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CSA #11 (AD)
(4-Margin) Pen-Canceled and the BLUE
Fancy Hill, VA
CDS in the left upper corner 3 FEB. Address a little faded but still
legible to Thomas C. Watson Jr, Pittsylvania Ct House, Virginia. The
Watson family owned a large plantation in Pittsylvania County. Very
clean cover. |
$125.00 |
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CSA #11 (AD) (4-Margin) tied by a partial strike of the Richmond, Va CDS 24 JAN. Coarse borwn paper cover obviously homemade with a bit of an odd shape. Small but complete cover addressed to Mrs. Mary H. Tabb, Mathews C(ourt) H(ouse), Mathews County, Va. Very clean cover. Mathews County is located in the Hampton Roads area on the middle peninsula north of Norfolk. Not much Confederate mail is known either into or out of Mathews County because of its location and proximity to the Union Army. Very clean cover. | $100.00 |
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CSA #11 (AD)
(4-Margin) tied by the BLUE
New London, Va balloon CDS 12 NOV (1863). Light coarse
brown paper cover with lengthy Military
Address to "Mr. Bluford Creasy to the care of Capt O W Spriggs Co D 42
Reg Va Vol 2 Brigade first division major g Johnson commanding,
Culpeper Court House, Virginia." Clean Cover. Bluford (Buford) Creasy enlisted as a private in Co D 42nd Va Inf 5/31/1861. He was hospitalized twice in 1861 for disease and is listed as AWOL 11/15/1861 at Huntersville, Va. He was arrested and returned to his unit 2/12/1862 and detailed as a teamster. He was wounded at Fisher's Hill (Va) 9/22/1864 losing his right eye. Listed as absent 10/31/1864 with no further record. Oscar W. Spriggs enlisted as a private in Co D 42nd Va Inf 5/31/1861. He was soon promoted 1st Sergt and then commissioned Lieut in December 1861 and promoted Capt in December 1862. He is listed as captured as a POW at Spotsylvania Court House (Va) and confined at Fort Delaware until his Oath of Allegiance and release 6/16/1865. |
$150.00 |
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CSA #12c (AD)
Greenish-Blue (margin touches at the left) tied by the Scottsville, Va CDS
2 DEC. Full Military
Address to Mr. Skipwith Wilmer, Signal Corps, Johnson's Division, 2nd
Army Corps, Army Northern Va, Richmond (Va). Part of top
back flap missing, otherwise a very clean cover. Skipwith Wilmer (1843-1901) served in the Confederate Army in the CS Signal Corps first as a Sergeant until commissioned 2nd Lieut 2/19/1864. After the war, he practiced law in Baltimore. His father, Rev Dr. Wilmer, was the Protestant Episcopal Bishop of the Diocese of Louisiana. |
$150.00 |
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CSA #1 Stone 2 (not
plated) (4-Margin with a little gum toning) tied by the samll single
rim Gordonsville VA
CDS 13 MAY (1862). Small but complete commercially made cover
addressed to the Mr. Andrew Hoke, Newton NC. Minor reduction at the
left where opened. Very clean cover. According to the Census of 1860, Andrew Hoke of Cawtaba County NC had a son, Julius Benton Hoke (1844-1933), serving as a private in Co A 12th NC Inf (an ANV unit). Pvt Hoke served the entire war with his unit from his enlistment on 4/27/1861 (prior to NC secession) through to the Appomattox surrrender 4/9/1865. Pvt Hoke was most likely the sender of this cover home to his father. |
$150.00 |
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CSA #4 Stone 2 Position 43 (4-Margin with some edge gum toning and a pre-affixing crease at the lower left) tied by the BLUE Danville, Va CDS 26 JUN (1862). Addressed to Mrs. Mary D. Corbin, Amherst Ct H., Virginia. | $125.00 |
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Turned Cover - First Use: Pre-war USA #25 pen-canceled and the manuscript postal marking at the left upper corner "Waverly Station Va Feby 5th 1859." Addressed to John N. Bain Esqr, Wakefield Station, Va. Both Waverly Station and Wakefield Station in Sussex County were pre-war stops on the Norfolk and Petersburg Railroad. Most of this railroad was captured and used by the Union at various times during the war. Second Use: CSA #7 Horz Pair (margins just in at top center and at the right lower corner) pen-canceled and the postal marking to the left which ties the stamps "Wakefield Va Mar 25th." Addressed to Mr Henry B. Coker, Edwards Depot, Miss. Edwards Depot in Hind County, Mississippi, was a stop on the Alabama and Vicksburg Railroad. Coarse brown paper cover which is complete and very clean. It has not been cut for display but has instead been completely unfolded. Minor fold reinforcements with archival tape. Notation on the reverse signed by Brian Green but he misidentifies the the USA stamp as a #26. The stamp is the Type I USA #25. |
$250.00 |
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CSA #7 Horz Pair
affixed on the reverse to seal the back flap (some damage to the
stamps) tied by a partial strike of the Floyd C H, Va CDS
with a second strike of the same CDS on the face of the cover dated 16
FEB (1864). Military
Address to Dr. T. Henry Howard, 14th Regt Va Inf, Barton's Brigade,
Picketts Division, Kinston NC. Turned Cover with an
inside use handcarried outside the postal system with the same military
address. Clean cover. Thomas Henry Howard (1834-1910) was commissioned Asst Surgeon of the 14th Va Inf 12/15/1863 and transferred to the 30th Va Inf 5 /24/1864. After the war, he lived in Floyd County, Virginia. |
$150.00 |
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CSA #4 Over Inked Dark Blue Stone 2 Position 37 (4-Margin) tied by a full strike of the Richmond, Va CDS Powell Type 3b (broken "N" of "JUN") 12 JUN 1862. Dark brown coarse paper cover addressed to Dr. John A. Barksdale, Laurens C(ourt) H(ouse), So. Ca. Very clean cover and a beautiful stamp. | $225.00 |
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CSA #7 Pair
(4-Margin) barely tied at the top by the small single rim
Whitlock, Va CDS
(very scarce Virginia postmark from Halifax County) 26
DEC. Somewhat faded but legible Military
Address to Lieut A. Whitlock Hoge, Ringgold Battery, Ransom's Division,
Dublin Depot, Va, V T RR (Virginia & Tennessee Railroad).
Instruction at lower left "PM
at Dublin please forward." Edge wear, a little light
soiling, and top back flap missing. But a rarely seen Virginia
postmark. Ex- Scott Gallagher. Achilles Whitlock Hoge (1846-1864) enlisted as a private in Co G 20th Va Inf 5/26/1861 at the age of 14. He was discharged 9/19/1861. He entered service again 2/15/1862 as a Lieutenant in Co B 13th Va Battalion Light Artillery (Ringgold's Battery). He was killed in action at Cloyd's Mountain (Va) 5/9/1864. His older brother Private Moses Hoge (1833-1864) in the same unit was killed in the same action. |
$200.00 |
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CSA #7 two singles
(margins tight) tied together and to the cover by an escellent strike
of the VIOLET Lynchburg,
Va CDS 17 JUN (1863). Addressed to John A. Langhorne,
Shawsville, Montgomery County, Va. Very clean cover. The addressee, John Archer Langhorne, was the father of Pvt Jacob Kent Langhorne (1845-1863) of Co B 2nd Va Cav. Private Langhorne attended VMI 1862-1863 but dropped out of school to enlist in February 1863. He is listed as mortally wounded at Brandy Station, Va 6/9/1863 (his first and only engagement and the largest cavalry battle of the war) and died a few days later. He is buried at the Crocker-Kent Cemetery near Shawsville, Va. Cover was sent some days after his death, so Pvt Langhorne could not have sent the cover. But perhaps the cover contained a letter from a friend informing the father of his son's death. Not possible to know for sure since there is no enclosure. |
$200.00 |
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CSA #11 (AD) Light Blue (4-Margin) tied by a partial strike of the small double circle BLUE Charlottesville, Va CDS (date not fully apparent). Small lady's type cover addressed to Miss M. L. Harris, Cartersville, Cumberland, Va. Very clean cover with a missing top back flap. | $75.00 |
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CSA #11 (AD) (stamp
is 4-Margin with a little edge gum toning and a spectacular Short Transfer where
the right side of the stamp is only partially printed) tied by the
small double circle BLACK
Charlottesville, Va CDS
20 Jun 1864. Blue paper commercially made cover with embossed flowers
on the back flap addressed to Mrs. W. S. Martin, Linksville, Rockingham
Co, N. Carolina. Very Fine. The cover was sent by William Sydnor Martin (1833-1908) home to his wife. On the Federal Census of 1860, he is listed as a Medical Student living in Leaksville NC with his wife. He was serving in the ranks as a Quartermaster Sergeant for the 45th NC Inf at the time of this cover. |
$225.00 |
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CSA #7 two overlapping singles
(margins irregular) pen-canceled and the postal manuscript "Rep(ublican) Grove (Va) Feby 9 /
64"
at the left. Addressed to Miss R. E. W. Carndale, Providence PO,
Halifax Co., Va. Republican Grove is a very obscure listed CSA post
office in Halifax County. Republican Grove still exists today
but
is defined only as a "Populated Area" and no longer has its own post
office. This cover is reportedly the listing cover for Republican Grove
that appears in the VPHS (Virginia Postal History Society) catalog.
Republican Grove is not listed in the CSA catalog. The cover shows wear
and some soiling but is still quite presentable. This cover may very
possibly be one of the very few if not the only remaining cover from
this obscure post office. This is also a Turned Cover with an inside use (stamp missing) with the Richmond, Va CDS 10 NOV 1862 addressed to Miss Mary J. Chasm, Mount Airy, Pittsylvania Co., Va. |
$150.00 |
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CSA #1 Stone 1 Position 3
(4-Margin) tied by the RED
Smithfield, Va
CDS with an APR 1862 date. From the Hamilton Correspondence addressed
to Mrs. D. H. Hamilton Jr, Hillsboro NC. The cover was sent by Major D.
H. Hamilton Jr of the 3rd
NC Inf home to his wife. Back flap opening tears and a
small sealed edge tear at top center. Daniel Heyward Hamilton Jr (1838-1908), a graduate of The Citadel, was originally from Charleston SC. When the war began, he was an instructor at the Hillsboro NC Military Academy. On 5/26/1861, he was commissioned Major in the 3rd NC Volunteers. From May 1861 until April 1862, the regiment was assigned to the Department of Norfolk and remained in the Norfolk, Va area. Major Hamilton was discharged from the service on 4/26/1862 during the army reorganization when he was defeated for re-election in the regiment. He later served for a time in the 1st SC Infantry, a regiment commanded by his father Col D. H. Hamilton Sr. Major Hamilton was wounded at Boteler's Ford 9/20/1862 which ended his field service. At the end of the war, he was serving as Provost Marshall at Columbia SC. After the war, he made his home in Hillsboro NC. The 3rd NC Volunteers was redesignated as the 13th NC Infantry on 14 NOV 1861 and saw distinguished service for the remainder of the war as part of the ANV. |
$225.00 |
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CSA #1 (two singles) (both stamps are 4-Margin and are affixed upside down with respect to each other) (both stamps are the same Light Green color and come from the same sheet. The left stamp is Stone 1 Position 45. The right stamp is Stone 1 but not able to plate it to a position. The stamps are pen-cancelled, and the matching manuscript "Ruther Glen Va Aug 30" is at the left. Addressed to Robert W. Adams, Richmond City, Va. Very Fine. | $250.00 |
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Stampless Paid cover with the small double circle Norfolk, Va CDS with handstamp PAID 5 Type D all in BLUE 26 AUG 1861. Addressed to S. Barton, Bartonsville NC. Orange paper cover with a top back flap opening tear, otherwise Very Fine. | $175.00 |
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CSA #6 Horz Pair (just touches along the top and the stamps are affixed upside down) tied by the BLACK Lynchburg, Va CDS 18 MAY. Semi-OfficialI imprinted cover "Confederate States of America, War Department, Nitre and Mining Bureau, Official Business" (CC Catalog Type WD-NM-06). Addressed to W. F. James Esq, Youngs Store PO, Franklin Cy (Va). Minor foxing, otherwise Very Fine. | $500.00 |
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Official imprinted cover "Confederate States of America, Post Office Department Official Business, Chief of the Appointment Bureau" Type APP-06 but unsigned. Cover was handcarried outside the postal system addressed locally to Hon G. W. Munford, Sec(retary) of Commonwealth. A little period ink smearing in the address, otherwise a clean cover. Ex-Billy Matz. | $150.00 |
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Two Covers -- Same Correspondence
(Lieut Albert Davidson, Virginia Letcher Light Artillery) First Cover -- Stampless cover with a partial strike of the small single rim Guineys, Va CDS (date not apparent). The small Guineys postmark is not often seen and was used only in 1862. No PAID or DUE mark which is cataloged as Type Pk in the new CSA Catalog. Light pencil manuscript right upper corner "April 1862" which appears to be period receiving docketing which dates the cover. Presumably sent as a "Due" as there is a military endorsement at the upper left "A. Davidson Letcher L(ight) Artillery." Addressed to Mrs. J. D. Davidson, Lexington, Va. Very clean coarse brown paper cover. Second Cover -- Stampless Paid cover with the small single rim Dublin, Va CDS and handstamp PAID (no rate) Type A 22 MAR (1863). Addressed to Miss Mary Davidson Care of J. D. Davidson Esq, Lexington, Va with routing instruction at lower left "via Bonsacks." Light pencil manuscript at the bottom right "Mar 22, 1863" which appears to be period receiving docketing which dates the cover. Minor reduction on the right, otherwise Very Fine. Prior collector's handstamp on the back flap "J. P. Smyth 512 E North Ave." Albert L. Davidson (1841-1865) began service as a Sergt in Co D 10th Va Cav 5/15/1861. The company was disbanded 10/15/1861. He then mustered into the Virginia Letcher Light Artillery 3/1/1862 and was commissioned as a Lieut and assigned to the Camp of Instruction at Dublin, Va. The only other listing in his record is that he was wounded 4/3/1865 while attempting to arrest deserters. He died in 1865, but cause of death not given. May have been secondary to wounds received in April 1865. He is buried in Lexington, Va. The inscription on the gravestone is "Lieut. & Adj., C.S.A." One borther, Greenlee Davidson (Capt Letcher's Va Light Art), was killed at Chancellorsville. Another brother, Frederick Davidson (Pvt Rockbridge Rifles Co B 5th Va Inf), was killed at First Manassas. Another brother, Charles Andrew Davidson (1839-1879), was Capt of Co E 1st Va Inf Batt. And a fourth brother, William W. Davidson (1844-1869) was a Lieut in Co I 26th Va Inf Batt. The first cover is addressed to Lieut Davidson's mother. The second cover is addressed to his sister in care of his father. The handwriting appears to be just somewhat different on the two covers. It is possible that the second cover may have been sent by one of the brothers. |
$225.00 Two Covers |
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Stampless
Paid cover with the small single rim Franklin Depot, Va (Southampton
County) CDS
and handstamp PAID 5
Type A all in BLUE
31 DEC 1861. Franklin Depot was an important Confederate supply station
on the Seaboard & Roanoke Railroad which ran from Portsmouth,
Va to
the Roanoke River in North Carolina. Orange paper cover from the
Pettigrew correspondence addressed to William S. Pettigrew Esq,
Raleigh, No. Ca. Period receiving docketing at the left indicates that
the cover was from Charles L. Pettigrew, a brother of the addressee.
