Sale 29: The Confederate Sale

Lot 3916    

Confederacy, Confederate Cover Balance, lot of 7 Confederate covers & one Union cover (from member of 2nd U.S. Colored Troops in Key West, Fl.), Confederates include manuscript postmark of Dirt Town Ga., Semi-Official with imprint of Treasurer's Office/Milledgeville, Ga., attractive pair of #7 on cover tied by Mobile double circle postmark, plus four cover from Georgia franked with #11/12, mixed condition, worth inspection.
Estimate    $500 - 750.

Realized: $750

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Lot 3917    

Confederacy, Confederate Balance lot, an eclectic group of over 30 covers including a couple of U.S. covers such as Tuscaloosa 10 in star, 1865 oath of allegiance, handstamped paids, soldiers dues, mixed states, general issues on cover include 1, 2 (comet variety), 4, 7, 8 (single and badly damaged strip of 5), 11, 12, a Raleigh handstamped provisional, and US used in CSA, faults to be expected, but a useful meaty lot worth your inspection.
Estimate    $500 - 750.

Realized: $900

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Lot 3918    

Confederacy, Confederate Cover Balance, eight covers, most franked with general issues (2, 4 pair, 7, 11, 12 [3]) with variety of colorful town cancels plus 1 soldier's due; one is questionably used on 7-star flag patriotic, couple of sheet margin copies, one addressed to a General, some faults to be expected, but worthy of careful inspection.
Estimate    $500 - 750.

Realized: $450

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Lot 3919 /o   

Confederacy, Confederate Collection, 1861-64, regular issues on album and stockpages, album page with used missing only the scarcer, includes #1-2, 4-7, 13, 11-12 & mint 13, mint and varieties including #2 & #4 shades, #6-7 & #11-12 studies include multiples, #13 including block, etc.
Estimate    $500 - 750.

Realized: $250

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Lot 3920    

Confederacy, Confederate Covers, group of 12 covers; includes #2e usage, several #1's, #7 pairs, 11's, including adversity; condition mixed.
Estimate    $400 - 600.

Realized: $1,000

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Lot 3921    

Confederacy, Confederate Forgeries, small collection of mainly crude woodcut forgeries of #1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 13, 14; over 45 forgeries of which ten are shades of Birminghams, a few canceled but most uncanceled, mixed condition, nice reference lot.
Estimate    $200 - 300.

Realized: $475

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