Sale 43: The Westpex Sale

Lot 672    

Confederacy, State of Texas, Adjutant and Inspector General's Office., Official Business. Imprint (Dietz II) on legal size cover to Newton, Tex., franked with 1862, 5¢ blue, Archer & Daly printing, pair tied by light "Austin, Tex." cds; cover fold and minor edge wear, F.-V.F.
Scott No. 7    Estimate $100 - 150.

Realized: $230

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Lot 673    

Confederacy, Office of the Commissioner of Taxes. Old script style imprint (Dietz type V) on blue legal size cover franked with 1863 2¢ red brown (mostly large margins, just shaving at left) tied by Richmond, Va./Aug. 26, 1863 cds and used locally, arrival docket at right, cover with several light folds (none of which affect the franking), F.-V.F., a nice Official usage with the 2¢ "Red Jack"; with 1984 P.F. certificate.
Estimate    $300 - 400.

Realized: $200

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Lot 674    

Confederacy, (Tax Office) "O.B./Tax in Kind". Manuscript imprint on cover franked with 1863-64 10¢ blue tied by blue "Petersburg, Va./Nov. 14" cds and addressed to Hicksford, Va., adhesive with small corner crease due to placement at edge of cover, Very Fine.
Estimate    $75 - 100.

Realized: $130

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Lot 675    

Confederacy, Confederate States of America/Treasury Department. Boxed imprint (Dietz type VI) on legal size cover to Princeton, Ark. with "Richmond, Va./Sep. 13, 1861" cds & matching straight line "Paid" handstamp with manuscript "20" double 10¢ rate for letters over 500 miles, couple cover tears including one affecting imprint, Fine.
Estimate    $100 - 150.

Realized: $280

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Lot 676    

Confederacy, Confederate States of America/Treasury Department/First Auditors Office. Imprint (Dietz type I) on cover franked with 1862 5¢ blue vert. pair (four clear to large margins including sheet margin at top) affixed over imprint & tied by "Richmond, Va./Dec. 3" cds, addressed to Atlanta with manuscript routing endorsement "A.&W.P. R.R. Office" (Atlanta West Point Rail Road) at bottom left, pair moved to reveal imprint, Very Fine and attractive.
Scott No. 7    Estimate $100 - 150.

Realized: $65

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Lot 677    

Confederacy, Treasury Department/Loan Office. Manuscript imprint on cover franked with 1862 10¢ blue (four nice margins) tied by "Richmond, Va./Jan. 31, 1862" cds and addressed to Thomaston, Ga., cover crudely repaired at top right, not affecting manuscript imprint, Fine.
Scott No. 4    Estimate $100 - 150.

Realized: $75

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Lot 678    

Confederacy, (Virginia) Executive Department. All-over gray shaded design (Dietz type I) on turned cover to Hampton Sidney College, Va. and postmarked "Richmond, Va./Mar. 12, 1862" cds with "Paid 5cts". handstamp at top, manuscript endorsement "CH. Ex. Dep. of Va./S.B.F." (Col. Samuel Bassett French), inside usage is franked with uncancelled 1862 5¢ blue (defective) with light manuscript "H.S. College, Va./May 7/'62" postmark, addressed, "Care of Major R.L. Dabney, Headquarters of Gen. Jackson, Army of the Valley of Va.", some slight edge wear splits, F.-V.F., a wonderful usage.
Estimate    $200 - 300.

Realized: $160

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Lot 679    

Confederacy, (Virginia) Commonwealth of Virginia./Executive Department. Imprint (Dietz type II) on from Col. S. Bassett French to Vice President A.H. Stephens in Crawfordville, Ga. and forwarded to Sparta, franked with 1862 5¢ blue horiz. pair and tied by Crawfordville, Ga. cds paying the forwarding postage, cover somewhat faulty including piece out of imprint & two flaps missing, Fine.
Estimate    $100 - 150.