Very Fine. Ex-Bogg. 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. Charles Lockhart Pettigrew (1816-1873), the oldest Pettigrew brother, operated a plantation known as Bonarva located on Lake Phelps in North Carolina. |
$150.00 |
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Stampless
Paid cover with the Churchland,
Va (Norfolk County) CDS 24 DEC (1861) and handstamp PAID 10 Type C all
in RED
(double rate over 500 miles). Addressed to Mrs. Jno R. Binion, Island
Creek PO, Hancock (County), Ga. Minor reduction on the left where
opened, otherwise Very Fine. The addressee appears to be the wife of Captain John Robert Binion (1819-1887) a wealthy planter of Hancock County, Georgia who lived in Island Creek. There are references to his being an officer in the Confederate Army, but there is no record of a John R. Binion having served in the Confederate Army. So the rank that he is listed with was either a state rank or a prior rank or honorary rank not related to the Confederate Army. And he had no sons of an age to have served in the army. So the sender of the cover is not identified. |
$150.00 |
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Stampless Paid cover with the Danville, Va CDS and handstamp PAID 5 Type G 12 JUL (1861). Addressed to Mr. Thomas C. Williams Care Patteson Z. Williams, Richmond, Va. Very clean cover. | $125.00 |
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CSA
#7 Horz Pair (margin just touches at lower left) tied by a
partial
strike of the New
Market, Va CDS (date not apparent). Addressed to
Surgeon J. W. Tracey (name is mispelled in the address as should be
“Tracy”), Hospital No 7, Raleigh NC.Very clean orange paper cover with
a small sealed edge tear at the upper left and sealed back flap opening
tears. The addressee was Dr. James Wright Tracy (1819-1896), a very prominent North Carolina physician and a signer of the North Carolina Ordinance of Secession, was at the time of this cover the surgeon at the Fair Ground Hospital in Raleigh (Hospital #7) which was a military hospital for North Carolina soldiers. Cover must date after April 1864 as that was when Dr. Tracy was transferred to Raleigh. Dr. Tracy started the war as the Asst Surgeon for the 37th NC Inf and was later the Surgeon of the 14th NC Inf. Period notation at upper left “Shaffner” probably refers to the sender as the records list a John Francis Shaffner (1838-1908), another very prominent North Carolina physician, as an Asst Surgeon and Surgeon in the Confederate Army who served in various NC regiments. In mid 1864, Dr. Shaffner was the Surgeon of the 4th NC Inf which was assigned to the Valley District in the area of New Market, Va which fits a mid 1864 date for this cover. Dr. James Wright Tracy was featured in an article in the March 2009 issue of the ASD&C magazine by Patricia A. Kaufmann in which this cover was used as an illustration. |
$275.00 |
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Official Imprinted Cover "Confederate States of America, General Post Office Department, Auditor's Office (CC AUD-07a) and the B. Baker signature. Richmond, Va CDS Powell Type 2a 31 OCT 1861 with handstamp FREE Type AA. The postmark is placed over the signature. Addressed to Daniel Wine Esq, Sangerville, Augusta Co., Va. The addressee was the Sangerville postmaster. The current CSA catalog listing for this imprint subtype is marked as "unsupported" with an unknown type of envelope and is unpriced. This cover was previously reported as the only known example of this imprint subtype, but I am unable to confirm that statement. This cover is a regular commercial envelope, and the cover certainly supports the listing. Ex-Brian Green, Ex-John Hill. Very Fine. | $650.00 |
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CSA #11 (AD) (4-Margin with just a little very light toning) tied by a partial strike of the Orange CH, Va CDS 9 SEP. Coarse brown paper cover addressed to H. J. Spicer Esq, Trap Hill, Wilkes Co., NC. Clean and complete cover. | $100.00 |
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CSA #4a Dark Blue Stone 2 Position 6 (margin just in at the right and with a random inked printing flaw in the "S" of "POSTAGE") tied by the Richmond, Va (1862 date not fully apparent). Addressed to Miss Trittie A. Bush, Burnt Ordinary, Va. Back flap opening tears, otherwise a very clean cover. | $175.00 |
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CSA #6 Single Use Prior to the Rate Change (just barely touches left at top) tied by the Richmond, Va CDS Powell Type 3b (broken “N” of “JUN”) 23 JUN 1862. Overall Green Advertising Cover for Harvey, Armistead & Williams Tobacco Exchange Building Wholesale Grocers and Commission Merchants Virginia St, Richmond, Va. Addressed to B. Friend Esqr, Drakes Branch, Charlotte County, Va. Very Fine. | $750.00 |
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CSA #1 Stone 1 (not plated) tied by the usual weak strike of the Fredericksburg, Va PAID CDS 8 DEC (1861). Addressed to R. H. Chowning Esq, Hagen, Va. Very clean cover. | $250.00 |
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CSA #2 Paterson Stone Y
(4-Margin corner crease upper left) tied by a full strike of the Richmond, Va
CDS Powell Type 3g (broken "O' in "OCT") 17 OCT 1862. Addressed to
James Hemphill Esqr, Chester CH, So. Ca. The addressee, James
Hemphill (1813-1902), was a prominent lawyer in the Chester District. Adversity Cover made from a
printed boat schedule. Very clean cover. |
$650.00 |
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Turned
Cover - 1st Use (inside) CSA #1c Olive Green Stone A/B
(good margins
but just a little close at top center and bottom left) tied by a full
strike of the BLUE large
single rim Norfolk, Va
CDS 26 NOV 1861. The
inside use also has a colorless embossed advertising oval for the
Citizen's Bank of Va in Norfolk. Addressed to R.
Chapman Esquire, Cashier, Tarboro, N.
Carolina. 2nd Use
(outside) CSA #1 Stone 2 Position 38.
Addressed to Messers A & J M Donnan, Petersburg, Virginia.
Orange
paper cover folded out and also flapped up from the left lower corner
to display both stamps. Small very well done edge repair at the top
left. Unsigned note on the reverse by Van Dyk MacBride. Ex-Tate. |
$850.00 |
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TURNED COVER -- First Use (inside)
manuscript "Earlysville
(Va) April 15 (1863)" (obscure use from Albemarle County).
The first use originally had a pair of CSA #7 stamps
applied on the back to seal the back flap. These stamps have been
partially torn away. Full
Military Address to Mr. Joseph H. Phaup, Co C 18th Va Regt, Pickett's
Division, Garnett's Brigade, Petersburg. For the Second Use (outside),
the cover was refolded inside out and a Vertical Pair of CSA #7
stamps were applied on the back to seal the back flap. The stamps of
the second use were placed over the remnants of the stamps from the
first use. The second use stamps are tied by the BLUE Franklin Depot, Va CDS
6 MAY (1863). The second use is addressed to Mr. William Phaup, Skin
Quarter PO, Chesterfield Co., Va. The cover has a little edge water
staining but is intact and is very presentable showing excellent postal
use. The cover is dated shortly before Gettysburg. The 18th Va Inf, as part of Pickett's Division, fought at Gettysburg and was part of Pickett's Charge. The brigade commander mentioned in the address, Gen Garnett, was killed at Pickett's Charge. Joseph H. Phaup (1837-1895) is listed as a 23 year old farmer at the time of enlistment as a private in Co C on 4/23/1861. He is listed as wounded at Seven Pines 6/1/1862 but recovered. He was with his regiment at Gettysburg and is listed as wounded and captured as a POW at Pickett's Charge 7/3/1863. He survived and was paroled at David's Island NY 8/24/1863 and rejoined his unit. He was promoted 3rd Sergt on 4/1/1864 and still on the army rolls as late as 3/31/1865. The cover is an excellent historical item associated with a soldier wounded and captured at Pickett's Charge. |
$500.00 |
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CSA #12c (AD) Greenish-Blue
(4-Margin) with the Richmond,
Va CDS Powell Type 5d 2 AUG 1863. Full Military Address to Lieut D.
A. Timberlake Co G 4th Va Cavalry, Gen Fitz Lee's Brigade, Culpeper C.
House, Va. Coarse brown paper cover which may be homemade.
Very Fine. David Algenon Timberlake (1833-1901) enlisted as a private in Co G 4th Va Cav 5/9/1861. He was commissioned 2nd Lieut 4/25/1862 and promoted Capt 10/11/1863. He is listed as wounded at Fisher's Hill (Va) 10/9/1864 and hospitalized in Richmond returning to his unit 1/1/1865. He was paroled at Richmond 5/1/1865. Fitzhugh Lee (1835-1905), a nephew of Robert E. Lee and an 1856 graduate of West Point, was a very prominent CSA cavalry general during the war. After the war, he was elected governor of Virginia in 1885 and was appointed later as consul-general in Havana in 1893 by President Grover Cleveland. When war with Spain broke out, he was commissioned Maj-Gen of Volunteers and served in the US Army until he retired in 1901. |
$150.00 |
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CSA #4 Horz Pair Stone 2 Positions 27-28 (4-Margin) tied by the small single rim Churchville, Va CDS 2 AUG (1862) with a second strike of the same CDS to the right which also ties the stamps. Small but complete lady's type cover addressed to Miss Fannie Snyder, Ivy Depot, Albemarle County, Virginia. The address is a bit light but still very legible. The cover is otherwise Very Fine. | $400.00 |
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USA #26 affixed sideways and prn-cancelled. Manuscript postal marklings top left "Fords (Depot) Va May15 / 61" USA Used in CSA Virginia. Addressed to Miss Norman E, Smithson, Macfarlands, Lunenberg Co., Va. Ford's Depot was a stop on the South Side Railroad in Dinwiddie County. Very clean cover and quite an obscure postal use. Ex-Thayer. | $350.00 |
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CSA #2 Paterson Stone Y
(margin in at the bottom left) tied by the BLUE Lynchburg, Va CDS
29 SEP. Coarse brown paper cover from the Bagby Correspondence
addressed to Dr. Geo W. Bagby, Richmond, Virginia. Very clean cover. George William Bagby (1828-1883) graduated with a MD from the University of Pennsylvania in 1846 and relocated to Lynchburg, Va. However, his real passion was literary as he edited the Lynchburg Express (newspaper) for three years and then edited the Southern Literary Messenger (magazine) in Richmond beginning in 1860. He became widely known as a writer, journalist, editor, lecturer (he very vigorously supported the Southern cause) and was considered as one of the last true Southern humorists. Although a physician, he enlisted as a private in Co A 11th Va Inf 4/25/1861 but only served a few months and was discharged 9/23/1861 for health reasons. He served later in Co F 3rd Va Battalion Reserves. |
$250.00 |
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CSA #1 Stone 2 Position 16
(4-Margin) tied by the Yorktown,
Va CDS
20 APR (1862). Coarse brown paper cover from the Blackford
Correspondence addressed to Mrs. Mary B. Blackford, Box 6, Lynchburg,
Virginia. Minor period stain at the upper right not affecting anything,
otherwise a very clean cover. The addressee, Mary Berkeley Blackford (1802-1896) was the wife of William Matthews Blackford (1801-1864). The Blackford family was a very prominent Lynchburg family. She was the mother of five sons who all served in the Confederate Army and all survived the war. But the sender of this cover is not identified. |
$200.00 |
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CSA #2 Paterson Stone Y
(4-Margin) tied by the Richmond,
Va
CDS Powell Type 3a 7 MAY 1862. Addressed to Miss Libbie Tuthill Care of
Mr. Geo. A. Tuthill, Mobile, Alabama. George Augustus Tuthill
(1807-1883) was a very wealthy Mobile cotton broker. Part of top back
flap missing, otherwise Very Fine. |
$350.00 |
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CSA #4 Stone 2 Position 46 (margins close at left and top and a light vertical pre-affixing crease) tied by a partial strike of the Richmond, Va CDS (date not fully apparent). Addressed to Mr. David L. Williams, Tawboro NC. The addressee was a very wealthy Edgecombe County planter. Handwritten patriotic verse on the face of the cover in pencil which may or may not be period. The verse is the same as is found on a number of CSA patriotic covers. Stand firmly by your cannon / Let ball and grapeshot fly / Trust in God and Davis / And keep your powder dry. Very clean cover. | $250.00 |
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CSA #1 Stone 2 Position 47 (4-Margin but close in spots) tied by the BLUE Petersburg, Va CDS 21 JAN (1862). The stamp has a short horizontal streak at the lower left whcih appears to be a random printing stone flaw. Folded Letter (business) written on blue lined paper addressed to Dr. Sterling Neblett, Brickland, Lunenburg Co., Va. Very well done unobtrusive corner repair at the lower right to a very fine appearance. | $200.00 |
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CSA #12d (AD) Dark Blue (4-Margin) tied by the RED-BROWN Lynchburg, Va CDS 26 MAR. Light coarse paper cover addressed to Sgt Jas. W. Rodden, Chalk Level, Virginia. Sgt James Wilson Rodden (1823-1900) had service in Co C 1st Va Artillery. Very clean cover. | $200.00 |
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South-to-North Through-the-Line
Civilian (non POW) Cover from Petersburg, Va. This is the
inside envelope with the Union double ring Old Point Comfort, Va
CDS 6 OCT (1863) with the Union circular DUE 6
handstamp to assess the Union postage as the cover was sent with the
Union postage unpaid. The outer envelope which would have had the
Confederate postage from Petersburg to the transfer point would have
been discarded at the transfer point. Coarse brown paper cover
addressed to Miss Kittie Emmons, Kirkwood, Broome Co. N(ew) Y(ork). The
original letter remains with the cover written by one George W. Emmons,
a Pvt in Co C 12th Va Inf
detailed as a hospital steward, to his sister in New York. In the one
page letter, he informs his sister that he is about to be married to
Fannie. Intact through-the-lines civilian covers, especially with the
original letter, at this time (not POW covers) are quite scarce. Very
Fine. Molesworth note on the back. George W. Emmons (1836-1903) enlisted in Petersburg as a private in Co C 12th Va Inf 4/24/1861. He was detailed as a hospital steward in Norfolk, Va, 6/25/1862 and at the time of this letter was serving as a hospital steward in Petersburg, Va. He mentions in his letter to his sister in New York that he was still at the same hospital. He is listed as having deserted at Petersburg 12/28/1864, took the Oath of Allegiance, and made his way to New York where he lived out his life with his wife Fannie and family in Kirkwood, New York. (Broome County). |
$750.00 |
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CSA #1 Horz Pair Stone 1
(not plated) (margin close at bottom right and partial short transfers
at the bottom corners of both stamps and a large random overinking flaw
in "AMERICA" of the right stamp) tied by the Richmond, Va
CDS Powell Type 2b 24 DEC 1861 (Christmas Eve cover). Addressed to Col
John B. Lamar, Macon, Geo. Period notation at lower left "If Col Lamar
is not in town hand to Mrs. Whittle." Period receiving docketing at
left in red which identifies the sender Dr. J. M. Green. Part of top
back flap missing, and a small sealed edge tear at top center.
Exceptionally clean cover. John Basil Lamar (1812-1862), a Georgia politician and a wealthy Georgia planter, served as a staff officer (Voluntary ADC) to his brother-in-law Brig-Gen (later Maj-Gen) Howell Cobb. Col Lamar was mortally wounded at the Battle of Cramptons Gap (part of the Battle of South Mountain, Maryland) 9/15/1862 and died of his wounds the next day. |
$400.00 |
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Stampless cover with the Fairfax, Va balloon CDS and manucript "Pd 5" 28 AUG (1861). Addressed to Miss Anna Isbell, Stone Wall Mills, Appoattox Co., Va. Hotel Adverstising Cover with a boxed printed corner card at the upper left "Piedmont House, Opposite Va. & Tenn. Railroad Depot, Lynchburg, VA. L. Wilkes, Proprietor." The Piedmont House was a riverfront hotel in Lynchburg and was gone by the late 1870's. Very Fine. | $500.00 |
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Two Covers from the Randolph
Correspondence (no contents) -- Both covers have CSA #11 (AD) (4-Margin
stamps) tied by two different Richmond,
Va, postmarks. The first cover dated 29 AUG 1863 has a
full Military Address to
Capt M. L. Randolph, Signal Officer Gen Rodes’ Staff, Gen Ewell’s
Corps, Army of Northern Virginia.
The second cover dated 8 NOV is addressed to Miss Sarah Randolph Care
of Thos. Jeff. Randolph Esqr, Keswick Depot, Albemarle Co., Va. Minor
back flap opening tears, still a Very Fine pair of covers from a very
prominent Virginia family. Ex-Randy Neil Exhibit. Covers will only be
sold as a pair. Meriwether Lewis Randolph (1845-1871) and Sarah Randolph (1839-1892) were brother and sister. Their father, Thomas Jefferson Randolph (1792-1875), was a grandson of Thomas Jefferson and the inheritor of Monticello. He was a very prominent Virginia planter and politician Their uncle was George Wyeth Randolph (1818-1867) CSA Secretary of War in 1862. Capt Meriwether Lewis Randolph served on the staffs of various CSA Generals including D. H. Hill, Rodes, Ramseur, and Grimes. He died at a young age of consumption (tuberculosis) and is buried at Monticello. |
$750.00 Two Covers |
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CSA #12 (AD) (4-Margin
and affixed at the upper left corner) tied by the Abingdon, Va CDS
20 MAR. Addressed to Mr. John H. Cook, New Market Depot G & C
RR
(Greenville and Columbia Railroad), Abbeville District, South Carolina.
In manuscript at lower left “PM
please forward by the Millway Carrier.”
