Fine appearance. The restoration does not involve the stamp, the postmark, or the address. Ex-Colson, Ex-Calhoun. | $850.00 |
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USA #26 with a Grid cancel and the large single rim Charleston SC “15” CDS 14 MAR 1861 USA Used in CSA South Carolina. The Charleston postmark with the internal “15” is a pre-war mark used 1857-1860. At the present time, there are only two recorded examples of this Charleston postmark used in the Confederate period. The second is dated 25 MAR 1861 on a Trans-Atlantic cover to France offered as SC928. Addressed to W. Edw Dick Esq, Sumter So. Ca. Period docketing at left concerns the original contents “receipt for interest due on bond...” Clean cover with backflap opening tears and a small sealed edge tear top center at the top of the CDS. Ex-Calhoun. | $550.00 |
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Handstamp PAID 5 with the small double circle Charleston SC CDS 16 JUL 1861 Type E addressed to Rev J. A. Kennedy, Micanopy, Florida. Advertising Cover with an embossed oval colorless corner card at upper left “Hanckel & Norvell, Factors & Commission Merchants, Charleston SC.” The envelope is high quality stationery with a fancy embossed shield in the middle of the backflap. Small piece missing from the backflap, trivial tiny edge tear top center, and a little overall very light foxing. Very Fine advertising cover to an uncommon destination. | $500.00 |
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Handstamp PAID 5 with the small double circle Charleston SC CDS 7 DEC 1861 Type E. Blue paper adversity cover made from lightly lined graph paper. Addressed to (cannot accurately read the first name) Care Major E. P. Smith at Smiths Run, Glenn Springs PO, Spartanburg Dist., So. Ca. The “Major” title was not associated with the Confederate Army. Minor sealed backflap opening tears and an unobtrusive upper left corner repair, otherwise a Very Fine appearance. | $200.00 |
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USA Star Die Grid cancel with the matching Georgetown SC CDS 4 APR 1861 (full yeardate in the CDS) USA Used in CSA South Carolina. Addressed to Mr. Henry Davis, Lynches Creek, So. Ca. Period notation at the top “Saupe No 4 2 Stamps” of unknown significance. Backflap opening tears, otherwise Very Fine appearance. | $225.00 |
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CSA #2 Paterson Stone Y Horz Pair (adequate margins and a small clip to the upper right corner) tied by the Blue Columbia SC CDS 13 MAR (1863 by period docketing on the reverse). Military Address to Major General M. Lovell, Confederate House, Jackson, Miss. Gen Mansfield Lovell (1822-1886) was in command at New Orleans when the city fell to the Union in April 1862 and was blamed for the loss of the city. He commanded an Infantry Division at Corinth and Coffeeville later in 1862 but after Coffeeville was relieved of command and never given any further assignments during the war. A short biography of the general is included. The Stone Y stamp itself is extremely scarce as a multiple. Scott does not catalog a pair on cover. The new CSA Catalog lists a pair on cover at $2,500.00. The cover is very clean with only a little minor edge foxing and part of backflap missing. Still an overall Very Fine appearing cover with a very scarce pair of stamps. | $2,000.00 |
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CSA #1 Stone 1 (not plated) (4-Margin but close at the top and with a bottom sheet margin) tied by a partial strike of the RED Camden SC small double circle CDS 5 APR (1862). Small but complete cover addressed to Mrs. S. B. Manning, Manchester Depot, Sumter Dist, So. Ca. The addressee, Sally Bland Manning, was the wife of former South Carolina Governor John Lawrence Manning (1816-1889) who held office 1852-1854 and was the owner of the Milford plantation. The sender of this cover is not identified. Very Fine. Ex-Kohn, Ex-Finney. | $300.00 |
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CSA #16xu1 Charleston SC 5c Blue Provisional Entire 26 AUG 1861. Addressed to Capt Allen J. Green, Columbia, So. Ca. Light period wax stain in the adress. Still a very Fine cover. | $1,800.00 |
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CSA #16x1 Charleston 5c Blue Provisional (margin a little irregular at the left) tied by the Charleston SC CDS 18 OCT 1861. Orange paper cover addressed to John Snead Esq, Lynchburg, Va. “DUE 5” handstamp applied for underpayment. The “DUE 5” mark is a Lynchburg, Va mark (Type H) applied on arrival. Most likely the cover was overweight as Lynchburg is less than 500 road miles from Charleston. Cover with some edge faults and a corner fault at the lower left and staining more apparent on the back. The cover is still very presentable and shows a scarce underpaid use of the Charleston provisional stamp. | $850.00 |
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CSA #16xu3 Charleston 5c Blue Provisional Orange Press Printed Envelope with a full strike of the Charleston SC CDS 5 SEP 1861. Addressed to J. A. Kirkpatrick, Greenville SC. Light staining at the lower left. Minor reduction at the left not affecting anything, Still a very presentable cover. | $900.00 |
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CSA #16xu4 Charleston SC 5c Blue Provissional Buff Press Printed Envelope with the Charleston SC CDS 16 AUG 1861, Addressed to Doctr J. A. Barksdale, Laurens, So. Ca. The cover has been professionally restored (top and left edges and two backflaps replaced) to an extremely fineappearance. Ex-Kohn. | $1,600.00 |
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CSA #12 (AD) (margin close at the top) Pen-Cancelled with matching manuscript “Allendale S.C. May 7.” Obscure use from Barnwell District. Coarse brown paper cover addressed to Rev G. W. Hicks, Richmond, Va. Backflap opening tears, otherwise Very Fine. Ex-Kohn. | $150.00 |
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CSA #11 (AD) (4-Margin) tied by the RED Chester CH SC CDS 14 AUG. Blue paper Adversity Cover made from a printed unused court document. Addressed to R. G. Lewis Esqr, Raleigh, North Carolina. Top backflap cut and folded for display, and the top fold reinforced by archival tape. Very Fine appearance. | $250.00 |
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CSA #16xu4 Press Printed 5c Blue Charleston Provisional Postal Stationery on buff paper with the large single rim Charleston SC CDS 20 AUG 1861 (4 days after the earliest recorded use). Addressed to Doct J. A. Barksdale, Laurens SC. Small part of backflap missing, otherwise Very Fine. | $2,000.00 |
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CSA #18xu8 Columbia PAID 5 Provisional all in BLUE with a clear strike of the blue oval control mark on the reverse and the Columbia SC CDS dated 24 JUL (1861). Addressed to Dr. Jno S. Palmer, Echaw PO, So. Ca. Advertising Cover with a colorless embossed oval corner card at the upper left for a Columbia cotton dealer. Cover has been professionally restored with the restoration involving the top backflap and the top edge but not invovling the postal markings or the advertising. The restoration gives the cover an extremely fine appearance. | $700.00 |
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Handstamp PAID (no rate) with the Anderson CH SC CDS 23 AUG. Orange paper cover addressed to Mrs. Nancy Hardin, Monticello, Ga. Minor backflap opening tear and a little corner wear, otherwise a very clean cover. | $100.00 |
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CSA #28xu1 Georgetown SC PAID 5 Provisional 21 DEC 1861 with a light strike of the Georgetown control mark on the reverse. Cover from the well-known Middleton Correspondence addressed to Miss Maria L. Middleton, Summerville, South Carolina. Cover is complete with minor light foxing. | $1,600.00 |
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CSA #11 (AD) (4-Margin with a broken frame at the top) tied by the small double circle Charleston SC CDS 6 MAY 1864. Advertising Cover with the stamp is affixed over a dark blue oval cameo advertising corner card (upper left) for “Williams, Birnie & Co. General Commission Merchants, Hayne, Anson and Church Sts Charleston SC.” Addressed to William T. Birnie Esq., Greenville SC. The fact that the stamp is affixed over the advertising may indicate that the company was no longer in business. Very Fine Advertising Cover. | $550.00 |
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CSA #2 Paterson Stone Y (4-Margin with a little minor edge gum toning) tied by a partial strike of the Greenville CH SC CDS (date not apparent). Addressed to Mrs. R. B. Watson, Ridge PO SC with routing via Columbia. A little edge and corner wear with a sealed edge tear at the upper left and a sealed backflap opening tear. Very clean appearance and a nice Stone Y stamp. | $250.00 |
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CSA #1 Stone 1 (not plated) (4-Margin but close at the top) tied by the large single rim Charleston SC CDS 21 JAN 1862. Addressed to Messers J. H. & S. P. Gant Attys, Cleveland, Tenn. Very Fine. | $250.00 |
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USA #26 Grid Cancel with the matching large single rim Charleston SC CDS 7 APR 1861 (full yeardate in the CDS) USA Used in CSA South Carolina. Addressed to Thos Webb Esqr, Cashier, Hillsboro NC. Advertising Cover with handstamped oval shield for the Bank of Charleston in the center of the top backflap. Reduced at left not affecting anything. | $250.00 |
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CSA #4 Two Singles (left stamp is Stone 2 Position 29 with margin touching at the bottom) (right stamp is Stone 2 Position 13 with four margins) tied together and to the cover by the BLUE Columbia SC CDS 21 APR (1862) (double weight rate). Addressed to Mrs. Julia Coles, Charlottesville, Virginia.Very attractive cover. | $400.00 |
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CSA #18xu1 Columbia SC PAID 5 Provisional all in BLUE 28 NOV 1861. Coarse brown paper cover addressed to Revd James P. Boyce Greenville SC. James Petigru Boyce (1827-1888) was a prominent Southern Baptist pastor and a founder of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Greenville SC which opened in 1859. Missing backflap with just a little light soiling and very decent strikes of the postal markings. Ex-Hart. | $600.00 |
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CSA #123xu1 Barnwell Court House SC PAID 5 Provisional (undated). Addressed to Rev Iverson L. Brookes, Hamburg, So. Ca. This cover is one of two recorded on Page 389 of the Crown Survey. Since, the survey was published , perhaps 3 or 4 more have been documented. All of the known Barnwell Court House provisional covers are addressed and have only the provisional marks and no postmark. Cover has some edge wear and edge staining but is still very presentable and scarce. CSA Certificate 1990. | $2,000.00 |
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CSA 18xu1 Columbia SC PAID 5 Provisional all in BLUE 6 NOV (1861). Lavender colored small commercially made Ladies Cover addressed to Mrs. T. P. Mikell, Col F. J. Moses, Sumter SC. The addressee was Rebecca R. Mikell, wife of Thomas P. Mikell (a local planter who served as a 2nd Lt in Co K 1st SC Inf). She apparently was staying with her father, F. J. Moses, while her husband was away serving with the army. F. J. Moses was a prominent attorney, and the title "Col" was honorary and not associated with the Confederate Army. Clean cover slightly reduced at the top not affecting anything. Backflap opening tears. Ex-Deats, Ex-Kohn. | $550.00 |
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CSA #34xu2 Greenville SC PAID 10 Provisional 22 AUG (1861). Addressed to Mr. John M. Jones, Sandy Plains, Polk County NC. Undated double circle Control Mark Type C on the reverse. Minor sealed backflap tear otherwise Very Fine. Only one cover is listed in the Crown Survey, and this is not the listed cover. Some additional covers have been identified since then, but there are perhaps no more than five or six currently known. CSA Certificate 1992. | $1,500.00 |
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CSA #11 (AD) (4-Margin) Pen-Canceled with the matching manuscript "Pineville (SC) 22 Sept" at top center. Addressed to Mrs R. Y. Dwight Care of Dr. Henry Ravenel, Monck's Corner SC. Endorsed at the top "R. Y. D. Asst Surg PACS (Provisional Army of the Confederate States)." Period manuscript at lower left "Pinopolis." Richard Yeadon Dwight (1837-1919) initially served in the ranks as a Private and then a Lieutenant in Holcombe's Legion and the 1st SC Inf before being appointed Asst Surgeon in Confederate Service in 1862. Dr. Dwight was an 1856 graduate of the South Carolina Military Academy in Charleston and saw extensive service throughout the war in various positions. The meaning of "Pinopolis" at the lower left is a mystery. At the time of the war, Pinopolis was a small community near Charleston and Monck's Corner. This could be a routing notation, but Pinoplis is not listed as having a Confederate post office and would not have been on a postal route. Others have speculated that "Pinopolis" could refer to a canal boat that plied the rivers and canals in that area. There is a note on the back of the cover by Jack Molesworth which suggests that possibility. However, there is no evidence that such a boat ever existed. Certainly bears further study. Slightly reduced at the top with minor edge repair, and a small corner repair at the lower left. | $300.00 |
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CSA #12 (AD) (4-Margin with an opaline sheen) tied by the small double circle Cheraw SC CDS 1 JUN. Military Address to Cap Louis G. Young, Care of Cap M. McGehee, Milton, No. Ca. The envelope is high quailty blue paper stationery with a "PIRIES SATIN" easily seen watermark. Captain Louis Gourdin Young (1833-1922) served as a staff officer under General Pettigrew beginning in March 1862 and subsequently under Generals Pender, Ewell, Kirkland, and MacRea. He was wounded in action multiple times - Seven Pines, Gaines Mill, Gettysburg (3 times), Wilderness (twice), and Hatcher's Run. After the war he was a cotton exporter in Savannah, Ga. Could find nothing on a Captain M. McGehee, so assume this was a title not associated with the Confederate Army. Cover most likely from June 1864 after Captain Young's Wilderness wound, and he was possibly staying with a relative or friend during recovery. Minor backflap opening tears, otherwise a Very Fine cover. | $200.00 |
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CSA #4 (two singles affixed to appear as a vertical pair) Stone 2 (top stamp is Position 19, bottom stamp is Position 4) (margins tight to just in) tied together and to the cover by two strikes of the RED Camden SC CDS (date not apparent). Military Address to Mr. Geo W. Barnes, Care Capt James Doby, Kirkwood Cavalry SCV, Richmond, Virginia. The unit referenced in the address is Co E (Kirkwood Rangers) of Holcombe's SC Cavalry Battalion which was in Richmond in the Spring and Summer of 1863. Minor period ink stain at right, otherwise a very clean cover. Ex-Kohn. | $300.00 |
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CSA #12 (AD) (4-Margin but close on the left) tied by the Adams Run SC CDS 23 MAY. Addressed to Miss J. B. McDowell Care W. K. Steadman Esq, Sumter, So. Ca. Backflap missing and a light vertical file fold, otherwise a very clean appearance. | $90.00 |
