| VA2849 |
CSA #5 (4-Margin and
good color) tied by the Richmond,
Va
CDS Powell Type 3b (broken "N" of "JUN") 23 JUN 1862. Cover from the
Chiles Correspondence addressed to Mrs. J. H. Chiles, New Market PO,
Abbeville District, So. Ca. Routing notation "Please forward by Mill Way
Carrier." Bottom back flap
missing, otherwise a Very Fine cover.
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. |
$850.00 |
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