The address and notations on the cover are just a bit light but are
still perfectly legible. The cover is otherwise Very Fine. This is also a Turned Cover with an inside use -- CSA #11c (AD) Greenish-Blue tied by a partial strike of the large single rim Winchester, Va CDS (date not apparent). Addressed to Corpl J. P. Cook, Washington Hospital, Abingdon, Virginia. Corpl J. P. Cook served in Co G 2nd SC Cav which was with the ANV in 1863 and 1864. Could find no information on Corpl Cook as to why he was in the hospital, but he apparently used this cover that he received to send a letter home to his father by way of the Millway Carrier. The “Millway Carrier” notation has always been somewhat of a mystery. Even though the cover originates in Virginia, the mark is associated with the Millway SC post office. Pre-war and CSA covers are both known with the “Millway Carrier” notation. “Millway” was also the name of a plantation in that area. Noted CSA Philatelist Dick Krieger wrote a two-part article on the “Millway Carrier” notation which appeared in the May-June and July-August 1988 issues of the Confederate Philatelist. In his article, he outlines the very confusing mail routes in the Millway region of the Abbeville District and points out that the “Millway Carrier” notation is seen only on covers addressed to New Market SC. New Market was a depot on the Greenville and Columbia Railroad some 15-20 miles distant from Millway. Neither New Market nor Millway appear on a current map of South Carolina. He further concluded that the notation was a routing instruction applied by the sender to make certain that the letters were carried on to Millway by the official government mail routes. In other words, this was not a private carrier service. There has been some speculation among SC Postal Historians that a slave from the plantation may have been used at least part of the time to bring the mail from New Market to Millway, but this remains as speculation and has not been proven. |
$500.00 |
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Turned Cover -- 2nd Use (outside) CSA #11 (AD) (4-Margin) tied by two strikes of the greasy GREEN Lynchburg, Va CDS (date not fully apparent). Coarse brown paper cover whcih appears to be homemade addressed to Messers Coons & Morris, Amherst Court H(ouse), Amherst Co., Va. Notation at the top "From J. E. Caldwell. 1st Use (inside) CSA #7 (2 singles) tied by the small double circle Knoxville, Ten CDS and addressed to Col J. E. Caldwell, Lynchburg, Va. No Col Caldwell associated with the Confederate Army, so the title is most likely honorary. Very clean cover and a very good example of the not commonly seen green postmark. This turned cover has not been folded for display. Ex-Randy Neil Exhibit. | $400.00 |
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Turned Cover -- 1st Use CSA #12 (AD) with a beautiful color with an opaline sheen (4-Margin) tied by a much better than average strike of the BLUE Petersburg, Va CDS 5 JUN (1863). Addressed to Colo C. R. Baird, San Marino, Dinwiddie Cty., Va. No Col C. R. Baird associated with the Confederate Army, so the title is most likely honorary. 2nd Use (outside) stampless with the manuscript postal marking "San Marino (Va) June 6/63" and manuscript "Paid 10c." Addressed to Mr. Alexander Donnan, Petersburg, Va. Alexander Donnan was a lawyer in Petersburg. San Marino is listed as a CSA post office in Dinwiddie County, but no trace of it remains today. Coarse brown paper homemade cover with one back flap missing. Very clean cover. Ex-Randy Neil Exhibit. | $350.00 |
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CSA #11c (AD)
Greenish-Blue (4-Margin with a lower sheet margin) tied by the GOODSON (Va) Straight Line
cancel CC SL-03C with the month removed (late state). Light coarse
paper cover addressed to Mrs. J. Adair Pleasants, Box No 762, Richmond,
Va. Sealed back flap opening tear just extending to the top right of
the front of the cover not affecting the stamp or the postmark. Very
clean appearing cover. Nice example of this straight line cancel.
Ex-Bush. John Adair Pleasants (1826-1893), a Virginia planter and farmer, served as a clerk in the Treasury Department in Richmond during the war. He evacuated Richmond on the train with the contents of the Treasury Department and Jefferson Davis and other government officials when the city fell. He is buried in Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond. |
$850.00 |
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CSA #11c Greenish-Blue (AD) (margin touches at the bottom, small short transfer at top center, minor edge gum toning at the bottom) pen-cancelled and the manuscript postal markings to the left "Mattoax (Va) March 8th". Richmond Female Institute overall illustrated College Cover in Light Gray. The cover is from the well-known and well-documented Winston Correspondence addressed to Chas H. Winston, Charleston SC. The Winston Correspondence is the source of these college covers as he was the president of the college. The school was closed at the beginning of the war and the buildings used as General Hospital #4 for Confederate officers. The Winstons continued to use these covers for their personal correspondence. Charles Winston, a chemist, used his skills to help provide munitions for the CSA government. Very Fine. | $500.00 |
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CSA #12 (AD)
Opaline (margin touches at the bottom) tied by the Richmond, Va CDS
partially struck off the cover with a JUL date. Very coarse paper
Adversity Cover
made from a printed but unused lined ledger sheet.
Addressed to Mrs. Frances Brockenbrough, Tapphannock, Essex Co., Va.
Very clean cover. |
$300.00 |
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CSA #9 T-E-N (stamp cut close on all four sides) tied by the Staunton, Va CDS 26 APR. Coarse brown paper cover which appears to be homemade addressed to Miss Mattie J. Trevillian, Trevillian's Depot, Louisa Co., Va. Trevil(l)ian's Depot was a station on the Virginia Central Railroad and the site of a cavalry battle in June 1864. Very minor reduction at the left where opened. Very clean cover. | $600.00 |
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CSA #12c Greenish-Blue (4-Margin) tied by the Richmond, Va CDS 3 MAY (1864). Commercially made Mourning Cover with a railroad address to Miss Mattie Trevillian, Trevillian's Depot, V & C R R (Virginia Central Railroad), Virginia. Light central vertical crease, and part of top back flap missing. Still a very clean appearing mourning cover. | $450.00 |
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CSA
#12c (AD) Greenish-Blue (4-Margin) tied by the Richmond, Va CDS
Powell
Type 5f 31 JUL 1864. Latest date recorded by Powell for this Richmond
postmark.
Addressed to Mrs. Peter B. Law Care of Rev C. C. Chaplin, Danville,
Virginia. Minor back flap opening tear. Very Fine. Peter Burwell Law (1833-1918) had service as a Sergt in Co D 3rd Va Local Defense Infantry. This unit was assigned to the local defense of Richmond in 1864 and early 1865. This cover was possibly sent by Sergt Law home to his wife in Danville. After the war, he lived in Danville and is listed as a Commission Merchant on the Federal Census of 1870. Rev Charles Crawford Chaplin (1831-1884), a Baptist clergyman in Danville, was married to the sister of Sergt Law's wife. Mrs. Law was very likely staying with her sister while her husband was away in Richmond. In 1877, Rev Chaplin relocated to Texas and became very prominent in the Texas Baptist Church. |
$150.00 |
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CSA #12 (AD) tied by the BLUE Petersburg, Va CDS 2 SEP. Orange paper cover addressed to Mrs. G. W. Bradley, Pickensville PO, Pickens District SC. Very Fine. | $150.00 |
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CSA #5 with a
beautiful Deep Rose color (margin close at the top right corner) tied
by a full strike of the Richmond,
Va
CDS Powell Type 3b (broken "N" of "JUN") 20 JUN 1862. The stamp color
could be considered by some to be very close to a Carmine. Addressed to
Mrs. W. T. Walthall, Greenville, Alabama. CSA Certificate 2007 which
confirms the Deep Rose color and notes a retouched surface scuff
(stamp) at the lower right which is unobtrusive. Very Fine appearance.
Ex-Kaufmann. The cover was most likely sent by Capt William T. Walthall (1820-1899) of Co I 12th Ala Inf home to his wife. Capt Walthall's war record is sketchy. He is refered to as Major Walthall after the war but there is no record that could be found of an actual promotion. He was an educator and a writer and was the editor of the Mobile, Ala, newspaper for a time after the war. He also assisted Jefferson Davis in writing his history of the Confederacy and may have ghost written some of Davis' history. He also wrote a sketch of Jefferson Davis' life. |
$850.00 |
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CSA #12 (AD) (4-Margin)
tied by the Richmond, Va
CDS Powell Type 5a 20 JUN 1863. Blue paper Semi-Official imprinted cover
"Confederate States of America WAR DEPARTMENT Engineer Bureau, Official
Business"
(WD-EN-03). Addressed to Mr. James Fitz, Keswick Depot, Albemarle Co.,
Va. Keswick Depot was a station on the Virginia Central Railroad. Very
Fine. Ex-Kaufmann. James Fitz (b1806) was a prominent Albermarle County, Virginia planter. He had a son also named James Fitz (1839-1904) who served in the 2nd Va Cav, but has no military record after 1862. Not sure if the cover is addressed to either the father or the son as neither appear to have had any connection to the War Department Engineer Bureau. |
$650.00 |
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CSA #11 (AD) (4-Margin) tied by the McGaheysville, Va 23 SEP. From the well-known West Virginia Mauzy Correspondence addressed to Mrs. Mary Edgar Mauzy, Lewisburg, Greenbrier Co., Va. Cover originated in Confederate Virginia and sent into a Confederate controlled area of the Union State of West Virginia formed in 1863. Many of the CSA covers in and out of West Virginia come from the Mauzy Correspondence. Greenbrier County is a border county with Virginia in the southern part of the state. A little light foxing and a back flap opening tear. Still a Very Fine appearing cover. | $200.00 |
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CSA #11c (AD) Greenish-Blue (4-Margin) tied by the Richmond, Va 9 APR (1864). Official Post Office Department Imprinted Cover Chief of the Appointment Bureau (unsigned). Stamp placed over the imprint indicating private use. Addressed to Col W. D. Coleman, Postmaster, Danville, Va Pittsylvania Co. The addressee was the Confederate postmaster of Danville (1861-1865) and the "Col" title was apparently a Virginia militia commission. He was also the editor and publisher of the local newspaper. The original letter is included which is from a friend and could benefit from a transcription as much of the letter deals with tobacco. Very clean appearing cover but with some edge tear repair work at the top center involving part of the imprint, and part of top back flap missing. Ex-Wiseman. | $300.00 |
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CSA #12 (KB) (4-Margin) tied by the Richmond, Va CDS Powell Type 6q 27 JAN (1865). Addressed to Mr. A. J. Bondurant, Buckingham CH, Va. "OB" at top center for "Official Business." Reduced at left not affecting anything. Very clean cover with an 1865 postal use. | $175.00 |
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CSA #1c Olive Green Horz Pair
Stone A/B (not plated but does not plate to Stone 1 with
just a little gum toning) lightly pen-cancelled
and tied by the Tudor
Hall, Va
CDS 2 NOV 1861 (very early use). Addressed to Miss Clerind Butler,
Stone Mountain, Ga. Soldier's endorsement at left which goes under the
stamps and is crossed out "Private
T. C. Butler, Comp E 7th Regt (Ga Inf)."
It appears as though Pvt Butler started to prepare the letter as a
soldier's due and then acquired the stamps and had no need to send the
letter as a "Due" and crossed out his endorsement. Very clean cover.
Ex-Kaufmann. Thomas Curry Butler enlisted as a private in Co E 7th Ga Inf 5/29/1861. He is listed as having "Died of Disease" 6/4/1862 and is buried in the Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond. |
$550.00 |
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CSA
#4a Dark Blue Stone 2 Position 24 (4-Margin)
pen-cancelled (not tied)
with the matching manuscript "Walton
Mills Va April 15 1862" postal
markings. Walton Mills is a listed post office in Cumberland County,
Va. Military Address to
Lt John Wm Turner, Jamestown Island,
Va. Jamestown Island apparently had a small post
office to service
the soldiers in
the area, but it must have been unofficial as it is not listed.
Unsigned and undated pencil notation on the reverse "Island office
opened during war for troops defending James River." I am
unable
to confirm that statement. Very small but complete cover. A
little
minor foxing and a small corner fault at the upper right. Overall a
very clean appearing cover and a very obscure postal use. John William Turner (b1833) enlisted as a 2nd Lieut in Co C Va 10th Battn Heavy Artillery. Company C was known as "Allen's Artillery." The unit was assigned to the defenses of Richmond and fortified Jamestown Island to defend the James River. He was promoted 1st Lieut 2/10/1863 and later assigned to recuiting duty. He was back on the unit rolls 8/31/1864. Near the end of the war, he was captured as a POW at Sailor's Vreek (va) 4/6/1865 and confined at the Old Capitol Prison in Washington DC before being transferred to Johnson's Island. He was released from Johnson's Island after taking the Oath of Allegiance 6/20/1865. |
$400.00 |
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Stampless Soldiers Due cover with the Tudor Hall, Va CDS 14 NOV 1861 and handstamp Due 5 Type D. Yellow paper cover addressed to Miss J. A. Gregory, Culpeper CH (Va). Endorsed at top right "W. B. Gregory Asst Surg 12th Ala Vol." Minor reduction at the left where opened. Very clean cover. | $150.00 |
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CSA #4b Light Milky Blue (4-Margin but a little close at the bottom) (possibly Stone 3 but not plated) tied by the large single rim Winchester, Va CDS 14 (month not discernable) 1862. Addressed to Miss Jessie W. Smith, Spartanburg, South Carolina Care of Peter Smith Esqr. Colorless embossing around the edges. An old note on the back identifies the cover as a possible Valentines Day use likely because of the embossing. But the month in the CDS cannot be determined. Sealed back flap tears. Very clean appearing cover. Ex-Myerson. | $275.00 |
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CSA #1c Deep Olive Green Stone
A/B (4-Margin
but a little close in spots) tied by the RED Smithfield, Va CDS
26 NOV
(1861). Addressed to Mrs. Roulhac, Hillsborough, Orange County, North
Carolina. Very Fine with a very nice stamp. |
$350.00 |
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CSA #1c Horz Pair Deep Olive Green Stone A/B (4-Margin with a light vertical pre-affixing crease between the stamp and a small surface scuff at the upper left corner of the right stamp) tied by the small double circle BLUE Norfolk, Va CDS 19 NOV (1861). Small lady's type cover addressed to Mrs. D. Borland Care of Carroll Hoy & Co., New Orleans (La). Small reduction at the left where opened. | $450.00 |
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CSA #1 Stone 1 Position 46 (4-Margin) tied by a bold strike of the Richmond, Va CDS Powell Type 3a 28 FEB 1862. Addressed to Mr. William E. Johnson, Petersburg, Va. Very clean appearing cover. | $225.00 |
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CSA #12d (AD) Dark Blue
(4-Margin) tied by an excellent strike of the RED Petersburg, Va
CDS 17 NOV (1864). Addressed to Mrs Harry Hammond Care of H. H. Cumming
Esqr, Augusta, Georgia. Small reduction at the left where opened. Very
clean cover. The addressee, Emily Harford Cumming Hammond (1834-1911), was the daughter of Henry Harford Cumming (1799-1866), a very prominent Augusta attorney. Her brother was CSA Brig-Gen Alfred Cumming (1829-1910). Her husband was James Henry "Harry" Hammond (1832-1916) who was the most likely sender of this cover. Major "Harry" Hammond of Columbia SC was an ANV staff officer (Quartermaster). His wife stayed with her father in Augusta, Georgia, while her husband was away with the army. After the war, they returned to South Carolina where Major Hammond was a prominent planter and agricultualist. |
$150.00 |
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CSA #4 Vert Pair Stone 2 Positions 20, 30 (4-Margin with just a little edge gum toning) tied by the Richmond, Va CDS 22 JUN (1862) Powell Type 3b (broken "N' of "JUN"). Addressed to Mr. Eli McDaniel, Yellow River PO, Ga. Most likely sent by a Georgia soldier home to a relative but am not able to identify the sender. Very clean appearing cover with only a little light staining. | $225.00 |
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USA #26 tied by the BLUE Portsmouth, Va
CDS 23 APR 1861 (year is in the CDS) Virginia Independent State.
College Cover with colorless embossed fancy corner card at the upper
left "Collegiate
Seminary for Young Ladies Rev A. J. Leavenworth Pirncipal Petersburg
Va." Addressed
to Miss Nellie C. Wordin Care of Rev A. J. Leavenworth, Petersburg, Va.
This cover is the listing cover and the one illustrated in the College
Cover section of the CSA Catalog (CC VA-05). Very Fine. The school was founded in 1855 but did not survive the war. The addressee, Nellie Wordin (b1845), was from a wealthy Connecticut family and was a student at the school 1860-1861 returning to Connecticut at the start of the war. Rev A. J. Leavenworth (1803-1869), a Presbyterian clergyman, was her uncle. |
$750.00 |
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Stampless
Soldiers Due cover with the Tudor
Hall, Va CDS with the handstamp DUE 10
Type E 13 DEC 1861. Addressed to Miss L. Minnie Smith Care Maj E. P.