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CSA #11 (AD) Horz Pair (4-Margin) paying the double rate tied by the Sumter SC CDS (date not fully apparent). Railroad Address to Mrs. Rufus H. Owen, Wolf Trap PO, Richmond & DR Road (Richmond and Danville Railroad), Halifax County, Virginia. Routing instruction at lower lower left "via Richmond, Va." Rufus H. Owen (1831-1892) had service as Captain of Co G 6th Va Cav. At the time of this cover in 1864, Capt Owen was the Confederate Army Quartermaster in Sumter SC. Minor period acid ink erosions in the address which do not detract from the overall very clean appearance. Ex-Bush. | $225.00 |
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CSA #7 Horz Pair (margin close at bottom left) with the small double circle Charleston SC CDS 4 JAN. Advertising Cover with oval embossed cameo shield in dark blue at the upper left "Hand, Williams & Graves, Wholesale Grocers Augusta, Geo." The stamps were originally affixed over the embossing but have been moved to the right to display the advertising. Addressed to Shelby NC. Very Fine. CSA Certificate 2013. The stamps show a coarse printing, and the right stamp has a transient random printing flaw on the chin of the portrait not mentioned on the certificate. | $675.00 |
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CSA #11 (AD) (4-Margin but close on the right) tied by two strikes of the Admas Run SC CDS with a DEC date. Cover from the well-known Middleton Correpspondence addressed to Mr. William Middleton Care of Middleton & Co., Charleston, S. Carolina. The cover is endorsed with rank "Henry A. Wise Brig Genl" and marked "Private." The address is entirely in the General's hand. The original short one page letter remains with the cover also entirely in the General's hand and datelined "Adams Run SC Dec 25th 1863" (Christmas Day). Interestingly, the letter is written in the third person thanking Mr. Middleton for a present of a leg of mutton. Writing letters in the third person was often done at this time by people of prominence. Henry A. Wise (1806-1876) was the immediate pre-war governor of Virginia and served ably as a CSA Brig-Gen during the war. At the time of this letter, Gen Wise was serving under Gen Beauregard in the Charleston area. Very Fine cover and letter. | $450.00 |
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CSA #5 Position 4 (catalog listed "ZEN" variety CC 5-v1) (4-Margin but a l;ittle close at the lower left and a decent color) tied by a somewhat weak but recognizable strike of the RED Camden SC CDS with a SEP (1862) date. Addressed to Capt Louis D. DeSaussure, Charleston SC. Capt Louis Daniel DeSaussure (1824-1888) of the prominent Charleston DeSaussure family was a staff officer during the war. At the time of this cover, he was the Inspector of Outposts in South Carolina. He later served on the staffs of various CSA generals including Walker, Elliottt, and Hagood. Very small but very clean commercially made pink lady's cover. Backflap opening tears but otherwise Very Fine. | $750.00 |
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CSA #7 Horz Pair (margins irregular and affixed upside down) tied by an indistinct SC small double circle CDS (date not apparent). Advertising Cover with the stamps affixed over a blue and white oval corner car for "Williams, Birnie & Co., Grocers and Commission Merchants, Charleston SC." Addressed to Col. A. P. Calhoun, Pendleton SC. The addressee was the son of John C. Calhoun, and the title of “Col” was honorary and not associated with the Confederate Army. Few small erosion holes at the left which do not detract from the appearance, small reduction at the bottom, and part of bottom back flap missing. Very clean appearing cover. | $300.00 |
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CSA #12 (AD) Opaline Sheen (4-Margin) pen-cancel with the RED Glenn Springs SC small single rim CDS 14 OCT (1863). Addressed to Miss Carrie Gist Care of Ex-Gov Gist, Unionville, So. Ca. William Henry Gist was the pre-war governor of South Carolina 1858-1860 and a leader of the secessionist movement. Very Fine cover with a very nice stamp and not a commonly seen red postmark. Ex-Frazier, Ex-Kohn, Ex-Powell. | $225.00 |
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CSA #7 Horz Pair on London De La Rue Paper (4-Margin) tied by the large single rim Charleston SC CDS 14 APR. From the Mordecai Correspondence addressed to Miss Minnie Mordecai, Hon M. C. Mordecai, Columbia SC. Moses Cohen Mordecai (1804-1888) was the most prominent Jewish citizen, merchant, and politician in Charleston at this time and owned the Mordecai Steamship Line. Extremely Fine cover. Ex-Judd with his notation on the back. | $200.00 |
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CSA #1 Stone A/B Olive Green (margin just in at top center) tied by the BLUE Columbia SC CDS (date not apparent). The stamp is missing the left lower corner secondary to a circular random printing flaw commonly referred to as a Short Transfer. This is merely a generic term which means part of the stamp design failed to print. In this case, the cause was most likely secondary to something on the printing stone at the time of printing such as a piece of dirt or a piece of lint. These random (transient) printing flaws are listed as a variety in the new CSA catalog under Stone 1 as CC 1-1-v1. However, this stamp does not plate to Stone 1 or Stone 2, so by appearance, color, and the process of elimination the stamp must be Stone A/B. Orange paper cover addressed to Mrs. Joseph Abney, Edgefield CH SC. The addressee with the wife of Joseph Abney (1819-1870) who was first Captain of Co A 22nd SC Inf and then Colonel of the regiment until he was dropped in May 1862. Later he was Major of the 1st Batt SC Sharpshooters and then Major of the 27th SC Inf. He was severely wounded at Drewery's Bluff in May 1864 and died as a direct result of his wounds in 1870. Clean cover with sealed back flap opening tears and a handstamp on the back "Collection of D. W. Kaufman." | $250.00 |
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CSA #11 (AD) (4-Margin) tied by the small double circle Spartanburg SC CDS 7 SEP 1864. Military Address to Lieut J. S. R. Thomson, York CH SC. Lieut Thomson was an enrolling officer. Very Fine. | $125.00 |
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CSA #16x1 Charleston SC 5c Blue Provisional (full inner frame margin and part outer frame margins) tied by the large single rim Charleston SC CDS 1 JAN (186(2) (New Years Day Cover), Light blue very small but complete ladys cover addressed to Mrs. J. J. Storton, Cross Hill, Laurens Dist, So. Car. Cover with minor edge wear. | $750.00 |
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CSA #12 (AD) Dark Blue (4-Margin affixed sideways) tied by the small double circle BLUE-GREEN Chester CH SC CDS 3 NOV 1864. Date confirmed by period receiving docketing on the reverse. Small ladys type cover addressed to Mrs. J. A. Woodruff, Abbeville CH SC. Part of top backflap missing. Very clean cover. | $150.00 |
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CSA #4 Stone 3 Position 28 (4-Margin but close in spots) with a Grid cancel and the matching Winnsborough SC CDS 17 APR (1862). Light brown coarse paper cover addressed to Mrs. Daniel Crawford, Columbia SC. Few back flap opening tears, otherwise Very Fine. | $400.00 |
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CSA #4 Stone 3 Position 1 "Leaking N" variety (CC 4-3-v3) (margin a little irregular at the right but with an upper sheet margin) tied by the BLUE Columbia SC CDS 3 JUN (1862). Orange paper cover addressed to Mrs. M. G. Reid, Mayesville SC. Back flap opening tears, otherwise a Very Fine appearance, | $400.00 |
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CSA #11 (AD)
(4-Margin) tied by the Robertville
SC
CDS 4 FEB (1864). Addressed to Mr. John W. Heidt, Box 420, Savannah,
Georgia. Very Fine
commericially made lady's type cover with embossed flowers on the
backflap. The addressee, John Wesley Heidt (1841-1909), was born in Savannah and served as a Sergeant in the Chatham Light Artillery, a local independent artillery unit raised in Savannah and assigned at this time to the Savannah defenses. The cover is from his girlfriend, Leila Villard (1844-1929), in Robertville SC whom he would marry later in 1864. The Heidt-Villard Correspondence is extensive and well-known as much of the correspondence is archived at the Georgia Historical Society. After the war, John W. Heidt became a Methodist minister in 1866 and served in various locations in Georgia including as president of several colleges and universities. |
$150.00 |
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CSA #7 (two singles with dramatically different color shades) tied together and to the cover by the Spartanburg SC double circle CDS 19 OCT 1862. Light coarse paper cover addressed to Miss H. A. Willowby , Rockmount Edgecomb Co., NC. Very Fine, Ex-Kohn. | $250.00 |
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CSA #1 Stone 2 (not plated) (margin just touches on the right) tied by the Hodges SC double rim postmark 31 MAR (1862). Addressed to James Hemphill Esqr, Chester SC. Small reduction on the left not affecting anything. Very clean cover. | $250.00 |
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CSA #11 (AD) (4-Margin) tied by the Marion CH SC CDS (date not apparent). Addressed to Mrs. William Gordon, Abbeville C.H., South Carolina. Very clean cover. | $75.00 |
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USA #26 tied by the large single rim Charleston SC CDS 19 MAY 1861 USA Used in CSA South Carolina. Addressed to Mr. J. D. Sullivan,, Williamston SC. Yellow paper Advertising Cover with and embosed oval corner card in brown at the upper left "Geo. W. Williams & Co. Wholesale Grocers. Nos 1 & 3 Hayne St. Charleston, S.C." Very clean and very attractive adverstising cover with minor small sealed edge tears at bottom center and center left. Ex-Bogg. | $550.00 |
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CSA #12 (AD) (4-Margin ) tied by a full strike of the small double circle Charleston SC CDS 7 JUL 1863. Small but complete lady's type cover addressed to Miss R. A. Bartlette, Sumter SC. Very Fine. | $75.00 |
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CSA 16x1 5c Blue Charleston
Provisional (Two Singles paying the double weight rate)
tied together and to the cover by the large single rim Charleston SC
CDS 8 DEC (1861). The stamps have faults, and the envelope was opened
at the right and reduced through the right side of the right stamp.
Blue paper cover addressed to Messers Van Lew, Taylor & Co.,
Richmond, Virginia. Van Lew, Taylor and Company sold horses and
carriages in Richmond. This is also an Advertising Cover
with colorless embossed circular advertising on the top back
flap "Hastie, Calhoun
& Co Importers of Saddlery, Coach Hardware, 39 Hayne St.,
Charleston. So. Ca." The
cover certainly has some condition problems regarding the stamps and
the right side, but it is still quite presentable and a very
significant provisional use rarity with Confederate Catalog unlisted
Charleston advertising. This is one of three recorded covers with two
singles of this stamp and is illustrated on Page 106 of Rick Calhoun's
book on the Charleston provisionals. There are currently four covers
recorded with an actual pair. Of historical interest is the fact that John Van Lew of Van Lew, Taylor and Company had a daughter named Elizabeth Van Lew who was a well-known Unionist in Richmond and a very effective Union spy who operated out of the Van Lew Mansion on Grace Street throughout the entire war. The Van Lew Mansion was demolished in 1911, the year of her death. As a reward for her spying activites, President Grant appointed her Postmistress of Richmond. Needless to say she was not well thought of in Richmond when her spying activites became known after the war. |
$1,000.00 |
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CSA #11c (AD) Greenish-Blue (4-Margin) tied by the Greenville SC CDS 29 JAN (1864). Addressed to Honl Edward Frost, Charleston, So. Ca. Period receiving docketing at left. Edward Frost (1801-1868) was a very prominent Charleston attorney and judge. Very Fine homemade cover with a nice stamp. | $125.00 |
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CSA #11 (AD) (4-Margin) tied by the large single rim Charleston SC CDS 27 AUG. Blue paper Adversity Cover made from a printed but unused legal form which has not been cut or folded for display. Addressed to Mrs. F. G. Ruffin, Box 124, Richmond, Virginia. The addressee was the wife of Col Francis Gildart Ruffin (1816-1890), a CSA staff officer in Richmond who served as assistant to the Chief Commissay General. Ruffin was a planter in Albermarle and Chesterfield counties and resigned in February 1865 as he was about to be court martialed for "conflict of interest." Clean cover and a nice representative example of an adversity cover. | $150.00 |
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CSA #12c (AD) Greenish-Blue (4-Margin) tied by the Orangeburg SC CDS 21 APR (1864). Addressed to James P. Boyce, Greenville SC. James Petigru Boyce (1827-1888) was a prominent Southern Baptist pastor and a founder of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Greenville SC which opened in 1859. Period receiving docketing at the the right. Very Fine. | $125.00 |
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CSA #7 Horz Pair (margin close at left and touches at right and with a small lower sheet margin) tied by the large single rim Charleston SC CDS 2 JAN. Blue paper Adversity Cover made from a used legal document displayed flapped down from the top right. Addressed to Mrs. M. R. Singleton, Wateree SC. The Singleton family were prominent South Carolina cotton planters. | $175.00 |
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CSA #12 (AD) (4-Margin) (4-Margin) tied by the pre-war Charleston SC smaller single rim postmark 3 NOV with an inverted day logo (1864 by period docketing). This Charleston postmark was only very occasionally used in the Confederate period. The postmarks more commonly used were the small double circle or the large single rim with yeardate and missing digit. This pre-war mark differs from the other more commonly used CSA single rim device in that it is somewhat smaller than the CSA mark, has a different style of lettering, and has no yeardate within the postmark. Only about 40 covers are recorded where this pre-war Charleston postmark was used from mid-1862 to mid-1864. Addressed to Mrs. R. Y. Dwight Care of Dr. Henry Ravenel, Black Oak PO SC. Routing directtion at lower left “Forward direct to Charleston.” Endorsed at top “R. Y. D. Asst Surg PACS (Provisional Army of the Confederate States).” "R. Y. D." was Dr. Richard Yeadon Dwight (1837-1919) an 1859 graduate of the Medical College of South Carolina. Dr. Dwight entered service in November 1861 as a private in Holcombe's SC Cavalry Legion. By 1864, he was serving as an Assistant Surgeon. Light coarse brown paper cover which appears to be homemade. Small edge and corner faults and a minor reduction at the left. Very clean cover with a nice stamp and a scarce postmark. | $350.00 |
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CSA #6 Horz Pair affixed upside down (margin a little close at the top and a light file fold through the right stamp) tied by the small double circle Charleston SC CDS 24 AUG 1862. Military Address to Surgeon H. D. Fraser PACS (Provisional Army of the Confederate States), Aiken, So. Ca. Manuscript “Official Business” at upper right. Henry DeSaussure Fraser (1828-1895) of Charleston SC, a graduate of the South Carolina Medical College in 1851, entered Confederate service as an Assistant Surgeon in 1861. For much of the war he served as Surgeon in Charge of the Third Army Corps ANV field hospital and was on the staff of Gen A. P. Hill. Surgeon Fraser was captured at Gettysburg and held as a POW until released five months later. After the war, he returned to his practice in Charleston. Very clean cover. | $175.00 |
