Sale 116: The Civil War Sale

Lot 4060    

Confederacy, (Alabama) Hatchechubee, Ala., Nov 12th, brown straight line handstamp with manuscript date on cover to Castalia, N.C., with matching "Paid 10" in circle handstamp, Very Fine, a rare straight line postmark.
Estimate    $200 - 300.

Realized: $850

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Lot 4061    

Confederacy, (Alabama) Mobile, Ala. Drop "2" Rate, fresh ca. 1863 homemade cover carried to Mobile outside the mails from Mississippi City and placed at the Mobile post office with bold handstamp applied, favor notation at bottom left, Very Fine, one of the scarcest Mobile handstamp markings, with only three or four known.
Estimate    $300 - 400.

Realized: $240

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Lot 4062    

Confederacy, (Arkansas) Pine Bluff, Ark, Jul 19, 1861, cds with light "Paid" and "5" rate handstamps on cover to Memphis, Tenn., with bold The True Southerner, A Weekly Journal, Pine Bluff, Ark. shield corner card; some minor cover edge tears, otherwise Very Fine.
Estimate    $200 - 300.

Realized: $500

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Lot 4063    

Confederacy, (Florida) Jacksonville, Flor., Aug. 1, cds with two strikes matching straight line "Paid" with "5" rate handstamp (Dietz type A) on cover to Charleston, cover endorsed "B.F. Carr" who reportedly is the Postmaster, Very Fine.
Estimate    $300 - 400.

Realized: $200

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Lot 4064    

Confederacy, (Florida) Welaka, Fla., Jan 16, full cds with manuscript date on cover to Fernandina, Fla., matching "Paid 5" handstamp, 1862 pencil docketing at center; some light edge toning, Very Fine, ex-Agre.
Estimate    $300 - 400.

Realized: $475

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Lot 4065    

Confederacy, (Georgia) Louisville, Geo., Aug 6, blue cds with matching Paid and "10" rate handstamp on fresh cover addressed to Alexander Stephens in Richmond, Va., with boxed J.G. Cain, Attorney at Law, Louisville, Ga. corner card.
Estimate    $200 - 300.

Realized: $220

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Lot 4066    

Confederacy, (Georgia) Macon, Ga., double line circular date stamp on two covers; one to Griffin, Ga. with "Paid 5" in circle handstamp, other with "Paid 10" in circle handstamp to A.H. Stephens in Richmond, Va. with interesting docketing on reverse…Hon. E.A. Nisbet, Macon Georgia, 28th April, 1862, says my son Richard H. Nisbit is liable to conscription is really too feeble a person for the ranks, Asks you to get him a place as surgeon or asst. surgeon; latter with partial backflap and small repaired edge nick, F.-V.F.
Estimate    $200 - 300.

Realized: $190

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Lot 4067    

Confederacy, (Georgia) Thomaston, Ga., Dec. 24 (1861), bold cds with "Paid" straight line & large numeral "5" rate handstamps on immaculate cover to Griffin, Ga., with lovely red brown embossed cameo corner card of "Woodson & Redding, Dealer in Fancy & Staple Dry Goods, Thomaston, Ga.", slightly reduced at right, Extremely Fine and attractive.
Estimate    $400 - 600.

Realized: $625

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Lot 4068    

Confederacy, (Louisiana) (Adams Express Across-The-Lines) 1861 (Jun. 16) New Orleans La. to Bordeaux, France, blue folded cover with part letter and origin docketing, embossed Rochereau New Orleans corner card to Bordeaux, France, carried north by Adam's Express to New York City, entered mails with U.S. 5¢ brown (30A) and 10¢ green (35), straddle-line margin, minor perf toning, tied by New York foreign mail grid cancels, red "New York 'Paid 12' Jun 25" credit datestamp, carried by Cunard Line Arabia from Boston Jun. 26th to Queenstown arriving Jul. 6th, red "Etats-Unis Serv. Br. Pkt., Calais, 9 Juil. 61" transit datestamp and matching "P.D." in frame, Paris (6.9) and Bordeaux (6.10) backstamps, Very Fine and colorful, ex-Noel, Walske; signed Ashbrook.
Estimate    $2,500 - 3,500.

A CHOICE COVER SENT FROM CONFEDERATE NEW ORLEANS TO FRANCE USING ADAMS EXPRESS TO CROSS THE LINES.

This letter was from Albin Rochereau, a merchant and battalion chief in the French Legion. The Legion was an organization of French citizens in New Orleans who defended the city during the Civil War.

Although Adams Express Company typically put mail into the post office at Louisville, there are examples of mail that was carried by Adams all the way to New York City. This cover does not have express markings since it was carried inside another envelope.

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Lot 4069    

Confederacy, (Louisiana) Berwick City, La., Nov 27, bold fancy cds with fleuron at bottom, on cover to Greensburg, La. with manuscript "Pd 5" at top right, Very Fine, a scarce fancy townmark.
Estimate    $150 - 200.

Realized: $325

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