Smith, Glenn Springs PO, South Carolia. Endorsed at top right "From Private E. C. Smith Co G 5th
Regt SCV (South Carolina Volunteers)." Reduced at left
where opened not affecting anything. Very clean cover. Eliphas C. Smith (1836-1888) enlisted as a private in Co G 5th SC Inf 4/13/1861. He is listed as absent due to illness 7/1/1862 and was hospitalized in Richmond but later rejoined his unit in June 1862. No further military record. At his death in 1888, he was known as a prominent citizen and farmer landowner who bore the honory title of "Major" used in his death notice. Pvt Smith is writing to his sister, Minnie (1842-1926), in care of his father Maj Elihu Penquite Smith (1804-1878), a prominent local South Carolina politician having served multiple terms in the South Carolina Legislature. The Smith family was very prominent in the Spartanburg District and were landowners. |
$175.00 |
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CSA #1 Stone 1 (not
plated) (4-Margin) pen-cancelled and manuscript postal markings at
upper left "Barboursville
(Va) (Orange County) Jany 22 (1862)." Military Address to Capt William
S. Parran, Com F, 13th Va Regt, Manassas Junction, Va." Very
Fine. William Sellman Parran (1834-1862) of Barboursville, Va, enrolled in VMI in 1852 but was only there a short time and did not graduate. His biography says he transferred to West Point in 1853 but also did not graduate but there is no actual record of his West Point attendance. He later attended both Winchester (Va) Medical College and the Baltimore Medical College (now the University of Maryland) and graduated as an MD in April 1857. In 1859 he organized and became the Captain of a battery of militia artillery. In April 1861 he took his battery to Harpers Ferry where troops were organizing and was mustered into service with his unit as Capt of Co F 13th Va Inf 4/17/1861. In December 1861, he bcame ill with jaundice and resigned his commission in April 1862. But he recovered enough to serve as the Assistant Surgeon (contract physician) of an artillery battalion (Courtney's Battalion of Artillery). Dr. Parran was on the field at the Battle of Antietam (Sharpsburg) 9/17/1862 and was Killed-in-Action in the battle while serving as a volunteer gunner in an undermanned artillery battery of the Washington Artillery. |
$350.00 |
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Stampless
PAID cover with the Richmond,
Va CDS Powell Type 2b and the handstamp PAID 5cts Type F 15
DEC 1861. Military
Address to Capt R. V. Scott Care Col Kirby, 21st NC (Inf), Manassas, Va.
Endorsed at upper left "CB
Gibson Sur(geon) PACS (Provisional Army of the Confederate States)." Period
receiving docketing at the right "Tho C Shottin no answer required."
Printed "OFFICIAL
BUSINESS"
at upper right with no indication of a specific office or department.
Considering the presence of a PACS Surgeon's endorsement, the cover may
have come from the Surgeon General's office. An imprinted cover with
only OFFICIAL BUSINESS and not an accompanying office or department is
not commonly seen. Very Fine. Signed by Brian Green. There is no Capt R. V. Scott listed on the roster of the 21st NC Inf. The only R. Scott listed on the roster is Robert Scott in Company A (enlisted and not an officer). Perhaps the rank is incorrect on the cover as there is no Capt R. V. Scott listed anywhere as having served in the Confederate Army including as a staff officer. "Col Kirby" in the address is an error as the colonel of the 21st NC Inf at this time was William W. Kirkland, a similar name which could explain the confusion. The endorsement is that of Charles Bell Gibson PACS (1816-1865) who was the Surgeon-in-Charge of General Hospital (military hospital) No. 1 in Richmond. He also had the additional duty of examining sick or wounded soldiers to determine fitness for duty and disposition such as return to duty, discharge, furlough, etc. It is possible that Surgeon Gibson, for whatever reason, found Capt Scott unfit for duty and recommended discharge with this cover containing the Surgeon's recommendation. If that is the case, then that would be a reason for Capt Scott not making the official regimental roster. |
$350.00 |
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CSA #12b (AD) Light Blue
(4-Margin with a small upper sheet margin and just a little edge gum
toning) tied by the small single rim Montgomery Springs, Va
CDS (date not apparent). Light green paper cover addressed to Honorable
F. J. Moses, Sumter S. Ca. Period receiving docketing at left. Very
clean cover. The addressee, Franklin J. Moses Sr (1804-1877), was a respected South Carolina jurist who served for 30 years in the South Carolina State Senate (1836-1866). After the war he was elected as Chief Justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court 1868-1877. His son, Franklin J. Moses Jr (1838-1906) was elected a Reconstruction governor of South Carolina 1872-1874. |
$125.00 |
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CSA #65x1 5c Red Petersburg Provisional from Position 2 (margins close left and top) tied to cover by the BLUE Petersburg, Va CDS 19 NOV (1861). Coarse brown paper cover addressed to Mr. William Wyatt, Poplar Mount, Va. The original letter remains with the cover which is high quality stationery with the embossed mark of a London, England, stationer. Short one-page letter dealing with the renewal of a monetary note that has come due. Very clean cover with minor edge wear at the top. | $1,900.00 |
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Stampless PAID cover with the Tudor Hall, Va CDS and handstamp PAID 5 Type B 25 NOV 1861. Light coarse brown paper cover with railroad address to Mr. Geo T. Whittington Care of T. M. Lake Esq, Rectortown (Station) M. G. R. R. (Manassas Gap Railroad) (Fauquier County), Va. The Manassas Gap Railroad was a 90 mile narrow gauge line from Manassas Junction to Mount Jackson and served 20 stations. The line was used by the Confederacy to move troops. Rectortown was one of the stations located 30 miles from Manassas Junction. Cover most likely sent by a Virginia soldier as most of the mail through Tudor Hall at this time was military related as the army was camped nearby. But I am unable to identify the sender. Part of top back flap missing, otherwise Very Fine. | $150.00 |
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CSA #5 Position 2 (4-Margin
with a top sheet margin) tied by a partial strike of the Richmond, Va CDS
28 JUL 1862. Orange paper cover addressed to Mrs. W. Eugene Webster
Care of Rev Mr Crosby, Halifax C. H., Virginia. Back flap opening tear.
Very clean cover and a very nice stamp. APS Certificate 2007. The addressee was the wife of William Eugene Webster (1831-1862) a civil engineer from Maryland (born in Connecticut) who was a cousin of Mary Custis Lee. Local tradition had it that he was also a nephew of Daniel Webster. He attended West Point but did not graduate. Webster served the CSA as a Lieut of Infantry staff officer at the Richmond Arsenal beginning in November 1861. In May 1862, he was ordered to report to CSA Gen Josiah Gorgas (Chief of Confederate Ordnance) as a Lieut of Artillery. Lieut Webster (may have been promoted Captain) was Killed-in-Action at Gaines Mills (Va) 6/27/1862 while serving as a VADC to CSA General Rodes. This cover could not be from Lieut Webster as it is dated after his death but perhaps from another family member or friend. |
$575.00 |
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CSA #11 (AD) (margin just a little irregular at the left) tied by the Richmond, Va CDS (date not fully apparent). Commercial envelope Semi-Official Imprint "Confederate States of America Treasury Department" (CC TD-01). Addressed to John W. Kirkland Esq, Depository, Hillsboro NC. Minor back flap opening tear, otherwise Very Fine. | $300.00 |
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CSA #4 Stone 2 Position 41 (faults but still a decent appearance) and CSA #6 (4-Margin but a little edge nick at left center) used in combination to make the 10c rate for distance greater than 500 miles. Stamps tied together and to the cover by a partial strike of the Richmond, Va CDS with a MAY 1862 date. Addressed to Mr. J. K. Aiton, Phoenix SC. Joseph K. Aiton (1809-1887) of Greenwood County SC is listed as a fairly wealthy farmer on the Federal Census of 1860. Cover with a little foxing and minor soiling but still a decent representative example of a nice combination use. Minor reduction at the right where opened. Ex-Milgram. | $350.00 |
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CSA #11a (AD) Milky Blue
(4-Margin) tied by a bold strike of the Culpeper CH, Va CDS
11 AUG. Addressed to Mrs. Catherine Small, Harrington PO, Harnett Cty,
N. Carolina. Very clean cover. According to the 1860 Federal Census, Catherine Small (b1799) of Harnett County, North Carolina, had a son, Malcom Small (b1840) who enlisted as a private in Co A 5th NC Cav 7/2/1862. The 5th NC Cav was an ANV unit. Pvt Small could very well have sent this cover from Virginia home to his mother. Pvt Small is listed as wounded in the right knee (place and time not given) but he was hospitalized in Richmond 8/17/1864 during the early phases of the Siege of Petersburg. He was furloughed in September 1864 with no further record. But in the later Federal Censuses after the war, he had returned to Harnett County and continued farming. |
$150.00 |
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CSA #1 Stone 2 (not
plated) (margin just in at the top center and a somewhat dry printing
with multiple random printing flaws) and CSA #4 Stone 2 Position 38
(4-Margin with a large random
printing flaw in the "E" of "CENTS" CC 4-2-v9). Stamps
used in combination
to make the 10c rate and tied together and to the cover by the Richmond, Va
CDS Powell Type 5a 19 JUN 1863 (late use for a lithograph combination).
Very small cover from the well-known Rives Correspondence
addressed to Mrs. W. C. Rives, Cobham, Albemarle County, Va. Back flap
opening tears, part of top back flap missing, a minor edge
fault
at lower right, and a minor sealed edge tear at upper right. Otherwise,
a clean appearing cover and an excellent example of a 5c Green
and
5c Blue Lithograph combination use. CSA Certificate 1986 "Genuine in
all respects" and identifies the 5c Blue Lithograph as the "White Triangle"
variety noted and named in the 1986 Dietz Catalog but in the current
2012 CSA Catalog noted as a transient printing flaw and not named. The addressee was the mother of Lt Col (later Col) Alfred Landon Rives (1830-1903) who was promoted Lt Col in May 1863 and Col in March 1864. He served in Richmond mainly as the second ranking officer in the Engineer Bureau. The addressee's husband was William Cabell Rives (1793-1868) who was a lawyer and a politician and served as a Virginia Confederate Congressman. The cover has no enclosure and does not appear to be from either her son or her husband. Lady's type cover most likely from a relative or lady friend in Richmond. |
$1,000.00 |
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CSA #4 Stone 2 Position 38
(4-Margin) pen-cancelled and manuscript "Afton Va June 28th (1861)"
two days before the rate change. Obscure use from Nelson County. Afton
was a station on the Virginia Central Railroad. Coarse brown paper
cover with Military
Address to Mr. William M. Mayo Care of Capt Marmaduke Johnson, Light
Artillery, Richmond, Va. Very Fine. Ex-Kohn, Ex-Galen
Harrision Collection. Marmaduke Johnson (1826-1871), a renowned Richmond criminal lawyer, a pre-war Virginia Commonwealth Attorney, and a member of the Virginia Secession Convention, entered service as Capt of the Va Johnson Light Artillery (also known as the Va Jackson Flying Artillery) in March 1862. He surrendered at Appomattox Court House 4/9/1865 as a Lt Col having served in every campaign and battle of the ANV from the Seven Days to Appomattox attached to Gen A. P. Hill's Light Division. After the war, he returned to the practice of law in Richmond and operated the Richmond Davis House Hotel. William W. Mayo does not appear on the roster of Capt Johnson's unit. However, there is a Joseph R. Mayo on the roster. William may be a relative, and rosters are often known to be incomplete. There are instances when men were known to have joined a relative in a unit without ever officially enlisting. |
$325.00 |
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CSA #1 (not plated)
(margins a little tight in spots and with small pre-affixing faults)
pen-cancelled and manuscript "Wellville,
Va Mar 3 (1862)." Very obscure use from a small village in
Nottoway County. Military
Address to Lieut J. Y. Phillips Care of Capt C. D. Dickerson,
Williamsburg, Va. Small lady's type cover with embossed
flowers on the back flap.
Very clean cover. Ex-Galen Harrison Collection. Lieut Joseph Y. Phillips (1840-1911) was the 3rd Lieut of Co D Va Montague's Infantry Battalion assigned to the Department of the Peninsula. The unit consoldated with several other small units into the 53rd Va Inf as Co C in December 1861. Lieut Phillips failed re-election and was discharged 5/5/1862 with no further service. Capt Henry D. Dickerson (1829-1876) was the Captain of Co D Va Mongue's Infantry Battalion and consolidated into the 53rd Va Inf in December 1861 as Co C. He was also discharged 5/5/1862 having failed re-election. He had later service in Co K 18th Va Inf as an enlisted man beginning in January 1864. He is listed as captured as a POW at Sailor's Creek (Va) 4/6/1865 and confined at Point Lookout until released 6/11/1865. |
$400.00 |
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Stampless Cover with postal markings all in manuscript "Timber Ridge Va July 30th 1861 Paid 5.'" Very obscure use from Rockbridge County. From the Franklin Davis Correspondence addressed to Mr. Davis the Nursery Man, Staunton, Va. Part of top back flap missing. Very clean cover. Ex-Galen Harrison Collection. | $225.00 |
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CSA #7 Horz Pair
(just touches at the right upper corner) Pen-cancelled and manuscript
"B(eaver) D(am)
Depot Va Jany 20th (1863)." Beaver Dam Depot was a
station on the Richmond, Fredericksburg, and Potomac Railroad in
Hanover County. From the well-known Blackford Correspondence
addressed to Launcelot M. Blackford, Box No 6, Lynchburg, Va. A little
edge and corner wear but still a clean cover. Receiving docketing at
the left indicates the cover was from C.N.B Minor. Ex-Galen
Harrison Collection. Launcelot (Lancelot) Minor Blackford (1837-1914), an 1859 graduate of the University of Virginia, enlisted in the Rockbridge Artillery 9/2/1861. He was later commissioned and served for a time as an advocate in the military court system of Longstreet’s Corps. Later in 1864, he was transferred to the 24th Va Inf where he served as the adjutant. Carter Nelson Berkeley Minor (1842-1930) (Launcelot Blackford and Carter Minor were cousins) entered service as a private in the Va Rockbridge Light Artillery 7/27/1861. He is listed as wounded at Winchester 5/25/1861, wounded twice at Fredericksburg 12/13/1862 and 12/14/1862, and wounded again at Gettysburg 7/3/1863. He transferred from the artillery into Co I Va 1st Engineers in April 1864 and was soon thereafter commissioned 2nd Lieut and served to the end of the war surrendering at Appomattox Court House 4/9/1865. |
$325.00 |
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Stampless Cover with postal markings all in manuscript "Beaver Dam Depot Nov 29th 1861 Paid 5." Beaver Dam Depot was a station on the Richmond, Fredericksburg, and Potomac Railroad in Hanover County. From the well-known Franklin Davis, Staunton, Virginia Correspondence. The signature at left "W. C. Winston" is in the same ink and handwriting as the postal markings and would indicate that the sender was the Beaver Dam Depot postmaster. Very Fine. Ex-Galen Harrison Collection. | $275.00 |
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Stampless
cover with the single rim Mossingford,
Va CDS (listed in the CSA Catalog as brown but looks more
like a degraded black) and manuscript "Paid 5" 5 AUG
(1861). Military Address
to Capt Wm Townes Care Col Edmonds 38th Reg (Va), Manassas Junction (Va).
Included with the cover is a very lengthy 4 page letter from Capt
Townes' wife. The letter, with some cross writing at the end, seems to
be filled with family and local news and could definitely benefit from
a transcription. Cover shows a little wear at both bottom corners but
overall a very clean cover with a nice postmark. The letter is Very
Fine. Ex-Brian Green with his note on the back identifying the postmark
as brown. Ex-Galen Harrison Collection. William Townes Jr (1834-1910) entered service as Captain of Co G 38th Va Inf 5/18/1861. He was dropped from the rolls 4/29/1862 when he failed re-election. No record of any further service. Edward Claxton Edmonds (1835-1863), an 1858 graduate of VMI and principal of the Danville Military Academy at the beginning of the war, was Colonel of the 38th Va Inf beginning 6/12/1861. He is listed as wounded at Seven Pines (Va) 6/1/1862 and Killed-in-Action leading his regiment at Gettysburg Pickett's Charge 7/3/1863 (Armistead's Brigade, Pickett's Division). |
$300.00 |
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CSA #5 Dull Rose (4-Margin
with some gum toning and pre-affixing faults affixed sideways)
Pen-cancelled and manuscript "Yellow
Sul(phur) Spr(in)g(s) Aug 13 (1862)." Very
obscure use from Montgomery County. Addressed to Miss Pattie W. Leach,
Farmville, Va. Appears to be an Adversity
Cover made from an old letter
with handwriting inside and out (very difficult to
try and read) and
missing both side flaps. Very interesting cover. A little staining left
and right. Ex-Galen Harrison Collection. Yellow Sulphur Springs (near Blacksburg and Christiansburg) was a popular resort and health spa of the day in Montgomery County where the antebellum wealthy went to "take the waters." The post office was established in the late 1850's. The resort closed in 1863 because of the war but the post office continued until 1866. The resort was somewhat revived in the 1870's into the early 20th century under various owners, and a post office was evidently re-established but was at some point discontinued as there is no post office there today. The spring itself still exists today, and the area was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. |
$500.00 |
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CSA #11 (AD) (margin
just touches at the right but with part of the adjacent stamp visible
at the bottom) Pen-cancelled and manuscript "7 Mile ford Va Dec 11."