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CSA #11 (AD) (4-Margin with a left sheet margin) tied by the large single rim Charleston SC CDS 14 MAR. L:ight blue paper cover addressed to Mr. F. R. Rast Care of Dr. R. K. Holman, St Matthews PO, So. Ca. Part of top back flap and one side back flap missing. Very clean appearance and a nice stamp. | $75.00 |
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CSA #11c (AD) Greenish-Blue (4-Margin) affixed on the reverse to seal the back flap and tied by the small double circle Charleston SC CDS 3 DEC 1863. Stamp not damaged in opening. Adversity Cover made from lined notebook paper. Addressed to Miss Sarah Castles, Yonguesville, So. Ca. Very Fine. | $125.00 |
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CSA #4 Horz Pair (possibly Stone 3 but not plated) (margin just in at the top of the left stamp) affixed on the reverse to seal the back flap. Stamps not damaged in opening. Canceled by the small double circle Cheraw SC CDS 18 MAR. Addressed to Mr. William Thompson, Clarks Creek, Mongumay (Montgomery) County NC "in hast." Small but complete cover and very clean. | $175.00 |
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Group of three stampless covers from the same correspondence with the Yorkville SC postmark and handstamp PAID 5 Type B dated 6 DEC (1861), 17 DEC (1861), and 26 DEC (1861). All three with Military Address to Lieut I. D. Witherspoon, Co A 12th Regmt SCV Care of Col Dunovant, Pocotaligo (SC). The covers are from Lieut Withspoon's wife, but there are no enclosures. Lieut Issac Donnom Witherspoon (1833-1901) entered service 9/1/1861 as the 2nd Lieut of Co A 12th SC Inf. The regiment joined the ANV in May 1862 as part of Gregg's Bridgade, A.P. Hill's Division. Prior to that, the regiment was assigned to the Department of South Carolina. From May 1862 on, the 12th SC Inf took part in all the major actions of the ANV. However, records of SC soldiers are notoriously sketchy. So there is no detailed record of Lieut Witherspoon's activities, but he did survive the war. The 1860 census shows I. D. Witherspoon as a lawyer in York SC. Col Richard Gill Mills Dunovant (1821-1898), mentioned in the address, was a physician and a planter and was also a Colonel in the Mexican War. He commanded the 12th SC Inf from 9/1/1861 until his resignation 4/2/1862. He served in the SC legislature 1864-1865. Very nice little grouping of covers. | $300.00 Three Covers |
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CSA #12 (KB) Horz Pair (4-Margin) tied by the large single rim Charleston SC CDS 14 NOV 186(4). Addressed to R. B. Rhett Esqr Junr, Charleston, So. Ca. The addressee, Robert Barnwell Rhett Jr (1828-1905), was the editor of the Charleston Mercury newspaper and the son of Robert Barnwell Rhett (1800-1876) who was a very prominent South Carolina politician and a "fire-eater" secessionist. The Rhett family owned a plantation in the Beaufort area. The cover, a folded lettersheet from which the page with the letter has been removed, is by definition an Overpaid Drop Letter (postmark and address from the same city). Most unusual to see a pair of 10c stamps overpaying a drop letter, but it is possible. It could also be a "way" use originating from somewhere outside the city between post offices and double weight accounting for the double rate, but that is only speculation and cannot be proven without the original letter. Very Fine. | $250.00 |
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CSA #11 (AD) (4-Margin with a left sheet margin) tied by the BLUE Columbia SC CDS 29 APR. Cover from the Witherspoon Corrsepndence addressed to Mrs. I. D. Witherspoon, Yorkville, So. Ca. The addressee was the wife of Lieut Isaac Donnom Witherspoon (1833-1901) of Co A 12th SC Inf. The 12th SC Inf was an ANV unit and in Virginia, so the cover is most likely not from her husband but perhaps from another relative. Very Fine. | $125.00 |
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CSA #11 (AD) (margin close on the right) tied by the small double circle Cheraw SC CDS with an AUG date. Adversity Cover made from an Unused printed Charleston form for "E. J. Meyer, Auctioneer & Commission Merchant Vendue Range." Vendue Range was a street in Charleston. Addressed to R. S. H. Hanahan Esq, Charleston, S. Ca. Cover has not been cut or folded for display. Very Fine. | $250.00 |
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CSA #11c (AD) (4-Margin) tied by the BLUE Columbia SC CDS 29 JUL. Blue paper cover addressed to High Shoals Iron Co., Iron PO, Lincolnton Co., No. Ca. Minor sealed back flap opening tear, otherwise Very Fine. | $125.00 |
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CSA #11 (AD) (4-Margin but close on the left) tied by a partial strike of the BLUE Columbia SC CDS 10 JUN. Coarse brown paper cover addressed to Dr. Thos Will, Martins Depot, Laurens Dist. SC. Manuscript "Telegram" at lower left indicating that the cover contained a telegram which is no longer with the cover. Martins Depot was on the Laurens Railroad and went through several name changes and is now known as Joanna SC. Back flap opening tear, otherwise a very clean cover. | $125.00 |
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CSA #11c (AD) Greenish-Blue (stamp affixed upside down with margibn touching at the bottom but with a large sheet margin) tied by the smaller single rim Charleston SC CDS 14 DEC. This Charleston postmark was only very occasionally used in the Confederate period. The postmarks more commonly used were the small double circle or the large single rim with yeardate and missing digit. This pre-war mark differs from the other more commonly used CSA single rim device in that it is somewhat smaller than the CSA mark, has a different style of lettering, and has no yeardate within the postmark. Only about 40 covers are recorded where this pre-war Charleston postmark was used from mid-1862 to mid-1864. Semi-Official Imprinted Cover "Head Quarters 1st Military District, Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, Official Business" (CC WD-ZA-24). The entire imprint is lined through indicating private use of the cover. Military Address to Major Joseph Abney, 27th Regt So Ca Vol, James Island SC. James Island is in Charleston Harbor, so this arguably could be considered as an overpaid drop letter. Joseph Abney (1819-1870) was first Captain of Co A 22nd SC Inf and then Colonel of the regiment until he was dropped in May 1862. Later he was Major of the 1st Batt SC Sharpshooters and then Major of the 27th SC Inf. He was severely wounded at Drewery's Bluff in May 1864 and died as a direct result of his wounds in 1870. Part of top back flap torn away in opening, otherwise a Very Fine cover. | $650.00 |
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CSA #12c (AD) Greenish-Blue (4-Margin) tied by the BLUE Columbia SC CDS 6 OCT. From the well-known and well-documented Middleton Correspondence addressed to Miss Harriett Middleton, Flat Rock, Henderson County, North Carolina. Small but complete lady's type cover with the embossed initials on the backflap "SMH" for Harriett Middleton's sister Susan. Very Fine. | $150.00 |
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CSA #12 (AD) (4-Margin) tied by the large single rim Charleston SC CDS 17 FEB. Blue paper cover addressed to Capt Jos Glover, Walterboro, So. Ca. The Glover family was very prominent in Colleton County SC. The 1860 Census shows a Dr. Joseph E. Glover (age 49) (physician) residing in Walterboro Colleton County SC. Could find no record of a Captain Jos Glover serving in the Confederate Army. May have been a pre-war rank or a state rank. Clean cover. Ex-Bogg. | $75.00 |
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CSA #12 (AD) (4-Margin but close on the right) tied by the large single rim Charleston SC CDS 25 JAN 186- (missing digit CDS). Addressed to Mr. Wm Birnie Jr, Greenville SC. Green embossed oval cameo corner card Advertising Cover "Williams, Birnie & Co. General Commission Merchants, Hayne, Anson and Church St, Charleston SC." Very Fine. Ex-Kilbourne. | $700.00 |
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CSA #11 (AD) (4-Margin) tied by the Greenville SC CDS with a DEC date. Light coarse brown paper cover addressed to Rev J. P. Boyce, Columbia SC. James Petigru Boyce (1827-1888) was a prominent Southern Baptist pastor and a founder of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Greenville SC which opened in 1859. Very Fine. | $125.00 |
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Stampless cover with the Edgefield SC double rim CDS with an APR date and handstamp PAID 10(ms) Type A. Wallpaper Adversity Cover with a blue and gray stylized floral pattern displayed flapped up from the lower left corner. Addressed to Dr. J. H. Furman, Milledgeville, Georgia. Part of top back flap missing, otherwise Very Fine. | $500.00 |
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CSA #4 Stone 2 Position 10 (4-Margin with a small right sheet margin) tied by a partial strike of the small single rim Pocotaligo SC CDS (date not fully apparent). Addressed to Miss Jane S. Tatum, Branchville, So. Ca. Very clean cover and a very nice stamp. | $200.00 |
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CSA #4 Stone 2 Position 40
(near 4-Margin but close at the top center) tied by the BLUE Columbia SC
CDS 15 MAY (1862). Commercially made pink lined lady's cover addressed
to Mrs. Stephen Elliott, Camden, S. Carolina. Small part of back flap
torn away. Still a clean and very fine appearing cover. The addressee, Sarah Gibbes De Saussure Elliott, was the stepmother of CSA Brig-Gen Stephen Elliott Jr having married Gen Elliott's father, Stephen Elliott Sr, after his first wife died. |
$150.00 |
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CSA #12 AD (4-Margin) tied by the VIOLET Pendleton SC CDS 16 SEP. Adversity Cover made from a printed form from the Blue Ridge Railroad of South Carolina displayed flapped over from the left. The railraod was originally planned to operate between Anderson SC and Knoxville, Ten. But at the time of the war, the railroad was only 34 miles in length between Anderson SC and West Union SC. Addressed to Judge Frost, Charleston, So. Ca. Edward Frost (1801-1868), a SC politician and jurist, was involved with the Blue Ridge Railroad of South Carolina endeavor and was the president of the railroad. Very Fine Cover. | $350.00 |
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Stampless
cover with the small single rim Rock
Hill SC CDS 25 DEC (1861) (Christmas Day Cover)
and handstamp PAID
(no rate) Type A. Military
Address to A. B. Springs Esq Care of Capt John White, 6 Reg So. Ca.
Vol., Manassas Junction, Virginia.
Charge "R. A. S." at upper right. Minor edge wear, and part of top back
flap missing. Still a very clean appearing cover.. Ex-Kaufmann,
Ex-Northcutt. Col Andrew Baxter Springs (1819-1886) was a wealthy planter from the York District SC near Fort Mill. The title of "Col: was honorary. He did not serve in the 6th SC Inf but most likely was in Manassas Junction on private business. Other covers in the Springs Correspondence show him back home in Fort Mill SC in early 1862. The regiment was raised from that district. Capt White, also from Fort Mill SC, was a member of a prominent family and was either a friend, business partner, or perhaps a relative of the addressee. The "Charge R. A. S." refers to the addressee's older brother Richard Austin Springs. John M. White (1833-1877) was Capt of Co H beginning when the regiment was organized in April 1861. He was later promoted Major (1863) and Lt Col (1864). He is listed as wounded at Seven Pines (31 May - 1 June 1862) but fought throughout the war surrendering at Appomattox. |
$200.00 |
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CSA #16x1 Charleston SC 5c Blue
Provisional
(margin close to main border at top left, full outer frames top, right
and bottom
with a double frame top and part double frame right) tied by the large
single rim Charleston SC
CDS 5 NOV 1861. Addressed to Mr(s). Julia F. Wilds,
Darlington CH, So. Ca. Very Fine. Julia F. Wilds (1813-1876), widow of Peter Abel Wilds (1801-1851) with 5 children, is listed on the 1860 Federal Census as a planter in Darlington SC. Wilds Hall, the family home, still stands in Darlington County and is a listed historic property on the National Register. |
$1,000.00 |
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CSA #7 Horz Pair (4-Margin with a little edge gum toning and showing a very coarse printing) tied by the large singe rim Charleston SC CDS 10 APR 186-. Addressed to Mrs Mary A. Baker, Addeville CH, SoCa. Adversity cover made from an 1850's printed flyer concerning children's school expenses from the South Carolina Lodge No. 1 of the I.O.O.F. (International Order of Odd Fellows). Sealed edge tear at the upper left, and several sealed internal tears. Clean cover which has been previously opened for display. | $250.00 |
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CSA #7 single tied
by the large single rim Charleston
SC CDS 21 MAR 186-. Addressed to Miss Jane Ann Adger
(Care of) Rev J. B. Adger DD, Pendleton SC. The stamp underpaid the
10c rate. A handstamp "5"
was applied most likely in Charleston to assess 5c postage due
for the underpayment. Adversity
Cover made from a printed but unused shipping form.
Displayed flapped up from the lower left corner. Minor corner wear at
the upper left, otherwise a Very Fine cover. Rev John Bailey Adger (1810-1899) was a prominent Presbyterian minister in South Carolina. The addressee, Jane Ann Adger (1822-1899), was his sister who never married. The Adger family was large and had acquired their family wealth in shipping and banking in Charleston in the pre-war decades. The sender is not identified but most likely is from a family member in Charleston. |
$250.00 |
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CSA #16x1 Charleston SC 5c Blue
Provisional (shows almost all of the margin lines except
for a small margin nick at left center) pen-cancelled and matching
manuscript "Wideman's SC
Nov 19th (1861)" at top left. From the Pettigrew
Correspondence addressed to Mrs C. L. Pettigrew, Scuppernong, North
Carolina. This cover
represents an unauthorized use of the Charleston provisional stamp
from an obscure South Carolina town in the Abbeville District
approximately 170 miles from Charleston that was accepted as
postage. The provisional stamps were only to be used at the post office
of issue. There are only a small handful of covers recorded with the
Charleston provisional stamp used and accepted as postage outside of
Charleston. Clean cover slightly refolded at the top and with
a
sealed edge tear at the top left which does not affect the manuscript
postal markings. Ex-Calhoun and illustrated on Page 81 in his book on
the Charleston provisionals. The Pettigrews were a large and very prominent plantation family in North Carolina but lost everything after the war. The addressee, Jane Caroline (North) Pettigrew (1828-1887), was the wife of Charles Lockhart Pettigrew (1816-1873). His plantation was known as Bonarva located on Lake Phelps. C. L. Pettigrew was an older brother of CSA General James Johnston Pettigrew who commanded a division during Pickett's Charge and was then killed a few days later while covering the army's retreat from Gettysburg. |
$1,250.00 |
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CSA #4b Dark Blue Stone 2
Position 5 (4-Margin) tied by the large single rim Charleston SC CDS 22
JUN (1862). Yellow paper cover addressed to Mr. Joseph Abney,
Charleston P Office SC at the Charleston Hotel. Overpaid Drop Letter.
