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Confederate States: Town Postmarks - South Carolina (W-Z Towns)

Lots 3387-3396 Lots 3397-3402

Lot 3387    

Confederacy, Walhalla, S.C., Oct 4, perfect cds with handstamped "Paid 5", type I with value in manuscript with on immaculate orange cover to Pickens C.H., Extremely Fine, ex-Kohn.
Estimate    $150 - 200.

Realized: $140

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Lot 3388    

Confederacy, Walhalla, S.C., June 18, neat town cancel tying 1862 5¢ blue pair (ample to large margins) tied on fresh homemade cover to New Market, S.C. with notation "P.M. Please forward to Mill Way", Extremely Fine.
Scott No. 7    Estimate $150 - 200.

The "Millway Carrier" notation has always been somewhat of a mystery. Pre-war and CSA covers are both known with the "Millway Carrier" notation. "Millway" was also the name of a plantation in that area. The late 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" 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, thus 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.

Realized: $240

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Lot 3389    

Confederacy, White Cane (S.C.), March 31st 1864, manuscript cancel on cover franked with manuscript cancelled 1863 10¢ greenish blue (four close margins) addressed to Lieut at Arsenal Academy, Columbia, Very Fine, Rarity 7 town cancel.
Scott No. 11c    Estimate $150 - 200.

Realized: $145

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Lot 3390    

Confederacy, Wideman's S.C., Jan 7, manuscript postmark on cover franked with 1861 5¢ green (corner nick, light crease) with manuscript cancel, light cover stain at left, Very Fine.
Scott No. 1    Estimate $100 - 150.

Realized: $100

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Lot 3391    

Confederacy, Williamston, S.C., cds with handstamped "Paid 5" (type IA) on clean cover addressed to Sullivans Island, care Cap J.B. Moore, Orr's Regiment Rifles, Charleston, S.C., Extremely Fine.
Estimate    $150 - 200.

Realized: $260

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Lot 3392    

Confederacy, Williston, S.C., dateless cds with fancy handstamped "Paid 10" on cover to Augusta, neat bold strikes, Very Fine and choice; ex-Peters and Kohn.
Estimate    $150 - 200.

Realized: $80

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Lot 3393    

Confederacy, Winnsborough, S.C., 30 Sep, town postmark on pristine cover franked with 1863 10¢ blue (left sheet margin copy with jumbo margins), cancelled by bold grid, Extremely Fine and choice.
Scott No. 11    Estimate $200 - 300.

Realized: $350

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Lot 3394    

Confederacy, Winnsborough, S.C., 30 Sep, bold cds on fresh cover franked with 1863 10¢ blue tied by grid to Chapel Hill, N.C., Very Fine and choice.
Scott No. 12    Estimate $150 - 200.

Realized: $180

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Lot 3395    

Confederacy, Winnsborugh, S.C., Feb, cds on cover franked with grid canceled 1863 10¢ blue (four jumbo margins) on envelope fashioned from neat and interesting partial 1852 letter, Superb.
Scott No. 12    Estimate $100 - 150.

Realized: $200

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Lot 3396    

Confederacy, Yorkville, S.C., Nov 25, neat postmark tying 1861, 10¢ light blue (Paterson printing, large margins to just shaving frameline at top) on homemade cover to Calwell, Copenhagen, N.C., Very Fine and attractive, ex-Kohn.
Scott No. 2a    Estimate $200 - 300.

Realized: $125

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