Seven Mile Ford is on the Holston River in Smyth County. Coarse brown
paper cover addressed to Leonidas Baugh Esqr, Abingdon, Va. Very Fine
Ex-Galen Harrison Collection. Leonidas Baugh (1816-1884) was a prominent businessman in Abingdon, Virginia, and for a time editor of the Abingdon Democrat newspaper. His extensive papers are archived for research at the University of Virginia Library. |
$125.00 |
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CSA #11 AD (4-Margin Position 10 stamp with upper and right sheet margins and light gum toning) Pen-Cancelled and manuscript "News Ferry (Va) June 20 1864." News Ferry was on the Dan River in Halifax County. Light coarse paper cover made from recycled paper addressed to Mr. Wm H. Simms, Clover Depot, V(a). Clover Depot was a station on the Richmond and Danville Railroad in Halifax County. Very Fine Ex-Galen Harrison Collection. | $250.00 |
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Cover
covertly privately carried across Chesapeake Bay from CSA controlled
Virginia and put in the Union mail in Lakesville, Md (Dorchester
County) located on the Maryland shore of Chesapeake Bay north of Point
Comfort with final destination in Baltimore. -- US #65 (nice stamp)
Pen-Cancelled and manuscript "Lakesville,
Md Oct 11 1864." Addressed to Mrs. Catherine E. Webb, No
50 North Green St, Baltimore, Md. Pencil notation which may or may not
be period "From L. S. W.
C. S. A." Very Fine. Ex-Galen Harrison Collection. Galen Harrison documents in his research that the cover contained a letter datelined "Fort Maryland, Petersburg Sept. 10, 1864" from the Siege of Petersburg. Unfortunately, the letter appears no longer to be with the cover. There is no evidence that this cover officially went through-the-lines as there are no examiner's marks and no evidence of CSA postage. The only way this cover could have traveled from Petersburg, Va, to Lakesville, Md where it was posted in the Union mail system was to have been carried privately and covertly across Chesapeake Bay to Lakesville, Md, located on the shore of the Bay. No other covers are known to have taken this route from CSA Virginia through Lakesville, Maryland, to a Union address. The addressee, Mrs Catherine E. Webb, was the mother of Pvt Lewis S. Webb (b1837) of the 1st Maryland Light Artillery (CSA) who sent this cover to his mother. Pvt Webb enlisted at Richmond in this CSA unit 6/1/1861 and served throughout the war in Virginia surrendering at Appomattox Court House 4/9/1865 and was present at the Siege of Petersburg. According to the Federal Census of 1860, the Webb family were Southerners (father from Georgia and mother from Virginia) and ran a successful Grocery Store in Baltimore in 1860 where Lewis worked as a clerk. Estimated family worth was $15,000.00 ($550,000.00 in today's money). |
$750.00 SOLD |
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CSA #7 (London Paper) Horz Pair
(4-Margin with a little edge gum toning) pen-cancelled and tied by one
of the pen strokes and manuscript
"Moores Ordy (Ordinary) Va June 2/63" (Prince Edward
County). Full
Military Address to Capt Richard H. Watkins, Co K 3rd Regt 2nd Brigade,
Stuarts Cavalry Care Genl Fitzhugh Lee, Richmond, Va. The
address names
two very prominent cavalry Generals.
Note on the back signed by Brian Green. Very Fine. Richard Henry Watkins (1825-1905), a lawyer by profession and also a wealthy farmer planter) entered service as a private in Co K 3rd Va Cav 6/24/1861. He was commissioned 2nd Lieut 4/15/1862 and promoted Capt 10/15/1862. He is listed as wounded with a saber cut to the head at Mountsville (Va) 10/31/1862 and had a horse killed under him at Kelly's Ford (Va) 3/17/1863. He was wounded a second time in the left hand at Tom's Brook (Va) requiring hospitalization at Gordonsville and Farmville. He was later transferred to the Invalid Corps and paroled at Danville (Va) 5/12/1865. After the war, he returned to his home in Prince Edward County. Cover most likely sent by his wife, Mary Watkins, whom he married in 1858. |
$400.00 |
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Stampless PAID cover with manuscript "Gladesboro, Va Oct 27th 1862 Paid 10 Cts" (Carroll County). Addressed to Mrs. Allie Yonce, Wytheville, Va. Adversity Cover made from an unused printed US Post Office Department Letter Bill form displayed flapped up from the lower right. Very Fine. Ex-Kaufmann. | $250.00 |
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CSA #11c (AD)
Greenish-Blue (4 Large Margins) pen-cancelled and the matching
manuscript postal markings to the left "7 Mile Ford Va Nov 18."
Seven Mile Ford is on the Holston River in Smyth County. Light coarse
brown paper cover addressed to Mr.
L. Baugh, Abingdon, Virginia. Very clean cover and a very nice stamp. Leonidas Baugh (1816-1884) was a prominent businessman in Abingdon, Virginia, and for a time editor of the Abingdon Democrat newspaper. His extensive papers are archived for research at the University of Virginia Library. |
$125.00 |
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Stampless
DUE
cover with a partial strike of the
Richmond, Va CDS 23 JAN 1862 and handstamp DUE 10 Type Q. The
cover is entirely in the hand of Howell Cobb. Endorsed at top right "Howell Cobb MC (Member of
Congress)."
Addressed to Mrs. Howell Cobb, Macon, Georgia. The cover, therefore,
shows both a direct and an indirect example of Howell Cobb's signature.
Address is a bit light but still legible, and the cover is clean. Minor
reduction at the right where opened. Howell Cobb (1815-1868) was a major political figure of the day. Former Speaker of the US House of Representatives, former Governor of Georgia, and former Secretary of the Treasury under Buchanan, Howell Cobb was a founder of the Confederacy and served as the President of the Secession Convention in 1861 as well as President of the Provisional Confederate Congress until he resigned to join the military reaching the rank of Major General. He was also a serious candidate for the Confederate presidency but was defeated by Jefferson Davis. Pre-war as a member of the US Congress, Howell Cobb had the franking privilege. But that was not the case in the Confederacy as the Confederate postal regulations abolished the franking privilege altogether. He must have known that, but for whatever reason, he sent this cover through to his wife unpaid. Hence the application of the "Due 10" handstamp. |
$250.00 |
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CSA #12 (AD) (margin close on the right) pen-cancelled and manuscript "Cranberry Plains (Va) Jan 15" at the left. Very obscure use from Carroll County. Addressed to Dr. J. Haller, Wytheville, Va. Semi-Official imprinted cover "Confederate States of America, Nitre and Mining Service. Official Business." (CC WD-NM-14). The entire imprint is lined through indicating private use and not official business. Reduced a bit at left where opened which cuts off the first letter of the imprint, and a small edge piece missing at left center. Still a clean and presentable cover with a scarce use from a listed post office. | $150.00 |
VA3292
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CSA #11 (AD) (4-Margin) tied by the Richmond, Va CDS Powell Type 5a 16 JUL 1863. Addressed to Mr. Thos E. McNeill, Petersburg, Va. Semi-Official imprinted cover "Confederate States of America, War Department, Nitre and Mining Bureau, Official Business." (CC WD-NM-04). Period light pencil notations on the reverse which appear to be railroad milages. Minor corner repair at the lower left. Very clean cover. | $450.00 |
VA3293
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CSA #1 Stone 1 (not plated) (margin close at the top center and a light diagonal preaffixing crease at top center and a small surface scuff at top right) tied by a partial strike of the Richmond, Va CDS Powell Type 2b 8 NOV 1861. "Confederate States of America War Department" semi-official imprint (CC WD-03). "War Department" is lined through and the stamp is placed over the imprint indicating private use and not official business. Addressed to Mrs Anne H. L---- Care Dr. J. Prosser Tabb, Gloucester Ct House, Virginia. Cover with a missing top back flap, a little light foxing, and small edge tears at the top edge. | $125.00 |
VA3295
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CSA #7 Horiz Pair
(margin a little close on the left) tied by a partial strike of the Richmond, Va CDS
Powell Type 6d with an APR 1863 date. “Confederate States of America,
War Department. Engineer Bureau. Official Business” Semi-Official
Imprint (CC
WD-EN-02).
Addressed to Wm M. Taylor, Chief Clerk Engineer Office Care Maj D. B.
Harris, Charleston SC. Cover with minor edge faults and some light edge
staining but still quite presentable. David Bullock Harris (1814-1864) attended West Point and served in the US Army 1833-1835. He was a tobacco farmer in Goochland County, Va., at the start of the war. He entered Confederate Service as a staff Engineering Officer (Captain) in May 1861. At the time of this cover, he had been assigned to the staff of Gen Beauregard in Charleston as a Major. He ultimately was promoted Lt Colonel in May 1863 and Colonel in October 1863. He died of Yellow Fever in October 1864 and is buried in Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond. No information on the addressee Wm M. Taylor. |
$200.00 |
VA3296
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Stampless PAID cover with the Richmond, Va CDS Powell Type 2b and handstamp PAID 5cts Type F 9 SEP 1861. “Confederate States of America, Treasury Department," Semi-Official Imprint (CC TD-08). Addressed to Edward McCrady Sr, Charleston SC. The addressee, Edward McCrady Sr (1802-1892), was a Yale graduate and a prominent Charleston attorney and a signer of the South Carolina Ordinance of Secession. Clean appearing cover with a little light edge staining at the upper left, a corner repair at the upper left not affecting the postmark, and the top back flap is missing. | $125.00 |
VA3297
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CSA #12c (AD) Greenish-Blue (margin a little tight on the left) tied by a full strike of the Richmond, Va CDS Powell Type 5d 8 AUG 1863. Manuscript "Treasury Department CSA Second Auditors Office Off(icial) Business" indicating that the cover was used to conduct government business. Addressed to W. M. Mason Esq, White Chimneys, Caroline Co., Va. White Chimneys was an obscure listed CSA post office in Caroline County but apparently no longer exists today. Vertical and horizontal file creases most likely caused by the enclosure which is no longer present. The cover still has a very clean appearance Ex-Bogg. | $150.00 |
VA3298
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CSA #12c (AD) Dark
Greenish-Blue ( margin just in at the left) tied by a full strike of the Richmond, Va CDS
Powell Type 5d 11 AUG 1863. Blue paper cover “Confederate States of America,
War Department, Engineer Bureau. Official Business.” Semi-Official
Imprint (CC
WD-EN-03). Military
Address to Capt John McCrady In charge of Fortifications, Savannah,
Georgia. Very minor edge faults at top which do not
detract from a very fine appearance. Captain (later Major) John McCrady (1831-1881) was from the prominent Charleston McCrady family and the oldest son of Edward McCrady Sr, a signer of the South Carolina Ordinance of Secession. He served as an engineering officer who spent the entire war in Savannah developing the highly successful Savannah fortifications and also constructed Fort McAllister as the anchor of the fortifications. After the war, he held several high level academic positions. |
$350.00 |
VA3299
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CSA #12 (AD) (stamp
clipped at the left upper corner prior to affixing) tied by a weak but
recognizable strike of the Richmond,
Va CDS Powell Type 6i 29 MAR (1864). “Confederate States of America,
War Department, Engineer Bureau.” Semi-Official Imprint (CC WD-EN-01).
Unusual to see the imprint at the lower left. Military Address to Lt Claude B.
Denson, Co A 2nd Regt Engr Troops, Wilmington NC. Sealed
back flap opening tears. Very clean cover. Lt Claude B. Denson (1838-1903) as an engineering officer worked on various assignments in Virginia and North Carolina. He is particularly noted for his work on Fort Fisher in Wilmington NC. |
$200.00 |
VA3301
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CSA #11 (AD) (4-Margin) tied by a partial strike of the Richmond, Va CDS Powell Type 6m 3 APR (1864). Manuscript "Treasury Department 2nd Auditors Office Off(icial) Business" indicating that the cover was used to conduct government business. Coarse brown paper cover addressed to William H. Leathers Esqr Care of E. Hughs Esq, Horse Shoe PO, Pickens Dist, So Ca. Very clean cover. | $150.00 |
VA3302
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CSA #11 (AD) (4-Margin) tied by the Richmond, Va CDS Powell Type 5d 11 SEP 1863. Manuscript "Treasury Department Second Auditors Office"indicating that the cover was used to conduct government business. Addressed to Jesse E. Finley Esqr, Jerusalem PO, Davie Co., NC. Very light water staining at the lower right and minor back flap opening tears but still with quite a clean appearance. | $125.00 |
VA3303
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CSA #11 (AD) (margin
a little close on the left) tied by the Richmond, Va CDS
Powell Type 5d 7 NOV 1863. Manuscript "Treasury Department 2nd
Auditor's Office Official Business" indicating
that the cover was used to conduct government business. Addressed to
Christopher Y. Thomas Esqr, Henry County Co. Ho., Va. Back flap opening
tear, otherwise Very Fine. As an immediate pre-war Virginia state senator, Christopher Yancy Thomas (1818-1879) was against secession and tried to keep Virginia in the Union. In spite of this, he served during the war as the Virginia Commonwealth Attorney and was an agent for the distribution of supplies to needy families of Confederate soldiers. |
$150.00 |
VA3304
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CSA #11c (AD) Greenish-Blue (margin close on the left and just barely touching on the right) tied by a full strike of the Richmond, Va CDS Powell Type 6i 13 NOV (1863). This particular Richmond postmark was used NOV 1863 to APR 1864. The date on this cover, 13 NOV 1863, is the only day in Novemeber 1863 that is recorded for the Type 6i postmark. This postmark was not used again until January 1864. "Office of the Commisioner of Taxes." Semi-Official Imprint (CC TD-13). Addressed to J. W. Pleasants Esq, Goochland CH, Va. Top back flap missing and some foxing on the back only. Few minor repaired edge tears but otherwise a clean cover and excellent postal use. | $175.00 |
VA3309
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CSA #12 (KB) (margin just in at the right) tied by the Richmond, Va CDS Powell Type 5g 27 MAR (1865) very late use only eight days prior to the Fall of Richmond. Manuscript "Treasury Department CSA Second Auditor's Office" indicating that the cover was used to conduct government business even only days prior to the fall of the city. Addressed to W. B. McMillan Esqr, Mox(ck)sville, Davie County, North Carolina. Few vertical file folds and edge faults at the bottom right. | $125.00 |
VA3311
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CSA #4 three singles Stone 2 Positions (left to right) 9, 19, 6 (one stamp 4-Margin and the other two stamps with somewhat irrgular margins with the Position 9 stamp showing a large top sheet margin) tied together and to the cover by three partial strikes of the Richmond, Va CDS Powell Type 3a 21 APR 1862. Orange paper cover addressed to Mr. W. R. Johnson, Petersburg, Va. Very clean cover showing a scarce 3x rate (Overweight). Ex-Myerson, Ex-Tate, Ex-Kaufmann. | $600.00 |
VA3312
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CSA #4 Horz Pair Stone 2 Positions 39-40 (4-Margin) pen-cancelled and the manuscript postal markings to the left "Chula Depot (Va) July 3". Chula Depot was a stop on the Richmond and Danville Railroad in Amelia County. Richmond Female Institute overall illustrated College Advertising Cover in Light Pink. The cover is from the well-known and well-documented Winston Correspondence addressed to Mr Charles H. Winston, Richmond, Virginia. The Winston Correspondence is the source of these college covers as he was the president of the college. The school was closed at the beginning of the war and the buildings used as General Hospital #4 for Confederate officers. The Winstons continued to use these covers for their personal correspondence. Charles Winston, a chemist, used his skills to help provide munitions for the CSA government. Small clip to the upper right corner of the cover and a small edge nick at bottom right. Otherwise a very clean cover with a very nice pair of stamps. Ex-Tate. | $650.00 |
VA3313
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CSA #65x1 Petersburg, Va 5c Red
Provisional Position 6 affixed sideways (margin quite
irregular at the right into the design but with left and bottom sheet
margins) tied by the BLUE
Petersburg, Va CDS 5 FEB (1862). Listed on the Calhoun
Census of Petersburg Provisional covers. Military Address to Capt James R.
Branch, Lee Life Guard, Crany Island, Norfolk Co., Va.