Receiving docketing at the left. Minor period ink stains at the lower
left, otherwise Very Fine. Joseph Abney (1819-1870), a lawyer from Charleston, was first Captain of Co A 22nd SC Inf and then Colonel of the regiment until he was dropped in May 1862. This cover dates from just after he was dropped from the army rolls during the reorganization of May 1862. Later he was Major of the 1st Batt SC Sharpshooters and then Major of the 27th SC Inf. He was severely wounded at Drewery's Bluff in May 1864 and died as a direct result of his wounds in 1870. |
$500.00 |
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CSA #1 Horz Pair Stone 1
Positions 5-6 (margin just touches at upper right and with
an upper sheet margin) tied by the Darlington
SC
CDS 3 MAY (1862). Stamps pay the double weight rate. Addressed to Hon
Wm H, Gist, Columbia, So. Ca. Period docketing at left "S. A. Wood
$3.37 enclosed no answer" naming the sender and indicating the cover
contained money. The docketing does not appear to be in the former
governor's hand so was most likely written by a secretary. Missing part
of top back flap, otherwise Very Fine. William Henry Gist (1807-1874) was the pre-war governor of South Carolina 1858-1860 and a leader of the secessionist movement. He was a signer of the South Carolina Ordinance of Secession on 12/20/1860. William Henry Gist was a cousin of States Rights Gist, a Confederate General killed while leading a charge at the Battle of Franklin (Tennessee) 11/30/1864, the last major battle fought in the Western Theater. |
$550.00 |
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CSA #28xu1 Georgetown SC PAID 5 Stampless Provisional with the Control Mark on the reverse 28 NOV 1861. Addressed to Mrs. William C. Johnstone, Dunns Rock PO, Transylvania Co., North Carolina. Very Fine. PSE Cert 2001. | $1,000.00 |
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Stampless cover with the Pendleton SC CDS and handstamp PAID 10 Type D all in VIOLET 15 DEC. Addressed to Thomas Frost Esqr, Charleston, So. Ca. Adversity Cover made from a printed proposal form to furnish and deliver cross-ties to the Blue Ridge Rail Road Company in South Carolina. Displayed flapped up from the lower right corner. Very Fine. | $400.00 |
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Stampless
cover with the small double circle
Columbia SC CDS and handstamp PAID 10 Type J all
in BLUE 30
AUG (1863). The small
double circle Columbia SC postmark is not seen all that often.
Adversity use of a
pre-war USA postal service imprinted envelope (not a
Confederate imprinted envelope) with "POST OFFICE BUSINESS FREE"
imprint at the upper right and "POST-MASTER"
printed for the address. Both the imprint and the "POST-MASTER" in the
address are lined through as cover not used for post office business.
Addressed to J. E. Hagood Esqr., Pickens CH, So. Ca. James E. Hagood
was the clerk of the circuit court at
Pickens CH, and his business correspondence is extensive. Small period
ink stain at the upper right with a small repaired erosion affecting
part of the imprint. The original letter remains with the cover from one J. H. Marshall. The letter refers to an enclosed check and has an interesting statement "Tell Lt Garvin that he will find the pocket book & papers of Dr. Grant the prisoner in the lower part of the book case." |
$350.00 |
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CSA #7 Horz Pair (4-Margin but close at the upper right and a small amount of gum toning at the top edge) canceled and tied by two strikes of a Grid Cancel with the matching Winnsboro SC CDS to the left 15 APR. Addressed to Miss Florida C. Bee, Mr James M. Bee, Camden, So. Ca. "State Bank" at lower left. Very Fine. | $125.00 |
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CSA #12 (AD) affixed
sideways (margins touch at left and bottom) with a Grid cancel and the
marching Winnsborough SC
CDS to the left 9 OCT (1864). Period receiving docketing at the top
center dates the cover to 1864. Addressed to Dr. R. Y. Dwight,
Assistant Surgeon, Macon, Georgia. Very clean cover with a small sealed
edge tear at top left, two sealed top back flap tears, and
very
slightly reduced at the right where opened. Ex Kaufmann. Richard Yeadon Dwight (1837-1919) initially served in the ranks as a Private and then a Lieutenant in Holcombe's Legion and the 1st SC Inf before being appointed Assistant Surgeon in Confederate Service. Dr. Dwight was an 1856 graduate of the South Carolina Military Academy (The Citadel) in Charleston and saw extensive service throughout the war in various positions. At the time of this cover, he was serving as Assistant Surgeon at the Convalescent Camp at Macon, Georgia. |
$125.00 |
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Stampless
cover with the large single rim Charleston
SC CDS and handstamp PAID
2 Type C 28 SEP 186- (1863). Cover dated to 1863 by period
receiving docketing at top center.
Military Address to Lieut R. Y. Dwight, Company "D" Sullivans Island SC.
Sullivan's Island was part of the defenses of Charleston Harbor. The
cover was treated as a Drop
Letter. Small parts of back flaps missing, but a very
clean appearing cover and an excellent postal use. Ex Kohn, Ex Bogg. Richard Yeadon Dwight (1837-1919) initially served in the ranks as a Private and then a Lieutenant in Holcombe's Legion and the 1st SC Inf before being appointed Assistant Surgeon in Confederate Service in 1862. Dr. Dwight was an 1856 graduate of the South Carolina Military Academy (The Citadel) in Charleston and saw extensive service throughout the war in various positions including medical and as a line officer. At the time of this cover, he was serving as a 2nd Lieut in Co D 1st SC Inf and assigned to Sullivan's Island. Later in 1864, he would serve as Assistant Surgeon at the Convalescent Camp at Macon, Georgia. |
$300.00 |
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Stampless
cover with the large single rim Charleston
SC CDS and handstamp PAID 10 Type G 4 SEP 186- (1863).
Addressed to James Hemphill Esq, Chester CH SC. State Imprint "State of South
Carolina Executive Department"
(TypeS-SC-02). Period receiving docketing at left dates the
cover
to 1863 and indicates that the cover was from Gov Bonham. Part of top
back flap missing, otherwise Very Fine Ex Kohn. Milledge Luke Bonham (1813-1890) was the Confederate Governor of South Carolina 1862-1864. He was a prominent pre-war politician and US Congressman and served as a Colonel in the Mexican War. He also attained the rank of Major-General of the South Carolina Militia and was appointed a Brig-Gen in the CSA Army in 1861 and fought with disinction at First Manassas. He resigned from the army when he won election as governor. He was reinstated as a Brig-Gen when he left office. After the war, he practiced law and was active in state politics. The address is not in the governor's handwriting and most likely was written by a secretary or an aide. |
$375.00 |
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CSA #11c (AD)
Greenish Blue (margin just touches at left) tied by the Bennettsville SC
CDS 9 SEP. Addressed to Col James H. Witherspoon, Georgetown SC. Period
[pencil docketing at left indicates the cover was sent by some named
"Dudley." This appears to have been once a folded letter written on an
unused ledger page. The part with the letter has been cut away so that
this is now mostly a front with a sealed edge tear at the left center.
Very clean. James Hervey Witherspoon (1810-1865) was a prominent South Carolina politician who served in the First Confederate Congress as a representative from South Carolina. He also served as Colonel of the 8th SC State Reserve Troops. |
$75.00 |
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CSA #4a Dark Blue Stone 3 Position 12 (4-Margin) but close at the top. Tied to folded letter complete by the large single rim Charleston SC CDS 5 MAY 1862. Addressed to Bank Newberry, Newberry SC. Business letter concerning $50,000.00 in CSA Treasury Certificates (Bonds) at 6%. Clean appearing cover but two light horizontal file folds at the top which go through the stamp. | $225.00 |
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CSA #7 Vert Pair
(4-Margin and affixed on the reverse to seal the backflap and not
damaged in opening) tied by the Greenville
CH SC CDS 10 JUN. Full Military Address to Capt T. Gaillard Croft, Co C 16th
Regt SCV Care of Gen Gist Army of Tennessee. Adversity
Cover made from a printed legal document exempting members of the
Columbia and Charleston Fire Departments from Conscription.
Not quite a front as the backflap with the stamps and postmark remain
intact, but the other three flaps are missing. Theodore Gaillard Croft (1845-1915) was a cadet at The Citadel in 1861. He served as the Captain of Co C 16 SC Inf (Croft Mountain Rangers) beginning 4/1/1862. The Croft Family was a large family with a number of family members in this unit. After the war, Capt Croft practiced as a physician in Aiken SC. |
$150.00 |
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CSA #11 (AD) (4-Margin and affixed upside down) tied by the small double circle Chester CH SC CDS which appears to be distinctly struck in a red-brown color. but is more likely to be a somewhat degraded black. Addressed to Messers Morrison Gaither & Co., Eagle Mills NC. This company was a cotton factory in the 1860's. Wallpaper Adversity Cover with a gray and white linear geometric type pattern which is displayed very well with the left lower corner flapped up. PF Certificate from 1985 which mentions the red-brown postmark. Very Fine. | $850.00 |
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CSA #11c (AD)
Greenish-Blue (4-Margin) tied by the BLUE Columbia SC
CDS 25 FEB. Addressed to Mrs. J. Devereux, Raleigh, North Carolina.
Commercially made lady's stationery with embossed flowers on the back
flap. Small sealed edge tear at the upper left corner, otherwise Very
Fine. The addressee was Margaret Lane Mordecai Devereux (1825-1910). The Mordecai family was a very prominent Jewish family in Raleigh NC. She was the wife of Major John Devereaux (1819-1893), a North Carolina planter who served as the Chief Quartermaster of the State of North Carolina during the war. Their eldest son, Thomas Pollack Devereux (1845-1913), enlisted as a private in Co D 43rd NC Inf in January 1864. The sender of this cover is unidentified. |
$100.00 |
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CSA #11 (AD) (margins cut close on all four sides) tied by the Greenville CH SC CDS (date not fully apparent). Addressed to Mrs. R. M. Cleveland, Lawrenceville, Gwinnett Co., Ga. Clean appearing cover with a small edge nick repair at top center, a little edge wear at the bottom center, and part of top back flap missing. | $75.00 |
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CSA #1
(cannot plate the stamp to Stone 1 or Stone 2 so may very likely be
Stone A/B but cannot guarantee the stone) (4-Margin with a slight
corner clip at the lower right) tied by an indistinct town CDS (date
not apparent). Commercially made Mourning
Cover with black border on three sides (slightly reduced
at the left where opened) and black borders on the reverse. Military Address to Dr. Richard
F. Sams, Beaufort L(ight) Artillery 9th Regt, Hardeeville SC. CSA
commercially made mourning covers are not seen very often. Clean
appearing cover with some edge and corner wear. The original letter is
included. The Census of 1860 identifies Richard F. Sams (1838-1878) of Beaufort as a 22 year old planter and physician with a property value of $7,000 and a personal estate of $25,000. Records show that he enlisted as a Private (did not serve as a physician) in Co A 11th SC Inf (also known as the 9th SC Inf) 7/1/1861. This one company of the regiment was organized into a light artillery unit (Beaufort Light Artillery). The lengthy 4-page personal letter (easy to read) is from Dr Sams' girlfriend "Carrie," Caroline Elizabeth Pope (1841-1919), whom he would later marry in 1864. The letter is datelined "Summerville (SC) Dec 23rd 61" which is presumably where the cover was posted. In the letter, she refers to the death of her mother (apparently some months ago) which may be the reason for the mourning cover. She also states that she is now happy that Dr Sams is now taking care of the sick. But there is no record that he was ever commissioned as a surgeon. |
$350.00 |
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CSA #4 (very
likely Stone 3
but cannot accurately plate the stamp) (margin just in at the bottom)
tied by the BLUE Columbia
SC
CDS 5 JUN (1862). Light coarse paper cover addressed to Mrs. S. S.
Crittenden, Greenville SC. Minor back flap opening tear and a little
light foxing. Still a very clean appearing cover. The addressee, Eliza Jane Lynch Crittenden (1838-1865), was the wife of Stephen Stanley Crittenden (1829-1911) who is listed on the Census of 1860 as a Greenville County SC fairly wealthy farmer (planter). S. S. Crittenden entered Confederate service as 1st Lieut of Co G 4th SC Inf 2/1/1861. He is listed as wounded at Seven Pines (Va) 6/1/1862 which ended his field service. On 11/5/1862, he was commissioned as Lt Col of the 3rd SC Reserve Infantry. After the war, he served in the South Carolina State House of Representatives and in the South Carolina State Senate (1870-1880), and was the postmaster of Greenville SC 1885-1890. On 5/11/1911 at age 82, which was not long after the death of his second wife, he committed suicide in Greenville by a pistol shot to the forehead. |
$200.00 |
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Stampless cover with the small double circle Spartanburg SC CDS and handstamp PAID 5 16 SEP (1861). This particular PAID 5 handstamp is not currently listed in the CSA catalog. Addressed to Lieut J. B. Patrick, Columbia SC. Unable to accurately identify the addressee. Very Fine Ex-Emerson, Ex-Cole, Ex-Oswald. | $200.00 |
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USA Star Die (2
covers with one white with patent lines and one amber without patent
lines) -- The covers
show the two different Charleston SC postmarks used on the same day in
the USA Used in the CSA period. The first cover has a Grid cancel and the small double circle Charleston SC CDS 23 MAR 1861 USA Used in CSA South Carlolina. Addressed to John H. Peters Esqr, Washington City D.C. Period ink stain at upper left, and a minor reduction at the left where opened. Still a clean appearing cover. The second cover has a Grid cancel and a full strike of the large single rim Charleston SC CDS 23 MAR 1861 USA Used in CSA South Carolina. Addressed to Mr. Paul F. Villepigue, Camden SC. Minor horizontal file fold, otherwise Very Fine. John H. Peters (b1816) of South Carolina is listed on the Federal Census of 1860 as a lawyer in Washington DC. He was also referred to as a judge. In April 1861, he was offered command of SC troops by SC Governor Pickens but declined. Abraham Lincoln appointed him Consul to Tunis in April 1861 but was apparently never confirmed by the Senate. Paul Francis Villepigue (1795-1862), the addressee and a Camden SC merchant, was the father of CSA Brig-Gen John B. Villepigue (1830-1862), but the address is not in the General’s hand. Gen Villepigue, a West Point graduate, was the Colonel of the 36th Ga Inf prior to his promotion to Brig-Gen in early 1862. He was severely wounded in the defense of Fort McRee in Pensacola and had distinguished service while in command at Fort Pillow and while commanding a brigade at Corinth. Gen Villepigue fell victim to a fever and Died of Disease at Port Hudson, La 11/9/1862. |
$300.00 Two Covers |
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USA #26 Grid Cancel
with the small double circle Charleston
SC CDS 6 MAR 1861 USA
Used in CSA South Carolina. Addressed to Wier Boyd Esqr,
Dahlonega, Ga. Period receiving docketing at left. Very Fine. Wier Boyd (1820-1893) was a very prominent citizen of Lumpkin County, Ga,. He was a lawyer who served multiple times in the Georgia State Legislature and the Georgia State Senate. During the war, he served as the Colonel of the 52nd Ga Inf until he contracted Typhoid which ended his service. His son, Captain Augustus Boyd (age 18) of the same unit, was killed at Vicksburg in May 1863. |
$150.00 |
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CSA #4 Two Singles Dark Blue
from the same sheet paying the 10c rate
Stone 2 Positions
28, 38 (the left Position 28 stamp is 4-Margin, the
right Position 38 stamp is overlapped by the left stamp and has a large
transient printing flaw in the lower value table and a second transient
printing flaw to the left of the portrait CC 4-2-v9) tied
by the BLUE
Columbia SC CDS 24 JUL (1862). Coarse brown paper cover
with Military
Address to Major Joseph Abney, Battalion Sharpshooters, Grahamville,
So. Ca. Very Fine. Joseph Abney (1819-1870) was first Captain of Co A 22nd SC Inf and then Colonel of the regiment until he was dropped in May 1862. Later he was Major of the 1st Batt SC Sharpshooters and then Major of the 27th SC Inf. He was severely wounded at Drewery's Bluff in May 1864 and died as a direct result of his wounds in 1870. |
$375.00 |
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Stampless cover with the Anderson CH SC CDS and handstamp PAID (no rate) Type A 19 SEP. Addressed to W. B. Smith , President Union Bank of So. Ca., Columbia, So.Ca. Adversity Cover made from a printed mathematical rate conversion table. Back of the cover used for some arithmetic, otherwise Very Fine. | $250.00 |
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Stampless cover with the large single rim Charleston SC CDS and handstamp PAID 10 Type G 22 DEC. Addressed to W. F. Gray Esq, Richmond, Va. Adversity Cover made from a blue paper printed but unused Port of Charleston shipping form. Very Fine. | $225.00 |
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CSA #4a Dark Blue Stone 2
(not plated) (margin touches at the top) tied by the Blue Columbia SC CDS
7 JUN (1862). This is
both an Advertising and an Adversity Cover. There is a
colorless embossed advertising oval in the left upper corner for the Congaree Iron Works in Columbia SC.
