Sale 43: The Westpex Sale

Lot 236    

1861, Civil War Letter & Cover. 3¢ red #26 tied by grid cancel on cover to Plainfield, N.H. with red New Haven cds; contents of letter from son to mother describing big Union concert at Music Hall & New Haven Brass Band; talks of rigid military discipline, train loads of large cannon, 25,000 stands of arms, 50,000 cartridges, 4 car loads of powder and shot and shell, 30 carloads of muskets, etc., and how the Legislature appropriated two million dollars in order to place the state on a war footing; unusually newsy letter (no photo).
Estimate    $100 - 150.

Realized: $105

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Lot 237    

1864 Election Returns. Two legal size covers, the first inscribed "Presidential Election" at top, and "Tally-Sheet" at bottom, addressed to "Clerk of the Court of Mercer County, Celina, Ohio" and franked with 3¢ rose postmarked with "Nashville Ten" duplex; the other inscribed "Soldier's Vote." and paragraph entitled "Duties of Elector receiving a Solder's Vote", with Congressional free-frank and addressed to "William Messing, Esq." at Buffalo, N.Y., F.-V.F.
Estimate    $100 - 150.

Realized: $375

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Lot 238    

1865, Sanitary Commission Covers. Three covers, 2 with "U.S. Christian Commission" corner cards (one with additional "Soldier's Letter" imprint), and third cover with "U.S. Sanitary Commission" corner card; all three from Washington, D.C. to Pennsylvania; mixed condition, F.-V.F. lot.
Estimate    $100 - 150.

Realized: $70

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Lot 239    

Blockade Gun Boat Cover, C.1865. Addressed to Union sailor on blockade gunboat duty at Bridgeport, Alabama "On Board the Gun Boat General Thomas", with Pennsylvania postmark "Feb 13" (1865) tying #65; minor creases & slightly reduced at right, Fine and scarce.
Estimate    $200 - 300.

Four gun boats were built at Chattanooga under the orders of General Sherman to control the upper Tennessee River.

Realized: $300

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Lot 240    

"Brought to Brooklyn, from Bull's Run, Va., July 20, By A.S. Wheeler, of 106 Fulton Ave.". Printed on flap of cover postmarked "Brooklyn, N.Y./Jul 22" cds with "C.H. Van Wyck, M.C." free frank to Tully, N.Y., Very Fine and unusual.
Estimate    $300 - 400.

Realized: $190

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Lot 241    

Citizen's Volunteer Hospital. Overall lithograph design on cover to Saco Me., design in grayish blue with panel depicting Hospital Building, Soldiers and Civilians with "Duval & Son Ltd." imprint, franked with 1861 3¢ rose (straddle-pane margin) tied by target with duplex "Phila. Pa. May 2, 1863" cds, redirected to Conway Centre N.H. with a second 3¢ rose tied by black grid with red "Saco Me." double-circle datestamp, two tiny tears at top, Extremely Fine, ex-Kantor and illustrated in their book (Fig. 262) and ex-Martin; with 2005 P.F. certificate.
Scott No. 65    Estimate $1,500 - 2,000.

A Marvelous Example of this Rare Civil War Hospital Design.

Realized: $1,500

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Lot 242    

(Dead Letter Office) 1861 3¢ Rose. Tied by "Naples N.Y. Jul 29" cds on buff cover addressed to "Harvey T. Allcott, Gettysburg Theological, Seminary Hospital, Gettysburg Pa", address crossed out and sent to the D.L.O. with blue "Dead Letter Office, P.O. Dept., Oct 27" double oval datestamp, red "A" and ms. tracking numbers, blue "$1" for money enclosed; creased, Fine.
Scott No. 65    Estimate $200 - 300.

Harvey T. Allcott belonged to Company K of the 126th New York Infantry and was wounded at Gettysburg.

Realized: $200

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Lot 243    

Letter from Wife & Daughter to Union Soldier. 4-page tender and loving letter dated May 31, 1863 from New Bedford, MA to 47th Massachusetts Infantryman Capt. Joseph Burt, at New Orleans with Bank's Expedition, speaks of…acquaintance in navy shot in leg, amputated, died…what dreadful work this war makes…if you live and we live we will have sausages, baked beans, pumpkin pies…; included are a partial transcription of the letter, its original cover with intact stamp, service history and 47th Massachusetts history., F.-V.F.
Estimate    $150 - 200.

Realized: $145

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Lot 244    

Miamiville P.O./Camp Dennison, O./Jan 25, 1864. Full strike of cds on co ver to Malaga, O., franked wi th 1861, 3¢ rose tied by target handstamp; cover slightly reduced at left, Very Fine, a choice strike of the Camp Dennison postmark.
Scott No. 65    Estimate $150 - 200.

Realized: $150

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Lot 245    

Nashville, Ten./Aug. 18, 1862. Blue double circle postmark on Soldier's Letter to Michigan with matching "Due 3" handstamp, soldier's endorsement at top from the 1st Michigan Engineers and Mechanics Regiment, cover with red & blue Patriotic piping along flap edges, Extremely Fine (Pictured in Monroe Book, pg. 24).
Estimate    $50 - 75.

Realized: $30

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