Clean appearing cover but with a surface scuff at the lower right but
still a very decent example of the Petersburg provisional stamp on
cover. James Read Branch (1828-1869), a graduate of Randolph-Macon College and a Petersburg merchant, entered service as Capt of Co K 16th Va Inf 5/11/1861 known as Lee's Life Guard. The company was transferred to artillery service in March 1862 as the Va Petersburg Artillery Battery with Capt Branch in command. He was promoted Major in May 1863 and Lt Col in August 1863. He is listed as wounded at Plymouth NC in April 1864 and resigned in March 1865 presumably because of his wounds. After the war, he was a broker and a banker in Richmond. He was killed in the tragedy of the Richmond Vauxhall Bridge Collapse 7/2/1869. |
$750.00 |
VA3314
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CSA #1 Stone 1 (not plated) (margin in at the right) and CSA #7 (4-Margin) used in combination to make the 10c rate tied together and to the cover by the Winchester, Va CDS 12 NOV (1862). Light coarse brown paper cover addressed to Mrs. Jennie W. Warren, Harrisonburg, Virginia. Sealed back flap opening tear. Very clean cover. Ex-Kohn, Ex-Brandon. | $600.00 |
VA3315
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CSA #1 Stone 1 Position 12
(4-Margin with small pre-affixing scissors cut lower left and showing a
transient Acid Flaw
variety in "E' of "CENTS" CC 1-1-v7) and CSA #6 (margin tight
at bottom left) used in combination to make the 10c rate tied together
and to the cover by the Richmond,
Va
CDS Powell Type 3a 16 JUL 1862. Blue paper cover addressed to Col
George Blow Sr, Littleton, Sussex County, Virginia. Period notation
under the top back flap in the same hand as the address "The small new stamp is a perfect
likeness of Jeff Davis." Very Fine Ex-Brian Green. George Blow Sr (1787-1870), a veteran of the War of 1812 as an officer in the 4th Virginia Militia, was from a prominent family and was a major plantation owner in Sussex County, Virginia. His title of "Col" comes from the fact that he was a pre-war Colonel of the 15th Virginia Militia for over 20 years. He had no service in the Civil War due to his age. |
$750.00 |
VA3316
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CSA #1 Stone 2 Position 8 (4-Margin) and CSA #6 (margin irregular into the design at the lower right) used in combination to make the 10c rate over 500 miles. The stamps are tied together and to the cover by two strikes of the Richmond, Va CDS Powell Type 3a 31 MAY 1862. Addressed to Miss A. C. M----, Dixie PO, Quitman, Brooks Co., Ga. Interesting address as there is no Dixie PO listed in Georgia. Cover reduced at right where opened. Cover is still a very decent representative example of a combination use. | $350.00 |
VA3318
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CSA #4 Stone 2 Postion 17 (4-Margin) pen-cancelled "X" and the manuscript postal markings to the left "Mattoax, Va June 20th". Mattoax was a stop on the Richmond and Danville Railroad in Amelia County. Richmond Female Institute overall illustrated College Advertising Cover in Light Grey. The cover is from the well-known and well-documented Winston Correspondence addressed to Mr Charles H. Winston, Richmond, Virginia. The Winston Correspondence is the source of these college covers as he was the president of the college. The school was closed at the beginning of the war and the buildings used as General Hospital #4 for Confederate officers. The Winstons continued to use these covers for their personal correspondence. Charles Winston, a chemist, used his skills to help provide munitions for the CSA government. Very minor edge fault at upper right. Some cover staining on the back only. It appears that the back of the cover was used to write a period shopping list in light pencil, otherwise a clean appearing cover with a very nice stamp. | $400.00 |
VA3319
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CSA #6 Single Use Prior to the Rate Change (margin a little irregular at the top left but part of the adjacent stamp visible at the left) tied by a nice bold strike of the BLUE Petersburg, Va CDS 30 MAY (1862). Advertising Cover with a printed embossed blue shield on the back flap "Briton & Todd Grocers, Forwarding & Commission Merchants Petersburg, Va." Coarse brown paper cover addressed to Mr. Chas M. Phillips, Boydton, Mecklenburg Co. Va. Very clean cover. | $350.00 |
VA3320
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CSA #7 Horz Pair
(margins a little close top and bottom) tied by a full strike of the BLUE Lynchburg, Va
CDS 30 AUG. Light coarse paper cover addressed to W. H. Dennis Esqr,
Aspingwall, Charlotte Coty, Va. Advertising
Cover with a boxed printed corner car at the upper left "McCorkle, Son
& Co., Grocers & Com'n Merchants, and Manufacturers of
Chewing
and Smoking Tobacco, No. 113 Main Street, Lynchburg, Va." Light
small stain top center, part of top back flap missing, edge repair top
center not affecting the stamps, postmark, or advertising. Cover still
has a clean appearance. |
$250.00 |
VA3321
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CSA #6 Horz Pair
(small edge fault at the right) tied by a partial strike of a Richmond, Va CDS 4
AUG 1862. Addressed to Mrs. W. T. Field, Arnold's Mills, So. Ca. Light
gray overall illustrated Advertising
Cover "P. Cantwell Dealer in Choice Family Groceries, Provisions, Wines
Liquors. &c &c Corner Opposite State House Columbia
S.C." with
illustrations of food and liquor bottles." Imprint of a
New
York City printer. Interesting use of a Columbia SC advertising cover
in Richmond, Va. Scarce advertising design which is not listed in the
Confederate catalog. Part of top back flap missing. Sealed top edge
tears. Overall Very Fine Appearance. Ex-Bush, Ex-Dr.Warren,
Ex-Kaufmann. The cover was sent by Lieut William Thomas Field (1836-1904) home to his wife, Eliza Jane Field (1842-1923). Lieut Field obtained a medical degree prior to the war but did not serve as a army surgeon. He entered service as a Lieutenant of Infantry in the 13th Batt SC Inf (4th SC Inf) which later merged with Hampton's SC Legion (a 1st Corps ANV Unit) and served throughout the war. After the war, he served in the South Carolina State Legislature and was a member of the South Carolina Constitutional Convention in 1896. Lieut Field must have brought some of these advertising covers with him from South Carolina to use to write letters home as there is at least one other example of this advertising cover design from the same correspondence which is a Richmond Soldier's Due stampless cover with Lieut Field's endorsement on the cover also in August 1862. (See VA3076) |
$800.00 |
VA3323
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CSA #8 (margin just in at right affixed upside down) tied by a partial strike of the Richmond, Va CDS Powell Type 6p 22 OCT (1864). Richmond Drop Letter. Legal sized cover with manuscript "Treasury Department, Second Auditors Office, Official" at the upper right indicating official business use. Heavy coarse paper cover addressed to Chas B. Jonas (not sure of the last name), Richmond, Virginia. Missing top back flap and minor sealed edge tears at top center. Very clean cover. Ex-Kohn. | $450.00 |
VA3324
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Stampless
PAID
cover with the Richmond,
Va CDS Powell Type 2a 17 JAN 1862 and handstamp PAID 5cts
Type F. The Richmond CDS is clearly a Type 2a (5mm day logo and
3x11.5mm year logo) which Powell states was used only July-October
1861. This use falls well outside of the recorded dates for this
postmark. “Confederate
States of
America, War Department, Ordnance Office, Official Business”
Semi-Official Imprint. This imprint is not listed in the current CSA
catalog. The imprint is a variation of WD-OD-05 in which
"Depratment" is misspelled, but this cover imprint has "Department"
spelled correctly. Military
Address to Capt Wm A. Perkins Co D 3rd Va Cavalry Farmville, Va.
Very Fine. William Allan Perkins (1817-1889, a farmer and Cumberland County official) entered service as 2nd Lieut Co G 3rd Va Cav 5/14/1861 and was promoted Captain 9/15/1861. He resigned 3/12/1862 due to family hardship as his wife and eight children were without support. |
$450.00 |
VA3325
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CSA #12 (AD) Horz Strip of 3 (margin just in at the bottom) tied by two partial strikes of the Richmond, Va CDS Powell Type 5d 19 SEP 1863. Addressed to Mrs James Banon (cannot decipher the last name because of the handwriting) Care of Major S. R. Chisman, Greensboro NC. Major Chisman was a North Carolina Quartermaster in Guilford County. Very clean cover showing a scarce 3x overweight rate. | $300.00 |
VA3326
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USA Star Die with patent lines and overprinted with Official POD Imprint "Confederate States of America, Post Office Department, Official Business signed by B. N. Clements Chief of the Appointment Bureau" Type APP-01. Richmond, Va CDS Powell Type 5d SEP 1863 and handstamp FREE Type AA. Addressed to PM, Mayo, Rockingham Co., No. Ca. Part of top back flap missing, minor reduction at the top not affecting anything, and an excellent barely noticeable small corner repair at the upper right. Very Fine appearance. | $375.00 |
VA3327
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Stampless FREE cover with the Richmond, Va CDS Powell Type 5f 31 MAR (1864). POD Official Imprint "Post Office Department, Auditor's Office FREE - Official Business" signed by A. Moise Jr Acting Auditor. This Official Imprint is currently unlisted in the new CSA catalog. Addressed to PM at Bolingreen, Holmes County, Miss. Heavy coarse paper cover which appears to be homemade. Ex-Marcus White Collection Very Fine. | $500.00 |
VA3328
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CSA #12c Greenish-Blue
(4-Margin but close on the left) tied by the Richmond, Va CDS
partially struck off the cover Powell Type 7d 5 AUG (1863). POD Official Imprint "Post Office
Department, Official Business, Chief of the Contract Bureau"
CON-05. This particular imprint appears in the
CSA Catalog only on a commercial envelope. This example is
overprinted on a USA
Star Die.
There is no signature. "Official Business" and "Chief of the Contract
Bureau" are lined through, and the stamp is placed over the imprint
indicating postage paid private use and not official business.
Addressed to James Hemphill, Chester CH, Chester Dist., So.
Ca. James Hemphill (1813-1902) was a lawyer in Chester SC.
Period
receiving docketing at the left refers to the sender, J. N. Lewis, and
dates the cover to 1863. There is a significant repair to the left
upper part of the cover for which part of the top back flap was used to
construct the repair. The repair matches very well and is not a
distraction to a very clean appearance. The repair does not affect the
imprint, the address, or the docketing. The most important part of the cover is the Richmond Type 7d postmark. The Type 6 and Type 7 postmarks are almost indistinguishable, but there are some small differences which are difficult to see. This is all explained in detail in Peter Powell's book on Confederate Richmond postal markings published in 1987. The Type 6 postmark was used beginning in DEC 1863 through to the end of the war. The Type 7 postmark saw very limited use only in March-October 1863. Powell only recorded about 30 covers total using the Type 7d postmark and recorded specific dates of use in his book of which 5 AUG 1863 (confirmed by the period receiving docketing) is one of the recorded dates. This is quite an important cover to a Richmond collector with the private use of an unlisted variation to the official imprint and a scarce Richmond Type 7d postmark. |
$500.00 |
VA3329
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Stampless
Soldiers DUE
cover with the Richmond,
Va CDS Powell Type 3g (broken "O" of "OCT") and handstamp DUE 10 Type Q 27 OCT
1862. Endorsed at left “John
W. Hudler, Private of Company D 57 reg NC Troops.”
Addressed to Elizabeth Hudler, Winston, Forsyth County NC. Wallpaper Adversity Cover with a
Gray, Green, and Cream leaf and floral design with the
right lower corner flapped up for display. Very Fine. John W. Hudler (1836-1863) enlisted as a private in Co D 57 NC Inf 7/17/1862. He is listed as having died of pneumonia in a Richmond hospital 6/6/1863. |
$850.00 |
VA3331
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Stampless FREE cover with the Richmond, Va CDS Powell Type 6d 25 APR 1863. Legal size cover with Official Imprint "Confederate States of America General Post Office Department Auditor's Office FREE Official Business" Signed B. Baker Auditor Type AUD-04. Blue paper linen lined money envelope designed to send cash through the mail with the linen lining designed so that the banknotes cannot be seen through the cover. Addressed to Leo Laundry Esq, Abbeville, Vermillion Ph (Parish), La. Unusal to see a money envelope used to send cash through the mail with an official POD imprint. Corner wear at the top and bottom where flap opened, otherwise a very clean cover. | $350.00 |
VA3334
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Stampless DUE
cover with the Danville,
Va CDS and handstamp DUE 2 14 OCT. Postage Due Drop Letter with no
endorsement.
Addressed locally to Col Wm C. Grasty, Danville, Va. Orange paper cover
with a little light foxing, part of backflap missing, trivial edge
repair top center, and minor pencil strengthening of the handstamp “2.”
This cover is currently believed to be the only recorded example of the
Danville “Due 2” handstamp. Ex-Bartels, Ex-Wiseman,
Ex-Zimmerman, Ex-Richard Warren. William Clark Grasty (1817-1901) operated a grocery business in Danville. There is no record of military service, so title of "Col" was most likely honorary. His oldest son, Sergt Samuel Stone Grasty (1839-1862), of Co B 18th Va Inf was Killed-in-Action at the Battle of Gaines Mill (Virginia) 6/27/1862. |
$850.00 |
VA3336
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Stampless PAID cover "Rose Mills Va Apl 14 / 63 Paid 10" all in manuscript (Amherst County). From the well-known Franklin Davis, Stanton, Va., Correspondence. Small folded piece of lined notebook paper which was a folded letter with the page containing the letter removed leaving only thr last line of the letter and the signature of the sender R. M. Waddell. Very clean cover from an obscure Virginia post office. | $150.00 |
VA3338
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CSA #11 (AD)
CSA #7 Horz Pair
(4-Margin but the margins are close and the stamps show a very coarse
printing) tied by the BLUE Lynchburg, Va CDS 17 APR (1863). Addressed to
Eugene Davis Esq., Charlottesville, Virginia. Period receiving
docketing at the right "W. B. Blackford" indicating the name
of
the sender. Most of top back flap missing, and edge wear at
the
top. Still a clean and presentable cover. What is interesting is that there is a lengthy period notation on the outside front of the cover which is period and was written on the envelope prior to posting as the ink of the postmark and the ink of the address are on top of the message. Not sure what this refers to but it is most interesting. I can only read the last few lines "..that the army is in immediate want of food and has appealed in the calm confidence to the people to send forward what they can spare." The reast of the message could be deciphered with more work and could be quite interesting. The letter is not with the cover, but this could represent an extrension of the original letter when the letter writer ran out of paper and finished the letter on the outside of the cover. That is speculation, but I have seen that happen before. Eugene Davis (1822-1894), a lawyer and farmer in Charlottesville and a graduate of the University of Virginia, entered service as Captain of Co K 2nd Va Cav 5/20/1861 and was present at First Manassas. He resigned 11/20/1861. He re-entered service as a private in Co D 6th Va Cav 8/15/1863 and was detailed to the Quartermaster Department 12/21/1863. He was captured as a POW at Yellow Taven (Va) 5/11/1864 and confined at the Elmira prison in New York until his Oath of Allegiance release 2/25/1865. After the war, he resumed farming in Charlottesville. That would date this cover to April 1863 when he was at home in Charlottesville. William Mathews Blackford (1801-1864), a prominent lawyer and politician and the sender of this cover, raised five sons all of whom served in the Confederate Army and survived the war. The Blackford family correspondence is extensive and very well known. During the war, he served as a financial agent in Lynchburg for the Confederate government. |
$150.00 |
VA3339
 | Stampless FREE cover with a full strike of the Richmond, Va CDS Powell Type 5d with the FREE handstamp Type AA 20 OCT 1863. Legal size commercial cover with the Official POD Imprint "Confederate States of America, Post Office Department, Official Business signed by H. St. Geo. Offuit Chief of the Contract Bureau" Type CON-01. Oversized cover addressed to P. M. Fredericksburg, Spottsylvania Co. Va. Minor back flap opening tear, otherwise Very Fine. | $350.00 |
VA3340
 | CSA #11a (AD) Milky Blue (4-Margin) tied by the Richmond, Va CDS
Powell Type 7a 11 MAY 1863. Coarse brown paper cover addressed to Miss
E. M. Smithson, Macfarlands PO, Lunenberg Co., Va. Very clean appearing
cover and a very nice stamp. The most important part of the cover is the Richmond Type 7a postmark. The Type 6 and Type 7 postmarks are almost indistinguishable, but there are some small differences which are difficult to see. This is all explained in detail in Peter Powell's book on Confederate Richmond postal markings published in 1987. The Type 6 postmark was used beginning in DEC 1863 through to the end of the war. The Type 7 postmark saw very limited use only in March-October 1863. Powell recorded using the Type 7a postmark only on specific dates of use (8-12 MAY and 15 JUN 1863) in his book of which 11 MAY 1863 is one of the recorded dates. | $200.00 |
VA3341
 | CSA #6 (two singles) (4-Margin) tied together and to the cover by the Gordonsville, Va CDS 13 SEP 1862. Addressed to Mrs. M. A. Hutchinson, Greensboro, Alabama. Molesworth note on the back. Very clean cover. The original letter is not present. On the inside of the top back flap is a short note written by the sender "(6th) night - Jackson is over in Md., & large bodies of troops are crossing. I shall go over tomorrow." The cover is dated 13 SEP 1862 which is 4 days prior to the Battle of Antietam (Sharpsburg). This can only be referring to the movement of the ANV north into Maryland which culminated in that great battle. I found a Capt Joseph Johnston Hutchinson (1811-1869) PACS who was a Methodist minister from Greensboro and who was serving as an ACS (Acting Commissary of Subsistance) for the 5th Ala Inf (a unit which took part in the Battle of Sharpsburg) throughout the war. His wife was Mary A. Hutchinson. Capt Hutchinson appears to have been the soldier who sent this cover home to his wife. But he did have several sons who served in the Canfederate Army including the 5th Ala Inf. No further service record or information. | $275.00 |
VA3342
 | CSA #1 Stone 2 (not plated) (margins just a little irregular and with minor edge gum toning) tied by the large single rim BLUE Norfolk, Va CDS 22 DEC 1861. Addressed to Miss Maggie Shirey, Salem, Roanoke Co., Va. Period receiving docketing at the left. Very clean cover. | $150.00 |
VA3343
 | Stampless PAID cover with the Cobham, Va CDS 11 Sept (1861) and handstamp PAID 5 Type
A 5(ms). Cover from the Rives Correspondence addressed to Alfred L.
