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Confederate States: Official & Semi-Official Imprint Covers

Lots 3211-3220 Lots 3221-3230 Lot 3231

Lot 3221    

Confederacy, Confederate States of America, War Department, Official Business. Printed imprint (Dietz type Ia) on cover to Wisdoms Store, Ga., franked with 1863, 10¢ light blue, left margin single tied by full "Richmond, Va., Nov 5, 1863" cds (Powell type 5d); cover tears and edge wear restored, Very Fine appearance.
Scott No. 12b    Estimate $200 - 300.

Realized: $500

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Lot 3222    

Confederacy, Confederate States of America/Treasury Department. Imprint (Dietz type Ia) on cover franked with 1862, 5¢ blue, horiz. pair (slightly in at left) tied by "Richmond, Va./Jul. 9, 1863" cds (Powell type 5c) to Greenville, S.C., cover addressed in the hand of C.G. Memminger, Confederate Secretary of the Treasury, small portion of flap torn away, Very Fine and attractive.
Scott No. 7    Estimate $400 - 600.

Realized: $950

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Lot 3223    

Confederacy, Confederate States, Navy Department, Official Business. Imprint on oversized cover addressed to "Flag Officer Samuel Barron commander of the James River Squadron in Richmond, Va.", with original printed enclosure datelined November 22, 1862 from Richmond of the changes of General Order; cover edge wear and reduction at right, Fine and extremely rare, the only reported example of this Navy Department semi-official imprint, unlisted in Dietz.
Estimate    $750 - 1,000.

Realized: $600

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Lot 3224    

Confederacy, Confederate States, Navy Department., Official Business. Imprint (Dietz type II) on legal size cover addressed to "Flag Officer Samuel Barron in Richmond, Va.", with manuscript list on reverse (most likely in the hand of Samuel Barron) headed "James River Squadron" giving the names of eight ships; cover with small edge tears and light wear, Fine.
Estimate    $300 - 400.

Realized: $475

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Lot 3225    

Confederacy, Confederate States, Navy Department., Official Business. Imprint (Dietz type II) on legal size cover addressed to Flag Officer Samuel Barron commander of the James River Squadron; cover tear at right and some light toning, F.-V.F.
Estimate    $200 - 300.

Realized: $475

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Lot 3226    

Confederacy, Confederate States/Head Quarters Department of So. Ca., Ga. and Fla./Official Business. Imprint with "Official Business" crossed out on yellow cover to Greenville, S.C. franked with 1863, 10¢ blue (huge margins) tied by "Charleston, S.C." cds, manuscript date "6 April 1865"; flap missing, otherwise Very Fine.
Scott No. 12    Estimate $150 - 200.

Realized: $190

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Lot 3227    

Confederacy, Confederate States/Head Quarters Department of So. Ca., Ga. and Fla./Official Business. Imprint on cover to Greenville, S.C. franked with 1863 10¢ blue tied by "Charleston, S.C." cds, Extremely Fine.
Scott No. 11    Estimate $300 - 400.

Realized: $425

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Lot 3228    

Confederacy, Headquarters, Conscript Department, Columbia, S.C., Official Business. Imprint (Dietz type IV) on cover to Greenville, S.C., franked with large to huge margin 1863, 10¢ greenish blue tied by blue "Columbia, S.C., Oct 31" cds, forwarded to Williamston with "Greenville C.H., S.C., Nov 2" cds and manuscript "fowd 10" due, Very Fine and choice, a very scarce forwarded usage and possibly the only example not used from Richmond, ex Roseberg, Powell, Finney.
Scott No. 12c    Estimate $1,000 - 1,500.

Realized: $800

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Lot 3229    

Confederacy, Official Business, From G.M. Fogg, Jr., Capt. A.Q.M., Brookhaven, Miss. Imprint (Dietz IV) on legal size cover to Brandon, Miss., "Brookhaven, Miss., Dec 30" origin cds and matching straight line "Paid 10" handstamp revalued to "20"; cover edge staining and some erosion, Fine.
Estimate    $100 - 150.

Realized: $45

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Lot 3230    

Confederacy, State of Georgia/Adjutant and Inspector General's Office. Imprint (Dietz type II) on cover franked with 1862, 5¢ light blue, horiz. pair (ample to mostly large margins) tied by "Milledgeville, Ga./Sept. 20" cds to Griffin, Geo., slightly reduced at right, Extremely Fine and choice; with 1987 P.F. certificate.
Scott No. 6    Estimate $200 - 300.

Realized: $525

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Lots 3211-3220 Lots 3221-3230 Lot 3231

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