The cover itself is
made from a printed advertising circular. The lower left
corner is folded up to display the printing. Very Fine. |
$725.00 |
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CSA #11c (AD) Greenish-Blue
(4-Margin) tied by the small double circle Spartanburg SC CDS
22 OCT 1863. Full
Military Address to Lieut Edward J. Dean, Co C 22nd S C Regt, Evans
Brigade, Charleston, South Carolina.
Period receiving docketing in pencil at top center says that the cover
was received at Charleston 25 OCT 1863. Very coarse brown paper cover
which appears homemade. Very Fine. The Edward Jefferson Dean (1842-1885) correspondence is well known as this is the correspondence that contains most of the known covers with the rare Spartanburg provisional adhesive with letters written to him by his sister. The provisional covers in 1861 identify him as a Corpl in the Spartan Rifles Co K 5th SC Inf. This 12 month regiment disbanded in April 1862, and Corpl Dean apparently re-enlisted in the Palmetto South Carolina Sharpshooters as did many other members of the disbanded regiment. By the time of this cover, he was commissioned a Lieut in Co C 22nd SC Inf and later promoted Captain of the company. Capt Dean was captured as a POW while leading his company at the Battle of the Crater (7/30/1864) during the Siege of Petersburg and remained in captivity at Fort Delaware until the end of the war. Capt Dean's brother was Lieut Col John Mills Dean (1835-1862) of the 7th Ark Inf who was killed-in-action at the Battle of Shiloh while commanding his regiment. |
$200.00 |
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CSA #1 Stone 2 Position 9 (margin tight at the left) tied by the BLUE Columbia SC CDS 10 MAR (1862). From the well-known Middleton Correspondence addressed to Miss Harriott Middleton Care of Middleton & Co., Charleston, South Carolina. Very clean cover. | $250.00 |
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CSA #5 Deep Rose (4-Margin) tied by a full strike of the BLUE Columbia SC CDS 21 JUL (1862). Beautiful color to the stamp offset by the blue postmark. From the well-known and well-documented Middleton Correspondence addressed to Miss Harriett Middleton, Flat Rock, Henderson County, North Carolina. Minor corner wear at the bottom left, sealed back flap opening tear, otherwise Very Fine. | $850.00 |
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CSA #11c (AD) Greenish-Blue (4-Margin) tied by the small double circle Charleston SC 10 MAY 1864 (year date is inverted). Blue Paper Adversity Cover made from a printed but unused shipping form. Addressed to Mr. William Birnie Sr., Greenville, So Ca. Very Fine. | $250.00 |
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CSA #6 Single (margin
a little tight at the top right) tied by the Bennetsville SC CDS.
The date is not fully apparent but appears to be Single Use Prior to the Rate
Change. Manuscript "OB"
(Official Business) under the stamp indicating private use. Military
Address to Captain J. E. Spears, Col C.H. Stevens Regt, Charleston SC. The
unit in the address is Co B 24th
SC Inf.
Advertising Cover with embossed colorless advertising at
the left upper
corner "DUNHAM, TAFT
& Co. Manufacturers and Wholesale Dealers in
Boots & Shoes, 148 Meeting St. Charleston, S. C."
This
advertising is catalog listed. Left side of the cover is just slightly
irregular where the cover was opened. Very clean cover. |
$350.00 |
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CSA #4 Stone 2 (not
plated) (4-Margin) tied by the large single rim Charleston SC CDS 20
JUN (1862). Addressed to Col Joseph Abney, Charleston Hotel, Charleston
SC. Cover is an Overpaid
Drop Letter as the postmark and the address are the same
city. This is also a
linen lined envelope used to send cash through the mail.
The linen lining on the inside on the envelope prevented the banknotes
inside the cover from being seen through the paper to reduce the chance
of theft. Very Fine. Joseph Abney (1819-1870) was the first Captain of Co A 22nd SC Inf and then Colonel of the regiment until he was dropped in May 1862. Later, he was Major of the 1st Batt SC Sharpshooters and then Major of the 27th SC Inf. He was severely wounded at Drewery's Bluff in May 1864 and died as a direct result of his wounds in 1870. |
$450.00 |
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CSA #2 Paterson Stone Y
(4-Margin) tied by the BLUE
Columbia SC CDS 27 NOV. Blue paper cover addressed to Mrs.
Jno C. McClenaghan, Marion C.H., SC. Beautiful stamp and a Very Fine
cover. Capt John Charles McClenaghan was mustered into the CS Quartermaster's Department 4/13/186. He is mentioned once in the Official Records cited for bravery at First Manassas while serving as the regimental Quartermaster for the 8th SC Inf. He died of disease on Morris Island 3/15/1863. The correspondence between Capt McClenaghan and his wife is extensive. |
$375.00 |
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CSA #4 Stone 2 (not plated and a very dry printing) (margin a little tight at the right) tied by the small double circle Charleston SC CDS 12 JUN 1862. Addressed to Mr. J. A. Shirer, Fort Motte (Orangeburgh County), So. Carolina. Part of top back flap missing, otherwise a very clean cover. | $125.00 |
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CSA #2 Stone Y affixed sideways (margin just in at the left) tied by the BLUE Columbia SC CDS 23 JAN. Addressed to Mrs. John L. Manning, Homesley, Manchester PO (Sumter County) SC. The addressee, Sally Bland Manning, was the wife of former South Carolina Governor John Lawrence Manning (1816-1889) who held office 1852-1854. "Homesley" in the address was a Manning plantation. The sender of this cover is not identified. | $300.00 |
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CSA #11 (AD) (4-Margin) tied by the large single rim Charleston SC CDS 7 SEP. Light coarse brown paper cover (very thin paper for a cover) with a Military Address to Capt Jno McCrady, Savannah, Geo. Capt John McCrady was the Chief Engineer for the State of Georgia and was the architect of Fort McAllister which was constructed 1861-1862 for the defenses of Savannah. Small part of back flap missing, otherwise a very clean cover. | $100.00 |
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CSA #12d Dark Blue (AD) (4-Margin with a right sheet margin) tied by the Camden SC CDS 6 AUG. Addressed to Dr. W. J. McKain, Mechanicsville, So. Ca. This is an Adversity Cover made from a lined unused ledger page which has not been opened or cut for display. There is also an inside address to Mr. Robert Shand, Columbia (SC) with no postal markings indicating a hand carried use outside the postal system. Very clean cover. | $200.00 |
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CSA #7 Horz Pair affixed upside down (margins a bit irregular) tied by the large single rim Charleston SC CDS 3 FEB. Black bordered front and back commercially made Mourning Cover addressed to Mrs. Jospeh Allen, Box No 232, Richmond, Va. Sealed edge tear left upper corner, otherwise a very clean mourning cover. | $350.00 |
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CSA #6 Horz Pair
(4-Margin) tied by the small single rim Pocotaligo SC
CDS 21 Oct. Coarse paper cover addressed to Miss Louisa J.
Gibbes, Flat Rock NC. Very clean cover with a very nice pair
of
stamps. |
$125.00 |
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CSA #1 Stone 1 (not
plated) 4-Margin) tied by a full strike of the small single rim Pocotaligo SC
CDS 8 JAN (1862). Addressed to Miss Charlotte C. Barnwell
Care
Arch(ibald) Smith Esq, Roswell, Georgia. Small but complete cover and
very clean with a nice stamp. Archibald Smith (1801-1886) was a large plantation owner in Roswell (Fulton County) Georgia. The Smith family of Roswell and the Barnwell family of Savannah (also plantation owners) were closely related by marriage. |
$250.00 |
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CSA #12 (AD) (4-Margin) tied by the single rim Pocotaligo SC CDS (date not fully apparent). From the well-known Middleton Correspondence addressed to William Middleton, Summerville, So. Ca. Adversity Cover made from an Insurance Company printed form nicely displayed flapped down from the top center. Very Fine. | $350.00 |
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CSA #4 Stone 2 Position 3 (4-Margin) tied by the small single rim Pocotaligo SC CDS (date not fully apparent). Addressed to Miss Georgia Wilkins, Cusseta, Ga. The stamp appears at one time to have been cut from the cover as a small piece but has since been professionally reattached to the cover. Reduced at right where opened. Edge wear at the bottom. Still a nice stamp and priced only for the stamp. Ex-Matz. | $100.00 |
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CSA #12 (AD) (4-Margin) tied by the small single rim Pocotaglio SC CDS (date not apparent). Addressed to Mrs. Walter Blake, Shufordville, Buncom Co., No. Carolina. Adversity Cover made from a printed form from the South Carolina Insurance Company displayed with the left lower corner folded up. Unsigned notation on the back from Van Dyk MacBride. Very Fine. | $350.00 |
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CSA #12 (AD)
(margin touches on the right) on the reverse used to seal the
back
flap but not damaged in opening) tied by the small single rim Pocotaligo SC CDS
(date not apparent). Addressed to Rev Jas C. Furman DD, Greenville, So.
Ca. Colorful Wallpaper
Adversity Cover
with a green and maroon stylized type of design displayed from the
stamp side of the cover. Unobtrusive professionally sealed corner tear
minimally apparent from the addressed side of the cover.
Ex-Kaufmann. Rev James Clement Furman (1809-1891) was the son of Dr. Richard Furman, a founder of Furman University. Rev James Furman served for many years as President of the University. He was also involved in politics and was appointed as one of the Greenville delgates to the South Carolina Secession Convention in 1860 and was one of the signers of the Ordinance of Secession. |
$650.00 |
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CSA #7 Vert Pair affixed sideways (4-Margin with the bottom stamp showing the filled-in frame at the bottom variety CC 7-R-v2) tied by a full excellent strike of the Pocotaglio SC CDS 3 AUG (1863). Addressed to Revd J. S. Murray, Anderson, So. Rev John Scott Murray (1822-1892) was the pastor of the First Baptist Church in Anderson So. Ca. Period receiving docketing at the left dates the cover to 1863 and indicates the sender was one Preston Earle. Pencil notation at the top right "Prison Letter" which appears to be period. Not sure what this refers to as there is no indication that the cover is from a prison. Perhaps the sender was in jail. No way to know. Some pencil notations on the reverse which appear to be period and referring to the contents of the original letter which is no longer with the cover. Minor light edge staining at the bottom, otherwise Very Fine. Ex-Richard Hall. | $175.00 |
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CSA #5 with
excellent color (4-Margin but close at the top left) tied by two
strikes of the Hardeeville
SC
CDS 3 AUG (1862). Coarse brown paper cover addressed to Capt J. C.
Calhoun, Pendleton SC. Period docketing on the reverse "Camp Jackson
Aug 7 1861." Very Fine. Ex-Kohn. The addressee, John Caldwell Calhoun II (1843-1918), was the grandson and namesake of John C. Calhoun former Vice President of the United States under Andrew Jackson and the Father of Secession. His father was A. P. Calhoun. John C. Calhoun II was a large landowner and successful businessman after the war. During the war, he served as Captain of Co C 4th SC Cavalry. |
$850.00 |
SC1165
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Stampless
Soldier's Due 5 cover with the Hardeeville
SC CDS and handstamp Arc DUE 5
Type C 26 MAY 1862. Coarse brown paper cover addressed to Dr. H. H.
Clarke, Ridgeway Depot, Fairfield Dist SC. Endorsed at left "J. C. C. 15 Regt SCV."
Ridgeway was a station on the Charlotte and South Carolina
Railroad. Top back flap missing, otherwise Very Fine. Ex-Brian
Green. Henry Harrison Clarke (1813-1863) was a physician as well as a wealthy planter in the South Carolina Fairfield District. "JCC" in the endorsement was his son, James Caleb Clarke (1839-1862), killed at the Battle of Boonesboro, Maryland (South Mountain) 9/14/1862. |
$225.00 |
SC1166
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Stampless Due 5 cover with the "Hardeeville (SC) Jany 17 (1862) Due 5" manuscript postal markings. Early CSA Hardeeville covers are in manuscript. The Hardeeville postmark did not come into use until later in 1862. Addressed to Mrs. Daniel Crawford, Columbia, So. Ca. Endorsed at left "Dan'l Crawford QM (Quartermaster) 15th Regiment SCV." This is a heavy linen lined envelope which was used at the time for security mainly to send cash through the mail. Most likely the soldier was sending some money home to his wife. Small amount of edge staining at the top right and a little top edge wear. Very clean cover and an excellent example of a "Money Letter" envelope. | $250.00 |
SC1167
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Stampless
Due 5 cover with the "Hardeeville
(SC) Feb 6 (1862) Due 5" manuscript postal markings. Early
CSA Hardeeville covers are in
manuscript. The Hardeeville postmark did not come into use until later
in 1862. Addressed to Judge Iverson L. Harris, Milledgeville, Georgia.