Rives Esq Captain of Engineers Care of James B. Macmurdo Esqr,
Richmond, Virginia. Small piece missing from top back flap, otherwise
Very Fine. Alfred Landon Rives (1830-1903) was promoted Lt Col May 1863 and Col March 1864. He served in Richmond mainly as the second ranking officer in the Engineer Bureau. The Rives Correspondence is well known and contains many of the known Cobham railroad postmarks. This cover is unusual in that it is early in the war and is not a Cobham railroad cover but instead traveled as a handstamped PAID cover. James Brown Macmurdo (1806-1867), mentioned on the cover, was not associated with the Engineer Department but was instead Capt Rives' father-in-law with whom he was most likely staying at this time. | $175.00 |
VA3344
 | CSA #11 (AD) (margin just a little close at the top center) pen-canceled with matching postal manuscript "Macfarland, Va July 10th (1863)" (Lunenburg County). Short folded letter written on a blue lined ledger sheet which dates the cover to 1863 about farming and written to the sender's uncle. Addressed to William H. Maddix Esqr, Richmond, Va. Very clean cover. | $125.00 |
VA3345
 | CSA #6 Horz Pair tied by the BALLOON Bonsacks, Va CDS 30 AUG. Coarse brown paper cover from the Bagby Correspondence
addressed to Dr. Geo W. Bagby Care of Tho. H. Wynn, Richmond, Virginia. Very clean cover. George William Bagby (1828-1883) graduated with a MD from the University of Pennsylvania in 1846 and relocated to Lynchburg, Va. However, his real passion was literary as he edited the Lynchburg Express (newspaper) for three years and then edited the Southern Literary Messenger (magazine) in Richmond beginning in 1860. He became widely known as a writer, journalist, editor, lecturer (he very vigorously supported the Southern cause) and was considered as one of the last true Southern humorists. Although a physician, he enlisted as a private in Co A 11th Va Inf 4/25/1861 but only served a few months and was discharged 9/23/1861 for health reasons. He served later in Co F 3rd Va Battalion Reserves. | $150.00 |
VA3346
 | CSA #11 (AD) (4-Margin) pen-canceled and tied by one of the pen strokes. Manuscript postal markings to the left "Milford Va Mar 13" (most likely 1864). Obscure use from Caroline County. Light coarse paper cover addressed to Mr. Napolean Miller, Amherst C.H., Va. Napolean Miller (b1816) was a local merchant in Amherst County. Very minor light foxing, otherwise Very Fine. | $125.00 |
VA3347
 | Turned Cover -- First Use (Pre-War) -- USA #11 (trimmed close but with a large right sheet margin) tied by the Richmond, Va CDS 13 MAR 1857 (yeardate is in the CDS). Addressed to Lucius Higginson Esqr, Morris PO, Louisa Co., Va. Second Used -- Stampless PAID cover "Morris Va Sept 7th Paid 10" all in manuscript. Orange paper cover addressed to Edward S. Brown Esqr, Sunny Side, Cumberland Co., Virginia. Edward Smith Brown (1818-1908) from a Cumberland County planter family was an eminent lawyer and member of the Virginia State Legislature. Cover with old mounting remnants on the back. Cover unfolded to display the second Confederate use. The Morris, Va., Paid 10 manuscript is listed as unsupported in the current CSA Catalog. This cover certainly supports the listing. | $150.00 |
VA3348
 | USA Star Die overprinted with Official POD Imprint "Confederate States of America, Post Office Department, Official Business signed by B. N. Clements Chief of the Appointment Bureau" Type APP-03. Richmond, Va CDS Powell Type 6m 7 SEP (1864) and handstamp FREE Type AA. Addressed to PM Fancy Hill, Iredell Co., NC. Address a little light but still very legible. Very Fine. | $400.00 |
VA3352
 | CSA #1 Stone 2 Position 7 (4-Margin) tied by a much better than average strike of the RED Smithfield, Va
CDS 1- DEC (1861). Very early use of the Stone 2 stamp with the
earliest recorded use 12/2/1861. Coarse brown paper cover, which
appears to be homemade, addressed to Mr. John Cocke, Portsmouth, Va.
Top back flap repair not involving the front of the cover. Small
sealed vertical edge tear at the top right center which does not
detract from an overall Very Fine appearance. Ex Judd with his unsigned
note across the top of the back flap. John Cocke (1798-1879) was a fairly wealthy merchant in Portsmouth,Virginia, with a personal value on the Federal Census of 1860 of $40,000 ($1.5m in today's money). The addressee had a son, John Nathaniel Cocke (1835-1892), who enlisted as a Private in Co K 9th Va Inf 4/20/1861. At the time of this cover, the unit was assigned to the Department of Norfolk where Smithfield is located making Pvt Cocke the very likely sender of this cover home to his father. Pvt Cocke was later detailed to the Quartermaster Department and served throughout the war. | $350.00 |
VA3353
 | CSA #1 Stone 2 (not plated) (affixed upside down with margin in at the bottom) tied by a bold strike of the BLUE Danville, Va CDS 15 JAN (1862). Addressed to Mr. Peter B. Law Care Richardson & Co., Richmond. Very clean cover. According to the Federal Census of 1860, the addressee, Peter Burwell Law (1833-1918) from Danville, was working as a clerk at Richardson & Co merchants in Richmond at the time of this cover. Peter B. Law had service as a Sergt in the 3rd Virginia Local Defense Infantry which was assigned to the Dept of Richmond Sept 1864 - April 1865. The Federal Censuses of 1870 and 1880 show him in Danville as a Commission Merchant and Tobacconist. He spent the rest of his life in Danville and is buried there. The cover most likely sent by a family member from Danville. | $225.00 |
VA3354
 | CSA #11 (AD) (margin a little tight at the bottom) tied by the Richmond, Va CDS Powell Type 5d 12 NOV 1863. Semi-Official imprinted cover "Confederate States of America, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE" (CC JD-03). Department of Justice imprints are not commonly seen. Addressed to Dct Goodwyn Nixon, Gaston, Sumter Co., Ala. Very well done edge repair at the top right above and not involving the imprint. Back flap opening tears. Otherwise still a very attractive and clean appearing cover. | $500.00 |
VA3355
 | CSA #11 (AD) (beautiful 4-Margin stamp with a top sheet margin affixed sideways) tied by a partial strike of the Richmond, Va CDS Powell Type 5g 21 JAN (1865). Overall Green Advertising Cover for Harvey, Armistead & Williams Tobacco Exchange Building Wholesale Grocers and Commission Merchants Virginia St, Richmond, Va. Addressed to Mr. E. Toot, Coalfield, Chesterfield Co., Va. Ex-Mueller, Ex-McCarren, and an unsigned "Superb" note by Van Dyk MacBride on the reverse. Very Fine. PF Certificate 1983. | $750.00 |
VA3358  | Stampless PAID cover with the Cobham, Va CDS 10 Sept and handstamp PAID 5(ms) Type A. Military Address to Dr. Jno C. Gordon Care of Col Edmonds, 38th Reg Va Vol, Bristoe Station, Pr (Prince) William Co., Va.
Note on the back signed by Brian Green which mentions a photocopy of
the original letter which is no longer with the cover. Top back flap
missing, otherwise Very Fine. John C. Gordon (1831-1919) was briefly the Assistant Surgeon of the 38th Va Inf. He was commissioned Asst Surg 6/12/1861 and resigned 11/6/1861. He obtained his medical degree from the Medical College of Virginia in Richmond in 1855 and practiced medicine in Albermarle County, Virginia. Col Edmonds commmanding the regiment mentioned in the address was Edward Claxton Edmonds (1835-1863), an 1858 graduate of VMI, who was the principal of the Danville Military Academy when the war began. Col Edmonds was wounded at Seven Pines (Va) 5/31/1862 and again at Malvern Hill (Va) 7/1/1862. Col Edmonds was Killed-in-Action leading his regiment at Gettysburg 7/3/1863 during Pickett’s Charge as the 38th Va Inf was part of Armistead’s Brigade of Pickett’s Division at Gettysburg. His gravesite is unknown, but he is believed to be buried at Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond. | $175.00 |
VA3359  | Stampless Soldiers DUE cover with the Culpeper CH, Va CDS 19 NOV (1862) and handstamp Due 10 Type C. Coarse brown paper cover addressed to Mrs. D. B. Edwards, Benton, Ala. Endorsed across the top “From Lt D. B. Edwards of Co A, 44th Ala Regt, Wrights Brigade, Andersons Division, Longstreets Corps.” Very Fine. Daniel B. Edwards (1836-1911), a farmer planter from Dallas County, Ala, who owned 6 slaves, enlisted in Co A 44th Ala Inf 3/15/1862 and was elected 2nd Lieut of the company. He was later promoted Captain of the company 5/16/1864. The 44th Ala Inf was present at all the major engagements of the Army of Northern Virginia from 2nd Manassas through to Appomattox and went with Longstreet to Tennessee and Chickamauga. Lt Edwards served throughout that time but was captured briefly as a POW at Suffolk, Va 4/19/1863 and paroled and exchanged from Fort Delaware 5/4/1863 rejoining his unit in time for Gettysburg. No official record of his ever being wounded in any of the multiple engagements and battles that he was in except that a story was told that his bible stopped a minie ball during one of the battles and saved him from being wounded. The rolls do show him occasionally absent briefly for various illnesses. After the war, he returned to his home in Dallas County, Ala. Accompanying the cover is a copy of a 1911 obituary notice and short biography that appeared in the Confederate Veteran shortly after his death in 1911 in which the minie ball bible incident is related. | $250.00 |
VA3361  | Stampless PAID cover with a BLUE handstamp PAID (no rate) and no postmark. The blue handstamp PAID is consistent with Portsmouth, Va., and the cover is addressed to Portsmouth. The cover represents a Drop Letter
postal use as it was fairly common practice not to use a postmark on a
drop letter which never left the post office where it was mailed. Confederate States Navy related cover addressed to Asst Surgeon Chas M. Morfit, C. S. Navy, Portsmouth, Virginia.
Receiving docketing at the left dates the cover to "Monday 17 JUN 1861
XI am". Minor light foxing and a horizontal file fold across the top
above the address. Still quite a clean appearance. Charles McLean Morfit (1838-1925) obtained his MD degree from the University of Maryland (Baltimore) in 1861. He was offered an appointment as Asst Surgeon in the US Navy in 1861 but declined and accepted an appointment as Asst Surgeon in the Confederate States Navy 6/10/1861. The cover here offered was received only one week after his appointment as Asst Surgeon and may have contained orders. He served throughout the war at multiple locations and assigned to multiple CSN warships. His first assignment was the New Orleans station and the CSS Ivy (a side wheel river steamer) 1861-1862. He was captured as a POW near Savannah 8/20/1863 while escaping the CSS Oconee which foundered and sunk near Savannah in bad weather 8/18/1863 carrying cotton bound for England. He was confined first at the Old Capitol Prison in Washington DC and transferred to Fort McHenry 11/18/1863 where he was paroled and exchanged 11/21/1863 through City Point, Virginia. After exchange, he continued his service in the CSN until the end of the war. After the war, he returned to Baltimore where he spent the rest of his life practicing and teaching medicine. He is buried in Washington DC at the Oak Hill Cemetery. A full listing of his CSN assignments accompanies the cover. | $450.00 Sale Pending |
VA3365  | CSA
#1 Stone 1 (not plated) (margin in at the top) pen-cancelled
and matching manuscript "B(eaver) D(am) Depot Dec 17th 1861." Beaver
Dam Depot was a
station on the Richmond, Fredericksburg, and Potomac Railroad in
Hanover County. Military Address to Lieut W. L'Roy Broun,
Albemarle Artillery, Care of Capt Wm Southall, Yorktown (Va). The
original very lengthy 10 page letter from the addressee's wife
filled with family news remains with the cover. With such a
long letter, the cover and letter are actually overweight. But the
cover went through at the single rate. The letter could
certainly benefit from a transcription. Back flap opening tears and
edge wear but still quite a presentable cover. William LeRoy Broun (1827-1902), an 1850 graduate of the University of Virginia, entered service in 1861 as a Lieuteant in Co H 1st Va Art (also known as the Va Albemarle Artillery). He was later promoted Lt Col and served as a staff officer and placed in command of the Richmond Arsenal 9/15/1862. He resigned 5/15/1864. His whole life was academics which he continued after the war at various institutions finally becoming president of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Alabama (now known as Auburn University) in 1882. William Henry Southall (1825-1890), a wealthy farmer from Albemarle County who owned 31 slaves, was commissioned Captain of the Va Albemarle Light Artillery 7/3/1861. He resigned 4/30/1862 with no further service record. He appears on the post war Federal Censuses as farming in Albemarle County. | $250.00 |
VA3366  | CSA #1 (2 singles in different color shades indicating that they come from different sheets) pen-cancelled. The left stamp is standard green Stone 2 Position 17 (4-Margin with a vertical pre-affixing crease right center). The right stamp is a distinctly darker green Stone 2 Position 12 (margin irregular at the bottom and light vertical creases). Manuscript postal markings "Scottsburg Va July 9 (1862)." Light coarse brown cover which appears to be homemade with full Military Address to Sergt Henry E. Coleman, Co H Chamless Greys, 16 Regt Va Infantry, Armsteads Brigade near Richmond." Very clean cover. The stamp faults described do not distract from the overall very clean appearance of the cover. Henry E. Coleman Jr (b1830), a fairly wealthy Virginia planter from Mecklenberg County, entered service as a Sergt in Co F (Chambless Grays) 14th Va Inf (Co H in the address above is incorrect) 5/17/1861. He appears to have spent a short time as the adjutant of the 3rd Va Inf before returning to the 14th Va Inf. He was discharged 8/7/1862 after furnishing a substitute. | $350.00 Sale Pending |
VA3367  | CSA #2e Paterson very light milky blue Stone Y (4-Margin with minor creases) tied by the Clarksville, Va CDS 2 JAN (1863). Coarse brown paper cover with Military Address to Maj T. Brown Venable Care of Gen T. L. Clingman, Wilmington NC. Very clean cover. Thomas Brown Venable (1824-1893), a lawyer from Oxford NC, entered service as the Lt Col of the 24th NC Inf 7/16/1861 but was dropped at the May 1862 reorganization. He appears again as a Major and staff officer in October 1862 (AAIG) (Assistant Adjutant and Inspector General) on the staff of various generals for the remainder of the war including Brig-Gen Thomas Lanier Clingman (1812-1897) in 1863. After the war, he returned to Oxford NC and practiced law. | $225.00 |
VA3370  | Turned Cover -- First Use - CSA #7 Horz Pair (margins just a little tight) tied by the Richmond, Va CDS Powell Type 3h 19 MAR (1863). Military Address to Maj-Gen I. R. Trimble, Army of Rappahanock near Guineas. Second Use - CSA #7 Vert Pair (margin a little tight at the lower left) tied by a partial strike of the Guineys, Va CDS with a MAR (1863) date. Addressed to Mrs. Julia Coles, Farish House, Charlottesville, Va. Farish House was a hotel in Charlottesville. The address is written in General Trimble's hand. Note on the reverse signed by Brian Green attesting to the General's handwriting. Cannot find a connection between Gen Trimble and the addressee. The cover has been cut and flapped for display. Isaac Ridgeway Trimble (1802-1888), an 1822 graduate of West Point who resigned from the US Army in 1832 to engage in railroad developement) was born in Virginia but considered himself a Marylander. He entered Confederate service as Colonel of Engineers in Virginia in May 1861 and promoted Brig-Gen in August 1861. He served wth distinction through 1862 and was severely wounded at Second Manassas in August 1862 but recovered and was promoted Maj-Gen 1/17/1863. At Gettysburg, Gen Trimble commanded one of the three divisions engaged in Pickett's Charge. He was severely wounded at Pickett's Charge losing a leg and was also captured as a POW as he could not retreat with the army because of his amputation which ended his miltary career. He was confined at Johnson's Island and Fort Warren until exchanged in March 1865 and paroled at Lynchburg, Va., 4/16/1865. After the war, he returned home to Baltimore and resumed his work as an engineer. | $200.00 Sale Pending |
