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Sale 85: The Westpex Sale

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United States Used in the Confederacy

Lot 1941    

Confederacy, 1857 3¢ Dull Red, uncancelled on cover with manuscript Mr. (Ellison) Capers (Capers Island, SC), 26th May, 1861 sent via Adams Express along with "1 Basket by Express" addressed to Mr. Louis Manigault, Gibbs Street No. 5, Charleston, SC., Very Fine and unusual.
Estimate    $200 - 300.

Ellison Capers' family owned the Island of Capers. Ellison would rise to the rank of Brigadier General in the Confederate Army replacing Brigadier General States Rights Gist who was killed in action.

Realized: $150

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