Lot
2815 
Confederacy, Augusta Arsenal,/Official Business. Imprint (Dietz IIa) on cover franked with 1863-64 10¢ blue (top margin single) tied by "Augusta, Ga./Oct. 28" cds addressed to Camden, S.C., imprint lined out & cover used privately, Very Fine and choice. Scott No. 12 Estimate $200 - 300.
Realized: $160
Lot
2816
Confederacy, C.S. Central Laboratory (Ordn.)/Macon, Ga./Official Business. Imprint (Dietz II) on 1863 cover franked with 1863-64 10¢ blue (just touching design at right, otherwise large margins) tied by "Macon, Ga." double circle postmark & addressed to "Commander Catesby, Commanding C.S. Naval Foundry, Selma, Ala.", docketed on reverse "Major Mallet", Extremely Fine and rare. Scott No. 12 Estimate $500 - 750.
Catesby ap Roger Jones was born in Fairfield, Virginia, on 15 April 1821. Appointed a Midshipman in the Navy in 1836, he served extensively at sea, receiving promotion to the rank of Lieutenant in 1849. During the 1850s, Jones was involved in development work on Navy weapons and served as ordnance officer on the new steam frigate "Merrimack" when she began active service in 1856.
When Virginia left the Union in April 1861, Lieutenant Jones resigned his U.S. Navy commission, joining the Virginia Navy soon thereafter and becoming a Confederate Navy Lieutenant in June. In 1861-62, he was employed in converting the steam frigate "Merrimack" into an ironclad and was the ship's Executive Officer when she was commissioned as "CSS Virginia". When her Commanding Officer, Captain Franklin Buchanan, was wounded in the 8 March 1862 attack on "USS Cumberland" and "Congress", Jones temporarily took command, leading the ship during her historic engagement with "USS Monitor" on the following day.
With the approach of the enemy troops, Norfolk was being evacuated. The "Virginia" could not be made light enough to go up the James River. To prevent its capture, the "Virginia" was run ashore in the bight of Carney Island and set afire. Later in 1862, he commanded a shore battery at Drewry's Bluff, on the James River, and the gunboat "Chattahoochee" while she was under construction at Columbus, Georgia.
Promoted to the rank of Commander in April 1863, Jones was sent to Selma, Alabama, to take charge of the Ordnance Works there. For the rest of the Civil War, he supervised the manufacture of badly-needed heavy guns for the Confederate armed forces. With the end of the conflict in May 1865, Jones went into private business. After working in South America, he made his residence in Selma, where he was shot down on the streets of Selma, Alabama, June 29th, 1877, by a man whose child had had a fight with one of his children.
Realized: $2,700
Lot
2817
Confederacy, C.S. Central Laboratory (Ordn.)/Macon, Ga. Imprint (Dietz IIa) on 1863 cover franked with horizontal. pair 1862 5¢ blue (four margins, tiny corner crease at top left) tied by "Macon, Ga." double circle postmark, addressed to Lumsden's Battery in Tullahoma. Tenn., Very Fine and choice, a rare Semi-Official Imprint, ex-Finney. Scott No. 7 Estimate $300 - 400.
Realized: $500
Lot
2818
Confederacy, C.S. Depot Engineer's Supplies,/Macon, Ga./Official Business. Imprint (unlisted in Dietz) on cover franked with 1863 2¢ brown red (large margins) tied by "Macon, Ga." double circle postmark paying the 2¢ Drop rate, small numeric docketing removed from cover (mentioned for accuracy), Extremely Fine and choice. Scott No. 8 Estimate $1,000 - 1,500.
A lovely cover & a very rare usage with a 2¢ Brown Red adhesive. .
Realized: $2,000
Lot
2819
Confederacy, C.S. Depot Engineer's Supplies/Macon, Ga./Official Business. Printed corner card (unlisted in Dietz) on cover to Albany, Ga. franked with 1863-64 10¢ blue (large margins) tied by "Macon, Ga." double circle postmark, slightly reduced at left, Extremely Fine. Scott No. 11 Estimate $200 - 300.
Realized: $230
Lot
2820
Confederacy, Confederate States Armory,/Macon, Ga./Official Business. Imprint (Dietz III) on orange cover franked with 1863-64 10¢ blue (large even margins) tied by "Macon, Ga." double circle postmark & addressed to Albany, Ga., Extremely Fine. Scott No. 11 Estimate $200 - 300.
Realized: $425
Lot
2821
Confederacy, Confederates States, Head Quarters Military District of Georgia, Ordnance Office, Official Business. Printed corner card (unlisted in Dietz) on 1863 cover to Columbia, S.C. franked with 1863-64 10¢ blue (slightly cut in) tied by "Savannah, Ga./Paid." cds, included is matching printed "Head Quarters Military District of Georgia, Ordnance Office" letterhead which states, "I have been riding all day have been inspecting all the Batteries on the Coast around this city.", minor corner wear, Very Fine. Scott No. 12 Estimate $300 - 400.
Realized: $400
Lot
2822
Confederacy, Executive Department/Georgia. Fancy scroll imprint (Dietz IV) with additional "Ordnance Office./Official Business." imprint at right on cover addressed to "Howell Cobb, M.C., Montgomery, Alabama" in the spring of 1861 with straight line "Paid" handstamp, Extremely Fine. Estimate $200 - 300.
Realized: $280
Lot
2823
Confederacy, Head Quarters, Military District of Georgia. Imprint (Dietz III) on large size buff cover to "Major E.C. Anderson, Ways Station, 1½ S.A. & G. R.R." (Savannah, Albany & Gulf Railroad) with "Paid 60" handstamps, small mended tear by rate marking, Very Fine. Estimate $500 - 750.
The "60" rate is the highest recorded handstamped rate on a Confederate cover. .
Realized: $450
Lot
2824
Confederacy, Head-Quarters/Georgia State Guard. Imprint (Dietz I) on 1863 cover to Starkville, Ga. franked with 1863-64 10¢ blue (large margins, tiny insect damage in margin only) tied by "Atlanta, Ga./Dec. 28" cds, included is original enclosure with matching printed letterhead which mentions sending letters by "Express", slightly reduced at right, Very Fine. Scott No. 11 Estimate $200 - 300.
Realized: $190