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CSA #11a (AD) Milky Blue (4-Margin) tied by a full strike of the Army of Northern Virginia Field Target Cancel Type
ANV-13. Addressed to Mrs. J. H. Chiles, New Market PO, Abbeville Dist,
So. Ca. J. H. Chiles served as a private in Co B 1st SC Inf. At lower left "Please forward by Millway Carrier."
There are other covers in the Chiles Correspondence with the Millway
Carrier notation. Minor water staining top edge and at the right. Small
trim to the left upper corner (cover opened on the left side). Notation
on the back signed by Brian Green, Ex-Kaufmann.
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. |
$300.00 |
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