Samuel Bassett French (1820-1898), attorney, judge, Confederate officer, and editor, was a Norfolk native and later resident of Chesterfield County and Richmond. Between 1890 and 1897, and in preparation for an intended biographical dictionary to be titled Annals of Prominent Virginians of the XIX Century, French compiled biographical information in almost 9,000 men, often obtaining information directly from the subject or from members of the immediate family.

Realized: $70

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Lot 680    

Confederacy, Semi-Official Exhibit Collection. Lot of 18 used and four unused covers all but one with Semi-Official Imprints, one folded cover franked with 1861 5¢ green (four large margins) tied by "Richmond, Va." cds with letter written on Official "Confederate States/General Post Office Department/Auditor's Office" stationery, letter written by Joseph M. Myers to his brother with fascinating contents describing the preponderance of clerks from Virginia in the Office and the talk of an appointment amongst all the states

Semi-Official Covers include:

Adjutant Inspector General's Office, legal size cover without postal markings addressed to "Brig. Gen. E.G. Lee, Richmond, Va." (Edwin G. Lee, was appointed Brigadier General on September 20, 1864 and subsequently sent to Canada on secret service for the government.)

Second Auditor's Offices, four covers, two with manuscript imprints & two with printed imprints (Dietz types VI & VIa), one of the printed & one manuscript with original enclosure

Executive Department, three covers with manuscript imprints of the Executive Department including one initialed "J.L." of John Letcher, Governor of Virginia, postmarked "Richmond, Va." cds straight line "Paid" handstamp and pencil "2" rate (mostly erased) on drop usage to "Thomas H. Howard M.D., Genl. Ransoms Brig. Hospital, near nine mile road, three miles from Richmond, Va.", second initialed "J.R.T." of John Randolph Tucker (Attorney General) used from Richmond with manuscript "15" triple rate to Powhatan

Medical Director's Office, two covers, first 1864 cover with 1863-64 10¢ blue tied by Charlotte, C.H., Va./Jun. 23 blue cds & addressed to the Medical Director in Richmond with manuscript notation on front of cover, "Query, is the Richmond Post Office still standing?", included is original enclosure in which sender writes, "Is it worthwhile for me to send you more letters by Flag of Truce?", second cover with manuscript imprint of the "Med.(ical) Director's Office", addressed to Fair grounds Hospital in Raleigh, N.C. (also known as General Hospital #7)

Ordnance Offices, including legal size cover without postal markings and shows the "Department" misspelling with manuscript endorsement at left, "Contracts with Negroes"

Treasury Department, one cover with "Treasury Office of Virginia" stationery & plain cover franked with 1862 5¢ blue, horiz. pair (7) addressed to "Col. John Quincy Adams Nadenbousch, 2nd Regt. Va. Infantry, Genl. Jackson's Corp.", plus four unused envelopes

War Department, three covers with 5¢ frankings, one with #4 & two with #6

(Virginia) Executive Department, one legal size cover with all-over shaded design franked with 1863-64 10¢ blue tied by Richmond, Va. cds

(Virginia) Head Quarters/Virginia Forces, one legal size cover with Richmond markings to Bremo, Va.

mixed condition, but a Fascinating One Frame Exhibit and winner of the Confederate Stamp Alliance's Trustee's Trophy in 1994.
Estimate    $1,000 - 1,500.

Realized: $2,500

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Lot 681    

Confederacy, Semi-Official Imprints. An interesting lot of ten covers (including legal size) with various imprints including Confederate States Executive Department, Adjutant and Inspector General's Office, Signal Bureau, Head Quarters, 2nd Corps, Army of the Potomac, manuscript War Department, two with manuscript Treasury Department, Virginia Executive Department all-over design (corner missing), Virginia Forces - General Headquarters seal & imprint, both with & without franks or markings, plus two mint envelopes with Official Imprints, mixed condition.
Estimate    $200 - 300.

Realized: $525

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