VA3371  | CSA #11 (AD) 4-Margin) tied by the BLUE Charlotte, Va CDS 22 APR (1864). The date numbers in the CDS are upside down. Military Address to Captain Edward R. Baird CSA, Major Genl Pickett's Staff, Petersburg, Virginia. Minor sealed back flap tear, otherwise Very Fine. Signed by Brian Green. Edward Rouzie Baird (1840-1931) served on Gen Pickett’s staff from Feb 1862 until the end of the war. His letters and correspondence are in the library at William and Mary, and his memoir of Gettysburg is in the Museum of the Confederacy in Richmond (now known as the American Civil War Museum at the site of the Tredegar Iron Works). | $175.00 |
VA3372  | CSA #12d (AD) Dark Blue (4-Margin) tied by the Richmond, Va CDS Powell Type 6l 26 JUL (1864). Full Military Address to Capt Powhatan Ellis Jr A. A. (G.), Head Qrs Lieut Genl S. D. Lee, Meridian, Mississippi. Reduced a bit at left where opened just into the first line of the address. Very clean cover. Capt (later Major) Powhatan Ellis Jr (1829-1906), a graduate of the University of Virginia and an engineer by profession, entered service in 1861 with the 3rd Kentucky Mounted Infantry (CSA). Beginning in early 1862, he served throughout the rest of the war as an AAG on the staffs of various CSA generals including Stephen D. Lee (the youngest Lieut Gen in the CS Army and no relation to Robert E. Lee) who fought in the Western Theater. | $150.00 Sale Pending |
VA3373  | CSA #1 Stone 1 Horz Pair (not plated) (4-Margin) tied by a weak strike of the Accokeek, Va CDS 17 JAN 1862. Addressed to Miss Jessie L. Bryan, Liberty, Liberty County, Texas Care of P. Bryan Esq. Trans-Mississippi use from Virginia to Texas. Very clean cover with just a little minor corner wear. | $400.00 |
VA3374  | Stampless cover with the Richmond, Va CDS with a MAY 1862 date Powell Type 3a. Official Imprint at the upper right "AUDITOR"S OFFICE P.O.D. OFFICIAL BUSINESS FREE" Signed B. Baker AUDITOR (CC AUD-11). Addressed to E. Hughes P.M., Horsehoe, So. Ca. The cover looks like it is reduced a bit at the right, but it is not reduced. The whole imprint is shifted to the right so that part of the imprint was printed off the cover. A interesting anomaly that I had not seen before. The cover is reduced at the top a little but does not affect the imprint. Part of the top back flap missing. Very clean cover with an unusual oddity with respect to the shifted official imprint. | $450.00 |
VA3375  | Stampless Soldiers DUE cover with the Tudor Hall, Va CDS 23 FEB 1862 and handstamp Arc Due 10 Type
E. Small but complete cover addressed to Miss L. Minnie Smith, Smiths
Store PO, Spartanburg District, South Carolina. Endorsed at top left "From Private E. C. Smith, Co G, 5th Reg SCV." Small part of top back flap missing, otherwise Very Fine. Ex-Richard Murphy Collection. Eliphas Christopher Smith (1836-1888) enlisted as a private in Co G 5th SC Inf in May 1861. He served initially on Sullivans Island before going with his unit to Virginia. He was sick and hospitalized in Richmond in June 1862 and then disharged from the service with no further record. The addressee was Pvt Smith's sister. Eliphas C. Smith was from a Spartanburg District planter family. The Federal Census of 1880 shows him back farming in Spartanburg County. | $125.00 |
VA3376  | Stampless Soldiers DUE cover with the Richmond, Va CDS Powell Type 2b 8 NOV 1861 and handstamp DUE 5 Type O. Addressed to Mrs. Sarah A. Clayton, Clayton's Mills, Pickens Dist., So. Ca. Endorsed "From W. C. Clayton, Private in Co I, 4th Regt SCV." Cover with corner wear and some edge wear but still presentable. Ex-Richard Murphy Collection. William C. Clayton (1840-1862) enlisted as a private in Co I 4th SC Inf in April 1861. In early 1862, the unit (a 1 year unit) was in Virginia. In April 1862, the 4th SC Inf failed to reorganize. Pvt Clayton re-enlisted as a First Sergeant in Co I of the former 4th SC Inf which was incorporated as Co I into the newly formed Palmetto Sharpshooters Regiment in May 1862. Sergt Clayton was wounded at Frazier's Farm (Seven Days Battles) 6/30/1862 and died of his wounds in a Richmond hospital 7/12/1862. | $150.00 |
VA3377  | Stampless Soldiers DUE cover with the Richmond, Va CDS Powell Type 5a 4 JUN 1863 and handstamp DUE 10 Type Q. Addressed to Mrs. W. A. Nelson, Mt Pleasant, Laurens Dist, So. Ca. Endorsed at upper left "Soldiers letter 3rd Battaln SCV." Cover trimmed a bit at right and bottom to a very clean appearance. Ex-Richard Murphy Collection. William A. Nelson (1834-1864), a farmer from Mount Pleasant SC, entered service as a private in Co A 3rd SC Battalion Infantry 11/ 1/1861. No further information on his military service, but his date of death is recorded as 7/15/1864 with no details given. The 3rd SC Batt Inf was an ANV unit involved with the Siege of Petersburg. Pvt Nelson is buried in Mount Pleasant SC. The cover is addressed to his wife. | $100.00 |
VA3378  | Stampless Soldiers DUE cover with a partial strike of the Culpepper CH, Va CDS 14 NOV with handstamp Arc DUE 10 Type C. Addressed to Miss Kate Winsmith, Glenn Springs PO, South Carolina. Endorsed at upper left "From Capt J. C. Winsmith Co H 1st SCV." Very clean cover. Ex-Richard Murphy Collection. John Christopher Winsmith (1835-1877), a lawyer by profession and a former Citadel cadet but did not graduate, was commissioned Lieut Co G 5th SC Inf in April 1861 and promoted Capt later and transferred to Co H 1st SC Inf. He is listed as wounded at Sharpsburg 9/16/1862 and wounded again in September 1864 (unclear if he was wounded at Fort Harrison or Peebles Farm at the end of September 1864) after which he saw no further Confederate service. He was appointed Brig-Gen of the South Carolina State Militia in 1865 and served in that capacity for only one year. His wartime correspondence with his family, this cover is addressed to his mother, is extensive. His letters are archived at the Museum of the Confederacy (now known as the American Civil War Museum) in Richmond. This cover is addressed to his sister. | $150.00 |
VA3379  | Stampless PAID cover which for some unexplained reason has no postmark but does have a handstamp PAID 5 Cts which is consistent with the distinctive Richmond, Va., Type F handstamp. Semi-Official Imprint "Confederate States of America, Department of State" (CC
DS-01). Cover from the Cobb Correspondence addressed to General Howell
Cobb, Goldsboro, No. Car. The use of the imprint is consistent with a
Richmond use. The cover is not dated, but Howell Cobb was in Goldsboro
NC in the Spring of 1862 as a Brigadier General. Sealed diagonal tear
in the upper left corner not affecting anything, and a small sealed
edge tear at top center. Department of State imprinted covers are very
scarce. Ex-Kaufmann. Howell Cobb (1815-1868) was a major political figure of the day. Former Speaker of the US House of Representatives, former Governor of Georgia, and former Secretary of the Treasury under Buchanan, Howell Cobb was a founder of the Confederacy. He served as the President of the Secession Convention in 1861 as well as President of the Provisional Confederate Congress. He resigned the Congress to join the military reaching the rank of Major General. He was also a serious candidate for the Confederate presidency but was defeated by Jefferson Davis. At the time of this cover, he was a Brigadier General in the Military Department of North Carolina. Goldsborough was the headquarters of the military district. That would date this cover to the Spring of 1862. | $450.00 |
VA3380  | Stampless PAID cover Richmond, Va CDS Powell Type 2b with handstamp PAID 2
(Drop Letter) Type B 12 SEP 1861. Orange paper cover from the Alexander
H. Stephens Correspondence addressed to Hon A. H. Stephens, Vice-Prest
Confed States, Richmond. The top back flap is missing as is usual with
this correspondence. The secretarial short summary on the back reads “S. Bassett French Richmond Va Sept 11th 1861 the election of President and Vice-President.” The
original letter is archived in the Library of Congress. A photocopy of
the original letter is included with the cover. Cover slightly reduced
at the left and also with an expertly repaired left upper corner which
do not detract from anoverall Very Fine appearance. | $400.00 |
VA3381  | CSA #11 (AD) (4-Margin) tied by the BLACK Lynchburg, Va CDS 21 AUG (1864). From the Blackford Correspondence with Military Address to Lancelot M. Blackford Esq, Military Court, Longstreets Head Quarters near Chaffins Bluff.
Receiving docketing at the right dates the cover to 1864 and indicates
that the sender was the addressee's mother. Some back tears, but still a very clean appearing cover. Ex-Brian Green. Lancelot Minor Blackford (1837-1914), an 1859 graduate of the University of Virginia, enlisted in the Rockbridge Artillery 9/2/1861. He was later commissioned and served for a time as an advocate in the military court system of Longstreet’s Corps. He was transferred to the 24th Va Inf 12/5/1864 where he served as the adjutant. | $150.00 |
VA3382  | CSA #11 (AD) (4-Margin but close on the left) tied by an excellent strike of the RED Danville, Va CDS 11 JAN. Light coarse brown paper homemade cover addressed to Alexr Donnan Esqr, Atty at Law, Petersburg, Va. The red Danville postmark is rarely seen. Most of the Danville covers have the black Danville postmark. Very Fine. | $200.00 |
VA3383  | CSA #1 (not plated) tied by the large single rim Winchester, Va CDS 23 JAN (1862). Addressed to Miss Frank E. Carter, Belmont, Loudoun Co., Va. "PM will please forward at earliest opportunity" at lower left. Original lengthy two page letter with cross writing. There is no salutation, so this may not be the complete letter. The letter seems to talk about soldiers arriving especially from South Carolina and mentions "Camp Pickens" which was a Camp of Instruction. Also contains family news. Letter requires further study and should have a transcription, but the cross writing makes it difficult to read. Minor left lower corner repair. Sealed edge tear at top left. Commercially made cover with a clean appearance. | $200.00 |
VA3384  | CSA #1 Stone 1 (not plated) Horz Pair (margin tight at the bottom of the right stamp and a little edge gum toning) tied by the Tudor Hall, Va CDS (date not apparent). Addressed to Mrs. Sallie J. Perry, Cross Anchor SC. Cover most likely sent by a South Carolina soldier home to his wife or mother. Unable to identify the sender or the addressee. Small cover with a minor reduction on the left where opened and a little corner wear at the lower right. Very clean appearing cover. Unsigned note on the back by Van Dyk MacBride. | $200.00 |
VA3385  | CSA #12 (AD) Dark Blue (4-Margin) tied by the Richmond, Va CDS
Powell Type 6p 26 NOV (1864). From the Blackford Correspondence
addressed to Lieut L. M. Blackford, Lynchburg, Virginia. Period
receiving docketing at the left. Part of top back flap missing. Very
clean cover with a very nice stamp. Lancelot Minor Blackford (1837-1914), an 1859 graduate of the University of Virginia, enlisted in the Rockbridge Artillery 9/2/1861. He was later commissioned and served for a time as an advocate in the military court system of Longstreet’s Corps. He was transferred to the 24th Va Inf 12/5/1864 where he served as the adjutant. | $100.00 |
VA3386  | Stampless Soldiers DUE cover with an illegible Virginia postmark dated 9 NOV (1861) and manuscript "Due 5."
Coarse brown paper cover addressed to Capt W. L Serot (unsure of the
last name due to the handwriting), Broad Run Sta(tion), Va. Broad Run
Station is a listed post office in Fauquier County 17 miles from
Manassas and a station on the Manassas Gap Railroad. The name
in the address is misspelled as "Brand Run Sta(tion)" (no such place),
but the cover was correctly delivered with period receiving docketing
at the right. Endorsed "Privet C. L. Lambeth Co M 11th NC Regiment." Very clean cover. Cornelius L. Lambeth (b1843) appears on the Federal Census of 1860 as a 17 year old member of a farm family in Gilford NC. He enlisted in Co M 11th NC Inf 7/22/1861. The unit was redesignated as the 21st NC Inf just a few days after the posting of this cover. The regiment was sent to Northern Virginia and was in the Manassas area at the time of this cover. Assigned to the 2nd Corps, the regiment took part in all the major actions of the ANV and its forerunner the CSA Army of the Potomac through to Appomattox. Private Lambeth was still on the roster in February 1865 but no further record. No information available on the addressee, and no indication of the relationship between Pvt Lambeth and the addressee. | $100.00 |
VA3387  | CSA #12 (AD) (margin in at the right and the lower right corner) tied by a partial strike of the BLUE Petersburg, Va CDS
15 AUG (1864). "August 3rd" manuscript would be receiving docketing
referring to the date of the letter which is no longer with the cover. Adversity cover made from an elaborate printed but unused form for the enlistment of riflemen in the South Carolina Militia.
Opened for display. Addressed to Mrs. Julius A. Blake Care of Thomas S.
Bee Esqr, Messers Jno Fraser & Co, Charleston, So. Ca. Very clean
cover. Julius A. Blake (1830-1903), a Charleston merchant, entered service as Captain of Co I 27th SC Inf 2/7/1862. He was later promoted Major and then Lieut Col of the regiment 10/2/1863. He is listed as wounded 5/7/1864 near Petersburg and was hospitalized for a short time. The regiment was part of the Siege of Petersburg which dates this cover by Col Blake to his wife to 1864. Col Blake was captured as a POW at the Weldon Railroad 8/25/1864 and exchanged 10/31/1864. He was dropped from the rolls 1/27/1865 as General Hagood, his brigade commander, declared him to be an ineffective officer. After the war, he returned to Charleston and continued his business as a merchant. Thomas S. Bee (1837-1896) was a commission merchant in Charleston with no record of military service. He appears to have been associated with John Fraser & Co who were also Charleston commission merchants. The assumption is that Col Blake and the others mentioned on the cover were all in business together and were looking after his family while he was away on service as no documentation could be found that Thomas S. Bee was a relative. | $400.00 |
VA3388  | CSA #12 (AD) (margins tight) tied by the RED Petersburg, Va CDS 15 NOV (1864). Addressed to Dr. R. M. Young, Greenville, So. Carolina. "Greenville" and "So. Carolina" are lined through and the cover forwarded to Sandy Plains, Polk County, No Ca. Manuscript "forwd 10" applied in Greenville SC to assess the forwarding fee along with the Greenville SC CDS 25 NOV (1864). Edge repairs at top left center not affecting any postal markings or the stamp. Most of top back flap missing. Still a very clean and presentable cover with a scarce postal use. Ex-Kohn, Ex-John Hill, red handstamp signature "R. L. Deitrick" who was an early Confederate dealer who wrote a catalog on CSA paper money in 1912. | $300.00 |
VA3389  | CSA #11 (AD) (margin just a little irregular at the right and just touching at the left) tied by the BLUE Petersburg, Va CDS (date not fully apparent). Coarse light brown paper cover addressed to Mrs. Mollie E. P. Smith, Petersburg, Virginia. On the surface, this appears to be an overpaid drop letter. But "Petersburg" is lightly lined through, and the cover redirected to Fords Depot SSRR (South Side Railroad) Care T. Worthington Esq, Virginia. The redirection is in light pencil but still legible. With the redirection, the stamp pays the proper postage. Fords Depot is a listed CSA post office in Dinwiddie County on the railroad line about 20 miles from Petersburg. Cover with a little edge and corner wear but still a very clean appearance. Ex-Richard Hall. | $150.00 |
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