Endorsed across the top
"I. L. Harris Jr Assist Surgeon Phillips Legion." Very
Fine. Notations on the back by Van Dyke MacBride. Ex-Matz and
Hambrecht, Ex-Kaufmann. Iverson Louis Harris Jr (1835-1893) was an MD graduate from the Philadelphia Medical College in 1859. He initially enlisted as a Sergt in Co A Ga Phillips Legion Cavalry in August 1861 and was officially appointed Assistant Surgeon in the same unit in April 1862. Apparently he was aready acting as the Assistant Surgeon at the time of the cover in February 1862. He was appointed Surgeon of the 59th Ga Inf in June 1862 and served as a Surgeon throughout the war. A detailed listing of his war service accompanies the cover. After the war, he ractived medicine in Milledgeville, Georgia. Iverson Louis Harris Sr (1805-1876) was a justice of the Georgia Superior Court (1859-1865) and a justice of the Georgia Supreme Court (1865-1876). At the time of the Civil War, Milledgeville was the capital city of Georgia. |
$300.00 |
SC1170
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Stampless Soldier's Due 10 cover with the "Green Pond SC Nov 26th 1864 due 10" manuscript postal markings at the top right. Endorsed at top left "From Wm R Palmetto Guard Art Green Pond SC." Addressed to Miss. Susan C. Reeder, Manning, So. Ca. Wallpaper Adversity Cover with a blue and white stylized leaf pattern displayed with the bottom back flap folded up. William Reeder served as a private in Co A SC Manigault's Battalion Artillery also known as the 18th SC Battalion Heavy Artillery also known as the SC Siege Train Artillery commanded by Major Edward Manigault. Co A was held in reserve at this time in the Green Pond area. "Palmetto Guard Artillery" would be a local name for the unit. The addressee was Pvt Reeder's sister. Very Fine. Ex-Kaufmann. | $600.00 |
SC1171
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Stampless
Soldier's Due 5 cover with the Grahamville
SC CDS and manuscript
"Due 5" 8 APR (1862). Coarse brown paper cover addressed
to M. H. Hubert, Double Wells (Warren County), Ga. Endorsed at top left
"Private H. C.
Hubert Co B 48 Reg Ga Vols Wm Gibson Col." Minor light
foxing, otherwsie Very Fine. Ex-Kaufmann. Henry Clay Hubert (1842-1930) enlisted as a private in Co B 48th Ga Inf and served throughout the war. The cover is addressed to Pvt Hubert's father Matthew Henry Hubert (1814-1888) who was a fairly wealthy planter in Warren County, Georgia. William Gibson (1822-1892), an Augusta lawyer and judge, was the Colonel of the 48th Ga Inf 3/4/1862. He is listed as wounded at Malvern Hill (Va) 7/1/1862. He was wounded a second time at Gettysburg 7/2/1863 and captured as a POW. Later exchanged in April 1864, he resigned from Confederate service in November 1864. After the war, he served in the Georgia State Senate. |
$150.00 |
SC1172
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Stampless Soldier's Due 10 with the Grahamville SC CDS with manuscript "Due 10" 10 MAR. Addressed to Mrs. Geo Allen, Diamond Hill, Abbeville Dist., So. Ca. Period writing in a different hand at the lower left "Mrs. N. Partridge" of unknown significance. Endorsed at upper left "Soldiers letter Ashley Dragoons." Ashley Dragoons refers to a company in the 2nd South Carolina Battalion Cavalry Reserves. A little edge wear at the bottom and a small edge repair at bottom center. Still a very clean appearing cover. | $125.00 |
SC1175
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Two
Stampless covers with the small single rim Williamston SC CDS
with the handstamp PAID 5
Type B. Yellow paper cover dated 1 OCT (1861). Course brown paper cover
dated 28 DEC (1861). Both covers have the same Military Address in
slightly different forms -- Private
J. B. O. Barkley, Sullivans Island, Care of Capt J. B. Moore Co L,
Orr's Regiment Rifles SCV, Charleston, South Carolina. The
yellow paper cover shows just a little light soiling and some corner
wear at the right top and bottom. The coarse brown paper cover has a
small repair to the right lower corner. Covers will only be sold as a
pair. Orr's Regiment (also known as Orr's Rifles) was the 1st SC Inf commanded by Col James L. Orr (1822-1873). The regiment was initially assigned to Sullivan's Island (Charleston Harbor) before transferring to the Army of Northern Virginia in June 1862. Company L was known as "The Calhoun Guards." Col Orr resigned in 1862 when he was elected to the Confederate Senate. After the war, he was appointed as the US Minister to Russia. He died in Russia in 1873 and was brought back for burial in Anderson County SC. John Belton ONeal Barkley (1830-1912) enlisted as a private in Co L 1st SC Inf (Orr's Regiment) (date not known) and was later commissioned an officer. He is listed as a Captain and wounded at Second Manassas in August 1862. The Civil War Corresponence of the Barkley family of Anderson County SC is somewhat extensive. No information on Capt James B. Moore. |
$400.00 Two Covers |
SC1177
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Stampless
Soldiers Due cover with the small single rim Pocotaligo SC CDS
and handstamp Due 10
Type D 15 MAR (1863). Coarse brown paper cover addressed to Miss Mary
A. Milligan, Stony Point, Alexander County NC. Endorsed at upper right "Private J. J. Duke Co C 48th NC
State TS (Troops)." Very minor edge repair at top left.
Very Fine Appearance. Jacob J. Duke (1844-1864) enlisted as a private in Co C 48th NC Inf 8/1/1862. He is listed as having Died of Disease (pneumonia) 2/28/1864. |
$300.00 |
SC1178
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Stampless
Soldiers Due cover with the small single rim Pocotaligo SC CDS
and handstamp Due 10
Type D (date not fully apparent). Usual somewhat weak strikes of the
postal markings. Adverisity
Cover made from a printed but unused Port of Charleston Bill of Lading
form
dispayed flapped up from the lower right corner. Addressed to Miss Mary
L. C. Cumming, Warthens Store, Washington Co., Georgia. Endorsed at
left "D. R. Cumming
Hospt
Steward 12th Batt Ga Vols." Very clean cover. Ex-Bogg,
Ex-Kaufmann. David R. Cumming (1831-1904) enlisted as a Hospital Steward (date not given) and had service in the "12th GA Batt Light Artillery" which was assigned to the Department of South Carolina and Florida. His tombstone in Warthen, Washington County, Georgia, says "MD." He graduated from the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta in 1859 but did not serve as a doctor or a surgeon. He apparently never married and has no sisters listed, so the addressee was most likely a cousin. After the war, he farmed and practiced medicine in Washington County, Georgia. See FL228 for another cover in the same correspondence. |
$400.00 |
SC1179
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Turned Cover -- First Use
(inside): CSA #11a Milky Blue (AD) (4-Margin) tied by a
partial strike of the small double circle Camden SC CDS (date
not apparent). Addressed to Revd Stephen Elliott, Pocotaligo SC. Second Use (outside):
stampless with the small double circle Camden SC CDS with
a JUL date. Addressed locally to Mrs. S. G. Elliott, Camden SC (Drop Letter). No
"PAID" notation but there is a manuscript "Chg Bk of C"
(Charge Bank of Camden) indicating that the drop letter postage was
paid. Unusual not to have an actual "PAID" notation on the cover but
did occasionally occur on local drop letters as drop letters
did
not travel to another post office. Inside stamp displayed by flapping
down the upper left corner. Molesworth note on the back. Very clean
cover. Revd Stephen Elliott (1804-1866) was a South Carolina Episcopal priest and rector of the large South Carolina St Bartholomew's Parish among others. Sarah Gibbs Elliott (1811-1891) of the prominent Charleston DeSaussure family was Revd Elliott's second wife. Revd Elliott was the father of CSA Brigadier General Stephen Elliott Jr (1830-1866). General Elliott served throughout the war and was promoted Brigadier General in 1864. He was wounded twice (Battle of the Crater at the Siege of Petersburg and the Battle of Bentonville). He died as a direct result of his wounds in 1866. The handwriting on the cover is not that of General Elliott. |
$400.00 |
SC1180
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Two
covers with letters (transcriptions included) from the Col Weir Boyd
Correspondence. CSA #1 somewhat dry printing (not plated) (margin just in at the bottom) tied by the Hardeeville SC CDS 18 APR 1862. Military Address to Col Weir Boyd Commanding the 52nd Regiment Georgia Volunteers, Big Shanty, Cobb County, Georgia. There are two letters with this cover. One letter is datelined "Camp Pritchard near Hardeeville April 17th 1862" is from William H. McAfee and addresses the Colonel as "Brother." Content concerns camp news and unit news and that he is trying to be transferred. A second letter is from the Colonel's daughter Fannie and is datelined "Dahlonega, Ga Apr 19th 1862" and contains family news. This second letter does not go with this cover as it is dated shortly after the cover was posted. The address is a little faint but legible. The cover is very clean. CSA #4 Stone 2 Position 49 (4-Margin) tied by the Hardeeville SC CDS 28 APR 1862. Military Address to Col Weir Boyd, 52nd Regiment Georgia Volunteers, Knoxville, Tenn. The original letter is from William H. McAfee (same as the first cover) who again addressed the Colonel as "Brother" and wants to be transferred to the Colonel's regiment. The letter is datelined "Camp Pritchard, Hardeeville SC April 28th 1862." The letter also states "...We have just learned that the Yankees have taken New Orleans..." The news of the impending fall of New Orleans apprently reached South Carolina very quickly as the Union did not officially occupy the city until the date of this letter 4/28/1862. Very clean cover. Ex-Shenfield, Ex-Kohn. Weir Boyd (1820-1893) a prominent pre-war lawyer and a Methodist preacher served in the Florida Indian Wars and was elected Colonel of the 52nd Ga Inf 3/16/1862. The regiment was surrendered at Vicksburg and paroled a month later. Col Boyd remained active in Georgia politics after the war. William H. McAfee (1833-1915) was a private in Co E Ga Phillipis Legion. He was commissioned 2nd Lieut and promoted Captain and had subsequent service in the 22nd Ga Inf and the 38th Ga Inf. He was a Methodist preacher and active in politics after the war. No record of his ever being transferrred to Col Boyd's regiment. Col Weir and Capt McAfee knew each other as "brothers" as both were from Dahlonega, Georgia, both were Masons, and both were prominent in the Methodist church. The two covers will only be sold as a pair. |
$550.00 Two Covers |
SC1181
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CSA #1b Stone 1 Position 6 Dark
Green (4-Margin) tied by the large single rim Charleston SC CDS 1
MAR (1862). Addressed to Mr. William J. Ball, Limerick, St John's
Berkley. Local routing instruction at the lower left "Strawberry via Monks Corner."
Limerick was the name of the Ball family plantation. St Johns Berkley
refers to a large Anglican parish in the Charleston area. Berkley
County SC was not organized until after the Civil War with Monks Corner
as the county seat. Scarce Confederate use of a Local Post. The Ball
family papers are archived at the South Carolina Historical Society.
Commercial Lady's type cover with embossed flowers on the back flap.
Very Fine. Ex-Karrer. From the Karrer Collection -- "After 1801, a private local post was run by Upper Cooper River plantation owners in St. Johns Parish (Anglican Parish), from Strawberry Ferry to Charleston. Charleston postmaster Huger was a member. In the 1850's when the Northeastern Railroad arrived, mail was left at Strawberry Station, across the river from a Church of England 18th Century Chapel of Ease, although it had no post office. Several Ball family members belonged, and their mail is the chief source of today's covers. There are various routings recorded, but Confederate period letters usually include St. John's Berkley and Strawberry in the address." |
$500.00 |
SC1182
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Turned Cover -- 1st Use (inside)
CSA #7 Horz Pair (4-Margin and looks to be on London
Paper) tied by the Georgetown
SC CDS with a NOV 1862 date and addressed to Mr. Pringle
Smith, Columbia SC. 2nd
Use (outside) CSA #2e Paterson Stone Y Greenish-Blue
(4-Margin) tied by the BLUE
Columbia SC
CDS 10 DEC (1862) and addressed to Mr. William Dehon, Charleston, So.
Ca. Both uses are well displayed with the cover flapped down from the
left upper corner. Absolutely beautiful Stone Y stamp and very rarely
seen on a turned cover. Very Fine Ex-Cantey Collection and
Ex-Monroe Collection. John Julius Pringle Smith (1816-1894), a lawyer and a very successful planter, was a signer of the South Carolina Ordinance of Secession 12/20/1860. William Dehon (1817-1862) was a Protestant Episcopal Clergyman and rector of St Phillip's Episcopal Church in Charleston. Rev Dehon died 12/5/1862. So the second use of this cover was posted to him 5 days after he died. Pringle Smith and William Dehon were related by marriage as their wives were both from the well-known Middleton family of Charleston, and both are buried in St Phillip's Churchyard in Charleston. |
$850.00 |
SC1183
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CSA #2e Paterson Stone Y
Greenish Blue (4-Margin) tied by a full strike of the BLUE Columbia SC
CDS 15 NOV (1862). Addressed to Mrs. Wm H. Gist, Unionville SC. Minor
back flap opening tear. Very Fine. Ex-Judd. William Henry Gist (1807-1874) was the pre-war governor of South Carolina 1858-1860 and a leader of the secessionist movement. He was a signer of the South Carolina Ordinance of Secession on 12/20/1860. The address is in the hand of the former governor to his wife and therefore contains his indirect signature. William Henry Gist was a cousin of States Rights Gist, a Confederate General killed while leading a charge at the Battle of Franklin (Tennessee) 11/30/1864, the last major battle fought in the Western Theater. |
$400.00 |
SC1184
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CSA #12d (AD) Dark Blue (4-Margin) tied by the Anderson C. H. SC CDS 6 JUL. Addressed to Mrs. M. C. Lindsey, Jackson County, Jefferson C. H., Geo. Adversity Cover made from a printed South Carolina Legal Document cut well for a very nice exhibit display. Minor central vertical file fold, otherwise Very Fine. Ex-Kaufmann, Ex-Randy Neil Exhibit. | $400.00 |
SC1186
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Turned Cover -- 1st Use (displayed):
CSA #11 (AD)
(4-Margin with edge toning at right and a preaffixing right upper
corner tear) tied by a bold strike of the Branchville SC balloon
CDS 8 OCT (1863) with Military Address to Lt Col William Stokes, Green
Pond SC. 2nd Use
(refolded inside): CSA #7 Vert Pair (4-Margin and affixed
sideways) pen-canceled and manuscript “Green Pond SC 16 NOV 1863”
to the left addressed to Mrs. Eliza J. Stokes, Branchville SC.
Very clean cover. The cover has not been cut for display.
Ex-Randy Neil Exhibit. William Stokes (1837-1916), a South Carolina planter and lumberman, was the Lieut Col of the 4th SC Cav at the regiment's organization 12/16/1862. He was assigned the command at Green Pond 6/15/1863. The two postal uses of this turned cover are between Col Stokes and his wife. The use from Green Pond would be in the Colonel's own hand. After the war, he was appointed a Brig-Gen of the South Carolina State Militia. |
$350.00 |
SC1187
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CSA #12a (AD) Milky Blue (margin touches on three sides) with a partial strike of the BLUE Columbia SC CDS (date not fully apparent). Full Military Address to Lieut William H. Coit, Gardens Battery, Hoods Division, Longstreets Corps, Richmond, Va. The unit in the address was the SC Palmetto Light Artillery Battery commanded by Capt Hugh R. Garden. When the cover reached Richmond, it was apparently noted by a postal clerk that the stamp was inadequately canceled by the partial Columbia SC postmark. The stamp was therefore obliterated by the Richmond, Va Large Grid which ties the stamp and prevents the stamp from being reused. The Richmond large grid was a prewar mark that was used only very infrequently as an obliterator during the Confederate period. Peter Powell in his 1987 book on CSA Richmond postmarks noted that there are only a very few covers (he recorded only two but that number is somewhere around six or seven now) where this grid appears canceling a CSA general issue stamp. There are also a few other covers where the grid was used to obliterate an incorrectly struck rate mark. The cover has a small reduction at the left where opened just into a small part of the address, and part of a back side flap is missing. The cover has an otherwise Very Fine appearance and is one of the very few covers known with the Richmond, Va large grid canceling a CSA general issue stamp. Ex-Randy Neil Exhibit. | $900.00 |
| Three Covers from
the Lieut Isaac Donnam
Witherspoon Correspondence addressed to Lieut Witherspoon from either
his wife or perhaps other family members. Lieut Isaac Donnom Witherspoon (1833-1901) entered service 9/1/1861 as the 2nd Lieut of Co A 12th SC Inf. The regiment joined the ANV in May 1862 as part of Gregg's Brigade, A.P. Hill's Division. Prior to that, the regiment was assigned to the Department of South Carolina. From May 1862 on, the 12th SC Inf took part in all the major actions of the ANV. However, records of SC soldiers are notoriously sketchy. So there is no detailed record of Lieut Witherspoon's activities, but he did survive the war. The 1860 census shows I. D. Witherspoon as a lawyer in York SC. |
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SC1189
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CSA #1 Stone 2 Position 28 (4-Margin but a little close on the right) tied by the large single rim Charleston SC CDS 9 JAN (1862). Commericially made orange paper cover with embossing on the back flap. Military Address to Lieut I. D. Witherspoon, Company A, 12th Regiment (South Carolina Volunteers), Camp Pemberton near Pocotaligo SC. Minor reduction on the right where opened not affecting anything. Very Fine. | $300.00 |
SC1190
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CSA #1 Stone 2 Position 40 (4-Margin but close top and bottom) barely tied by a grid cancel with a full strike of the Yorkville SC CDS 27 FEB (1862). Coarse brown paper cover with Military Address to Lieut I. D. Witherspoon, Co A, 12th Regmt SCV (South Carolina Volunteers), Green Pond, Colleton Dist (SC). Part of side back flap missing on the right where opened. Very clean appearing cover. | $200.00 |
SC1191
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CSA #4 Stone 2 Position 15 (4-Margin but close at the bottom) tied by the Yorkville SC CDS 15 APR (1862). Military Address to Lieut I. D. Witherspoon, Co A, 12th Regmt SCV (South Carolina Volunteers), Pocotaligo SC. Very Fine. | $300.00 |
SC1192
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Turned Cover -- 1st Use (inside)
CSA #12 (AD) (4-Margin) tied by the Grahamville SC
CDS 9 MAR 1864. Addressed to Mrs. Mary Cumming, Warthen's
Store,
Washington Co., Georgia. Sent by Dr. David R. Cumming of the 12th Ga Battalion Georgia Light
Artillery home to his mother. 2nd Use (outside) CSA #7 Vert Pair
(margin close at the top) tied by an unidentified CDS dated 21 APR
(1864) and affixed on
the reverse to seal the back flap. Sent by Mrs. Cumming back to her son
with Military Address to
Dr.
D. R. Cumming 12th Ga Batt (Lt Art) Maj Honoy (Hanvey) Comg
(commanding),
Pocotaligo So C R R (South Carolina Railroad), South Car.
The railroad routing appears to be incorrect as Pocotaligo was on the
Charleston and Savannah Railroad. Light water staining. David R. Cumming (1831-1904) enlisted as a Hospital Steward (date not given) and had service in the 12th Ga Batt Light Artillery which was assigned to the Department of South Carolina and Florida. His tombstone in Warthen, Washington County, Georgia, says "MD." He graduated from the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta in 1859 but did not serve in the war as a doctor or a surgeon. He apparently never married. After the war, he farmed and practiced medicine in Washington County, Georgia. See FL228 and SC1178 for other covers in the same correspondence. George McDuffee Hanvey (1824-1900), a Mexican War veteran, entered service as Captain of Co A, 1st Ga Inf 3/18/1861. On 5/1/1862 he transferred into the newly formed 12th Ga Battalion Light Artilley as Captain of Co A and was promoted Major 11/6/1862. Maj Hanvey was severely wounded and captured as a POW at the Battle on Monocacy (Md) 7/9/1864 and confined at Johnson's Island until released in July 1865. After the war, he lived in Coweta County, Georgia. Major Hanvey's wartime letters and papers are archived at the University of Georgia. |
$300.00 |
SC1193
 |
Two Covers from the
Corpl E. Dubose of the Rutledge Mounted Rifles Correspondence to his
wife. See SC1227 for another cover in this correspondence. 1st Cover - Stampless Soldiers Due cover with manuscript "Coosawatchie (SC) Nov 8 (1861)" postal marking and matching "due 5" manuscript. Blue lined commercially made cover addressed to Mrs. Edwin Dubose, Black Oak, So. Ca. Endorsed across the top "Corpl E. Dubose Rutledge Mounted Rifles Gen Gonzales Command." Back flap opening tears, otherwise Very Fine. 2nd Cover - Stampless Soldiers Due cover with the large single rim Charleston SC CDS 29 NOV 1861 and handstamp (Due) 5 Type I. Blue lined commercially made cover addressed to Mrs. Edwin Dubose, Black Oak, So. Ca. Endorsed across the top "Corpl E. Dubose Rutledge Mounted Rifles Gonzales Command." Small part of top back flap missing in opening, Otherwise Very Fine. Ex-Calhoun. The Rutledge Mounted Rifles (Rutledge Mounted Riflemen and Horse Artillery) was an obscure South Carolina Militia unit with no unit history available except for a roster. Edwin DuBose is listed as a corporal in the unit but no other specific information on Corporal DuBose could be found. General Ambrosio Jose' Gonzales (1818-1893) referenced in the endorsement was a Cuban Revolutionary General before the war and served the CSA as a Colonel and the Chief of Artillery for the Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. |
$400.00 Two Covers |
SC1194
 |
CSA #1 Stone 1 (not
plated) (margin just in at the top) tied by the small double circle Charleston SC CDS 30
NOV 1861. Military
Address to Dr. R. Y. Dwight, Palmetto Gds, Gen Gonzales Siege Strain,
Pocotaligo SC. Receiving docketing at upper left. One side
flap missing, otherwise a very clean appearing cover. Ex-Calhoun. This cover was the subject of a Confederate Philatelist article in the Sep-Oct 1982 issue "An Unusual Charleston Cover" by Richard Calhoun dealing with the arrival of the first CSA General Issue stamps at the Charleston post office. This cover at the time was believed to be the earliest known use of the CSA #1 stamp from Charleston. That may or may not still be the case. I cannot confirm if that statement is still true 40 years later. A copy of the original article is included with the cover. Richard Yeadon Dwight (1837-1919) initially served in the ranks as a private and then a lieutenant in Holcombe's Legion and the 1st SC Inf before being appointed Assistant Surgeon in Confederate Service in 1862. Dr. Dwight was an 1856 graduate of the South Carolina Military Academy (The Citadel) in Charleston and saw extensive service throughout the war in various positions including medical and as a line officer. This cover is dated only about a week after Dr. Dwight first entered service as a private. General Ambrosio Jose' Gonzales (1818-1893) referenced in the address was a Cuban Revolutionary General before the war and served the CSA as a Colonel and the Chief of Artillery for the Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. "Siege Train" refers to the artillery defenses of Charleston Harbor. |
$300.00 |
SC1195
 |
Stampless
Soldiers Due with
the small single rim Pocotaligo
SC CDS 28 JAN (1864) with handstamp DUE 10 Type D.
Orange paper cover addressed to Mr. I. J. Heath, Girard PO,
Burke County, Ga. Endorsed at upper left “Pri J. V. Heath Co C 32 Ga
Regt.” The
original letter written on lined notebook paper from a soldier son to
his father remains with the cover. The letter is short and just informs
his father that he has arrived and is well. The letter mentions Capt
Phillips and Col Harrison (regimental commander) and closes with
“...send me some stamps by the first letter you must not forget it I
cant get any here.” Cover with minor reduction at the left not
affecting
anything, otherwise Very Fine. The cover has an inside turned use with no postal markings and is undated but addressed to O. H. Southworth, County Line, Niagara C(ounty) NY. Not sure how a CSA private would obtain such a cover to use while with his unit in early 1864 in South Carolina. There are 40 soldiers named "Southworth" listed in various units of the Union Army from New York. Perhaps this cover was liberated from one of them before it could be posted and then refolded and used by Private Heath. That is only speculation, but no other explanantion for this inside address is apparent. Cover with minor reduction at the left not affecting anything, otherwise Very Fine. Julius Virgil Heath (1844-1904) enlisted 5/12/1862. He is listed as wounded at Ocean Pond, Fla (Olustee) 2/20/1864 (about one month after writing this letter) but rejoined his regiment and surrendered with his unit at Greensboro NC 4/26/1865. |
$250.00 |
SC1196
 |
Stampless cover with
the large single rim Charleston
SC CDS 9 DEC 1861 with handstamp PAID 5 Type E. Military Address to William
Birnie Jr, Palmetto Guard, Genl Gonzales Command, Coosahatchie SC.
Ex-Calhoun. Very Fine. The Palmetto Guard was a company in the SC Marion Light Artillery unit. Several different South Carolina units used the nickname "Palmetto Guard." William Birnie enlisted as a private 3/11/1861. No further information. William Birnie Sr (1782-1865) was a prominent Charleston merchant. General Ambrosio Jose' Gonzales (1818-1893) referenced in the address was a Cuban Revolutionary General before the war and served the CSA as a Colonel and the Chief of Artillery for the Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. |
$150.00 |
SC1197
 |
CSA #16x1 5c Blue Charleston
Provisional (4-Margin with complete outer frame at top and
bottom) tied by the large single rim Charleston SC CDS 28
NOV (1861). Military
Address to Private W. Birnie Jr, Palmetto Guard, Gonzales Mattalion,
Coosahatchie (SC). Back flap opening tears, otherwise Very
Fine. Ex-Calhoun. The Palmetto Guard was a company in the SC Marion Light Artillery unit. Several different South Carolina units used the nickname "Palmetto Guard." William Birnie enlisted as a private 3/11/1861. No further information. William Birnie Sr (1782-1865) was a prominent Charleston merchant. General Ambrosio Jose' Gonzales (1818-1893) referenced in the address was a Cuban Revolutionary General before the war and served the CSA as a Colonel and the Chief of Artillery for the Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. |
$1,000.00 |
SC1198
  |
Two
Covers from the well-known Middleton Correspondence -- 1st Cover (Blue Paper) - CSA #11a Milky Blue (AD) (margin tight at the right) tied by the BLUE Columbia SC CDS 12 JUN (1863). 2nd Cover (Light Coarse Brown paper) - CSA #12a Milky Blue (AD) (4-Margin) tied by the BLUE Columbia SC CDS 18 JUN (1863). Both covers addressed in the same hand to Mr. O. H. Middleton Junr, with either Care of Col Rutledge or Col Rutledge's Regiment, Pocotaligo, So. Ca. Both covers are Very Fine. The blue paper cover is Ex-Wiseman, Ex-Kohn, Ex-Powell. The unit in the address was the 4th SC Cavalry commanded by Col Benjamin Huger Rutledge (1829-1893), a Charleston lawyer who served after the war in the South Carolina legislature. Col Rutledge was the brother-in-law of Oliver Hering Middleton Jr (1845-1864), the son of a wealthy South Carolina planter who beginning in early 1863 was the Colonel's private secretary and assigned to Company K (Charleston Light Dragoons which functioned mostly as an independent company) at age 17 on 1/4/1863. That would date these covers to June 1863 when the regiment was in Pocotaligo. In early 1864, Middleton gave up his position as the Colonel's private secretary and served as a private in Co K. The unit was transferred to the Army of Northern Virginia in the early Spring of 1864. Pvt Oliver H. Middleton Jr was killed in action at Cold Harbor (Va) 5/31/1864. His name is on the Charleston Light Dragoons historical monument along with the other honored dead of the unit. The monument is located in North Charleston SC. |
$300.00 Two Covers |
SC1199
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CSA #7 Vert Pair
affixed sideways (4-Margin) tied by the BLUE Columbia SC CDS
23 (date not fully apparent). Period manuscript "Due 10" presumably
because the cover was overweight.
From the well-known Middleton Correspondence with Military Address to Mr. O. H.
Middleton Jr, Charleston L(ight) Dragoons, Pocotaligo, So. Ca.
Minor
reduction at the top where opened, and a sealed edge tear at top
center. Very clean appearing cover. The unit in the address was Company K 4th SC Cavalry known as the Charleston Light Dragoons which functioned mostly as an independent company. Oliver Hering Middleton Jr (1845-1864), the son of a wealthy South Carolina planter, joined the Charleston Light Dragoons 1/4/1863. His brother-in-law, Col Benjamin Huger Rutledge, was the regimental commander. Middleton served as the Colonel's private secretary through 1863. This would date the cover to the Spring or early Summer of 1863 when the unit was in Pocotaligo. In early 1864, Middleton gave up his position as the Colonel's private secretary and served as a private in Company K. The unit was transferred to the Army of Northern Virginia in the early Spring of 1864. Pvt Oliver H. Middleton Jr was killed in action at Cold Harbor (Va) 5/31/1864. His name is on the Charleston Light Dragoons historical monument along with the other honored dead of the unit. The monument is located in North Charleston SC. |
$150.00 |
SC1200
 |
Turned Cover -- First Use: Stampless CSA #123xu1 Barnwell CH (Court House) SC PAID 5 Provisional (not dated) to D. W. Holsenbeck Esq, Hillsboro, Georgia. Second Use: Stampless “Hillsboro, Ga Paid 10 Dec 23rd (1862)” all in manuscript addressed to W. J. Brookes, Esq, Barnwell CH SC. The cover has been refolded and resealed so that the first use, which is a very scarce provisional, is the use that is displayed. According to a note on the back by Molesworth, this is one of only three known covers bearing the Barnwell CH SC provisional markings, but that cannot be currently correct. There are most likely a few more than that. See SC995 and NE1 for two additional examples of the Barnwell CH SC Provisional on this website. All the known Barnwell Court House provisional covers are addressed and have only the provisional marks and no postmark. With this cover is the original letter from the second use datelined "Jasper County Ga December 22nd 1862." The letter concerns shoes for Negro slaves and some other matters. Cover shows just a little light wear and some foxing but still retains a Very Fine appearance. CSA Certificate 2002. | $2,000.00 |
SC1201
 |
Stampless cover with the BLUE Columbia SC CDS 24 NOV and matching BLUE handstamp "10" Type P. Normally this "10" was used as a "due" mark, but the cover was presumably sent as a PAID as there is a Charge Box notation at the lower left. Addressed to Miss R. M. Brice, Younguesville, Fairfield (District), So. Ca. Wallpaper Adversity Cover with a colorful red, green, and gold floral and leaf pattern. One back flap missing. Cover folded out for display. | $1,000.00 |
SC1202
 |
CSA #11 (AD) (margin
touches at the left and affixed on the reverse to seal the backflap)
tied by two partial strikes of the BLUE
Columbia SC CDS (date not apparent). On the face of the
cover is a manuscript “Due
10.”
Addressed to Mrs. Edmund Ravenel Care of Ravenel & Co,
Charleston
SC. There is really no reason for the “Due 10” unless the cover was
overweight. More likely the postal clerk at the destination post office
in Charleston did not notice that the stamp was on the back and
therefore marked the cover as unpaid postage due. Wallpaper
Adversity Cover with a white, cream, and burgundy stylized floral
design displayed flapped up from the lower left corner. Cover
shows a little edge foxing and aging at the right, some edge
wear, and a small part of the back flap is missing. But the cover is
still a highly attractive wallpaper cover. The Ravenel family was very prominent in Charleston and operated a shipping business. This cover is most likely from Dr. Edmund Ravenel (1797-1871) of the Charleston Ravenel family who was a surgeon on the CS Medical Staff to his wife. |
$950.00 |
SC1203
 |
CSA #11c (AD) ( Greenish-Blue) (4-Margin) tied by the small single rim Rock Hill SC CDS 6 MAY. Addressed to Mr. V. Atkinson Sr, Lowriesville, Chester Dist SC. Wallpaper Adversity Cover with a brown and white stylized pattern. Displayed flapped up from the bottom and flapped down from the top. Very Fine. Ex-Kohn. | $900.00 |
SC1206
 |
CSA #11c (AD) Greenish-Blue (4-Margin) tied by the Charleston SC CDS 20 OCT 186-. From the well-known Middleton Correspondence addressed to Mrs. Williams Middleton Care of Mrs. Robert Smith, Columbia, So. Ca. Blue paper Adversity Cover made from a printed but unused Legal Form displayed flapped up from the lower right corner. Very Fine. | $300.00 |
SC1207
 |
CSA #11c (AD) Greenish-Blue (4-Margin) tied by the Charleston SC CDS 27 AUG 186-. From the well-known Middleton Correspondence addressed to Mrs. Williams Middleton Care of Mrs. Robert Smith, Columbia, So. Ca. High quality commercially made blue paper stationery. Very Fine. | $125.00 |
SC1208
 |
CSA #11 (AD) (4-Margin) tied by the small double circle Charleston SC CDS 4 OCT. From the well-known Middleton Correspondence addressed to Mrs. Williams Middleton Care of Mrs. Robert Smith, Columbia, So. Ca. Very Fine. | $125.00 |
SC1210
 |
CSA #11 (AD) (4-Margin) tied by the Greenville SC CDS (date not fully apparent). Commercially made blue paper cover addressed to Major Hutson Lee, Charleston, So. Ca. Major Hutson Lee (1834-1898) was a staff officer serving as the Chief Quartermaster on the staff of Gen P. G. T. Beuregard. Small part of top back flap missing. Very clean cover and a beautiful stamp. | $150.00 |
SC1211
 | CSA #11a Milky Blue (AD) (4-Margin) tied by the small double circle Newberry CH SC CDS 6 JUN 1863. Light green paper cover addressed to Mr. G. M. Dudley, Americus, Ga. Very Fine. | $150.00 |
SC1212
 | CSA #12 (AD) (4-Margin but a little edge gum toning and affixed upside down in the lower left corner) tied byt the Branchville SC Balloon CDS 26 MAR (1864). Light brown coarse paper cover addressed to Miss Candace Maudlin, Brushy Creek PO, Anderson Dist SC. A little light foxing but still an attractive cover with a nice balloon postmark. | $125.00 |
SC1213
 | CSA #12d (AD) Dark Blue (margin a little tight on the right) tied by the Adams Run SC CDS 29 OCT. Addressed to J. S. Johnston Esqr, Fayette, Jeff Co., Miss. Routing instruction at the top "P. M. at F. please forward by first opportunity to Church Hill." Back flap opening tear but still a very clean cover. | $125.00 |
SC1215
 | CSA #11 (AD) Light Blue (4-Margin) tied by the Greenville SC CDS 28 NOV (1864). Wallpaper Cover with a light blue and gray leaf pattern folded out for display. Addressed to Rev A. J. Leavenworth, Petersburg, Va. Receiving docketing at the left "Dec 5/64." Rev. Abner Johnson Leavenworth (1803-1869) was a Presbyterian minister and President of Leavenworth Female College in Petersburg, Va. Cover with large tears sealed with archival tape. Still quite a presentable clean appearing representative wallpaper cover. | $450.00 |
SC1216
 | CSA #4 (two singles) Stone 2. The right stamp is Position 33. The left stamp is not plated but obviously both stamps come from the same sheet with an extremely dry printing (4-Margin but the right stamp is close at the top center) tied together and to the cover by the BLUE Columbia SC CDS 13 AUG (1862). Addressed to Miss Cecile J. Bee Care Mr. J. M. Bee, State Bank, Camden SC. Clean cover reduced at the left. | $175.00 |
SC1217
 | CSA #11c (AD) Greenish-Blue (4-Margin) tied by the large single rim Charleston SC CDS 31 AUG 186-. Blue paper cover from the well-known and well-documented Middleton Correspondence addressed to Mrs. William Middleton Care of Mrs. Robert Smith, Columbia So. Ca. Very Fine. | $100.00 |
SC1218
 | CSA #11 (AD) (4-Margin) tied by the BLUE Columbia SC
CDS 17 OCT. Light coarse brown paper cover addressed to Col D. W.
Jordan, Laural Hill via Georgetown SC. Period docketing at the left "J P Southern Nails and Rice" most likely refers to the sender and the contents which are no longer with the cover. Very Fine. Daniel W. Jordan (1810-1883) was the owner of the Laurel Hill rice plantation in the Georgetown District and a prominent South Carolina landowner and businessman. The title of "Col" was honorary and not associated with the Confederate Army. A more detailed biography of Col Jordan is included with the cover. | $150.00 |
SC1219
 | CSA #7 Horz Pair affixed upside down (margins just a bit irregular but with a large left sheet margin) tied by the large singke rim Charleston SC CDS 5 DEC. Addressed locally to Judge Edward Frost, Charleston So. Ca. Significantly Overpaid Drop Letter. Also a blue paper Adversity Cover made from an unused bank check displayed flapped over from the left. Very Fine. Ex-Kaufmann. Edward Frost (1801-1868) was a well known Charleston attorney and judge who was also a railroad investor and President of the Blue Ridge Railroad. Judge Frost was involved in politics both during and after the war. | $400.00 |
SC1220
 | CSA #12c (AD) Greenish-Blue (4-Margin) tied by the small double circle Charleston SC CDS 23 OCT 1863. Orange paper cover addressed to Mrs. Emeline West, Lumbarton NC. Very Fine. Ex-Bogg. | $125.00 |
SC1221
 | CSA #3 (margin a little tight at the lower left) tied by a full strike of the large single rim Charleston SC CDS 25 FEB 186-. Legal sized cover addressed locally as an "Official Business" Drop Letter to James Tupper Esqr, Auditor of State, 10 Broad St, Charleston S. Ca. Minor unobtrusive edge repair at the top which is barely noticeable and affecting nothing, minor reduction at the top, and a minor reduction at the right. Very clean and attractive cover. Long Pedigree Ex-Finney, Ex-Molesworth, Ex-Kaufmann, Ex-Karrer Charleston Collection. | $1,500.00 |
SC1222  | CSA #12b (AD) Light Blue (4-Margin but close on the left) tied by the Greenville SC CDS 27 JUL. Addressed to J. P. Reed Esqr, Anderson CH SC. Wallpaper Cover with a Gray, White, and Blue Leaf Pattern which has been completely folded out for display. Very Fine. | $1,500.00 |
SC1224  | CSA #7 two Horz Pairs affixed as a Strip of 4 (double rate) (4-Margin) tied to cover and to each other by three strikes of the small double circle Charleston SC CDS 8 MAY (1863). Light blue paper cover addressed to Mrs. Edward J. Dean, (Key Box No 26), Spartanburg, So. Ca. Most of top back flap missing, otherwise Very Fine. | $275.00 |
SC1225  | CSA #11c (AD) Greenish-Blue (4-Margin) tied by the small double circle Charleston SC CDS with a MAY date. Blue paper commercial envelope with Semi-Official Imprint "Confederate States. Head Quarters, Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. Official Business" (CC WD-ZA-23). Military Address from the well-known Rives Correspondence to Lieut Col A. L. Rives, Acting Chf Engineer Bureau, Richmond, Va. Very Fine. Ex-Myerson. PF Certificate 2021. Alfred Landon Rives (1830-1903) was promoted Lt Col May 1863 and Col March 1864. He served in Richmond for the duration of the war mainly as the second ranking officer in the Engineer Bureau. | $550.00 |
SC1226  | CSA #1 Stone 2 Position 13 (4-Margin) tied by the small double circle Charleston SC CDS 21 DEC 1861. From the well-known and well-documented Grimball Correspondence addressed to J. Berkley Grimball Esqr, Adams Run Post Office, So. Ca. One page folded business letter datelined "Charleston Decer 20, 1861." Interesting short letter about shipping goods -- "The fleet at No(rth) Edisto (River) has blocked the inland navigation South for the present but we hope the Coaster will be able to get home by Xmas tho there is no telling." This sentence in the letter would be a reference to the Union blockade fleet disrupting South Carolina coastal navigation. At the top of the letter is the notation "pr Minie" of unknown significance but may refer to the Coaster (blockade runner) mentioned in the letter. Very Fine. | $300.00 |
SC1227  | Stampless Soldiers Due cover with the small single rim Pocotaligo SC CDS 17 NOV (1861) and manuscript "due 5cts." Folded blue lined notebook paper with the page containing the letter removed. Endorsed acrossed the top "Corpl E. Dubose Rutledge Mounted Riflemen, Port Royal Ferry." Addressed to Mrs. Edwin Dubose, Black Oak So. Ca. Very Fine. The Rutledge Mounted Rifles (Rutledge Mounted Riflemen and Horse Artillery) was an obscure South Carolina Militia unit with no unit history available except for a roster. Edwin DuBose is listed as a corporal in the unit but no other specific information on Corporal DuBose could be found. Port Royal Ferry is a location near Port Royal where the unit was camped, and the cover is from around the time of the Battle of Port Royal which was captured by the Union 11/7/1861 (10 days prior to this cover). Port Royal Ferry is about 25 Miles from Pocotaligo, so the cover was most likely carried by a unit mail courier with other letters from the unit for placement into the CSA mails in Pocotaligo. See SC1193 for two additional covers from the same correspondence. | $250.00 |
SC1228  | Cover originated in Florence SC with a light strike of the Florence SC CDS (date not apparent) and a manuscript "Paid" (rate may be under the stamp). Military Address to Lieut R. B. Watson Co B 14th Regt SCV Care of Adams Frost & Co, Charleston SC. Address lined through and cover forwarded to Pocotaligo Station C & S RRoad (Charleston and Savannah Railroad). CSA #16x1 Charleston 5c Blue Provisional used to pay the forwarding fee and tied by the small double circle Charleston SC
CDS 14 NOV 1861. Since the cover is addressed to a soldier in the
field, a forwarding fee was generally not required but was used in this
case very early in the war. This is a recorded cover and a scarce use
of the Charleston Provisional to pay the forwarding fee with perhaps no
more than six covers known with this postal use. Small professional
edge repair at the right where opened, and appears to have been cleaned
to a Very Fine appearance. Ex-Calhoun Collection. Robert Briggs Watson (1836-1929) entered service as a 1st Lieut in Co B 14th SC Inf 9/1/1861. At the time of this cover, the unit was in the Pocotaligo area but would join the ANV in 1862. Information on South Carolina soldiers is very sketchy, but there is a reference to Robert Briggs Watson of the 14th SC Inf having been wounded twice at Gettysburg. He is also referred to as "Col" on his gravestone and in other references, but there is no record that he was ever a Colonel during the war. He lived a long life and is listed on the Federal Censuses as a "farmer" so the "Col" title may have been a post war honorary title. | $1,250.00 |
SC1230  | CSA #12 (AD) (4-Margin) tied by the BLUE Columbia SC CDS (date not apparent). Adversity Cover made from a printed but unused Charleston SC bank check
displayed flapped down from the top. Cover from the Witherspoon
Correspondence addressed to Mrs. I. D. Witherspoon, Yorkville,
So. Ca. Very clean cover. Ex-Harvey Teal. The addressee was the wife of Lieut Isaac Donnom Witherspoon (1833-1901) of Co A 12th SC Inf. The 12th SC Inf was an ANV unit and in Virginia, so the cover is most likely not from her husband but perhaps from another relative. | $350.00 |
SC1231  | Stampless PAID cover with the Darlington CH SC CDS and handstamp PAID 10 Type C (date not fully apparent). Full Military Address to Genl E. M. Law, Field's Division, Longstreet's Corps, Lee's Army, Richmond, Va. Excellent military address that names four generals including Longstreet and Lee.
From the address, the cover must date from early 1864 as Gen Field
took command of the division in February 1864. Small toned spot at
lower left, otherwise Very Fine. Evander McIvor Law (1836-1920) was from Darlington SC. The cover, therefore, is most likely from his wife. As Lt Col of the 4th Ala Inf, Gen Law was severely wounded at First Manassas but recovered and was elected Colonel of the regiment in November 1862. His promotion to Brig-Gen dated from 9/2/1862. He participated in the major battles of the ANV and commanded Hood's Division at Gettysburg and Chickamauga when Hood was wounded. He was wounded a second time at Cold Harbor. After recovering from his second wound, he was relieved of duty with the ANV at his own request and finished the war commanding a unit of cavalry under General Johnston in the Carolinas in 1865 with promotion to Maj-Gen 4/9/1865. After the war, he returned to South Carolina and was involved with the railroads. Later in life he relocated to Florida and spent his remaining years as an educator. He also served as the Florida commander of the UCV. | $375.00 |
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