Sale 47: The Westpex Sale

Lot 1852 o   

Confederacy, 1861, 10¢ blue, large four margin example, "24 Nov Wilmington, N.C." cancel, Very Fine and choice.
Scott No. 2    $200.

Realized: $325

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Lot 1853    

Confederacy, 1861, 10¢ blue, four nice margins, tied by blue Petersburg, Va./Sep. 28 cds on adversity cover made from a handbill, to Jeffreys Store, Va., Extremely Fine and choice.
Scott No. 2    Estimate $400 - 600.

Realized: $1,450

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Lot 1854    

Confederacy, 1861, 10¢ blue, large margins to roughly in at top left, tied by "Tudor Hall, Va., Dec 14, 1861" cds on cover with red embossed J. Conn & Sons grocer corner card, to Griswoldville, Ga.; minor cover flaws, F.-V.F.
Scott No. 2    Estimate $200 - 300.

Realized: $675

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Lot 1855    

Confederacy, 1861, 10¢ blue, irregular margins at sides touching design, tied by "Richmond, Va./Feb. 3, 1863" cds on overpaid drop cover addressed to Dr. Thomas P. Shields, Richmond with endorsement Kindness Mr. Saml Booken, reverse struck with "Advertised 2" fancy oval handstamp & second strike of Richmond cds dated "Feb. 6, 1863", flap tear affecting cds, Very Fine and scarce.
Scott No. 2    Estimate $200 - 300.

Realized: $200

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Lot 1856    

Confederacy, 1861, 10¢ blue, ample to mostly large margins, tied by indistinct Tenn. cds on pretty amber cover to Knoxville; trivial small tone spot on stamp, still Extremely Fine.
Scott No. 2    Estimate $200 - 300.

Realized: $130

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Lot 1857    

Confederacy, 1861, 10¢ blue, four clear to large margins (somewhat irregular), tied by "Richmond, Va./Nov. 24, 1862" (Powell type 3f) cds on folded cover to Gravel Hill, Va., stamp with slight margin staining, F.-V.F.
Scott No. 2    Estimate $150 - 200.

Realized: $110

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Lot 1858    

Confederacy, 1861, 10¢ dark blue, Hoyer & Ludwig printing (small faults, three huge margins) tied by neat Montgomery, Ala./Feb. 6, 1862 cds on brown homemade cover to Surgeon Francis Thornton, Ringgold, Georgia with "Official" notation in manuscript at upper left, This cover featured in Terry Hambrecht's article in the March-April 1987 Confederate Philatelist, page 10. Greatly detailed bio included from the unpublished biographical register of physicians who served the Confederacy in a medical capacity., ex-Hambrecht.
Scott No. 2b    Estimate $200 - 300.

Dr. Francis Thornton, Jr. (1827-1863) was born in Virginia and received his M.D. from University of Louisville in 1850. He served the CSA as Surgeon in Ringgold, Ga; Chattanooga, Tenn; Atlanta, Ga; Rienzi, Miss; and Gainesville, Ala. In his CP article, Hamrecht recounts how Dr. Thornton was transferred to Foard's Hospital in Chattanooga. During the night of May 31, 1863, two drunken men, one of whom was a nurse at the hospital, went to Dr. Thornton's house and insisted that he give them some "medicinal" whiskey. He ordered them off and when he followed them out the gate, one of them stabbed him with a knife. He died a half hour later.

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Lot 1859    

Confederacy, 1861, 10¢ light milky blue, Stone Y, ample to large margins, tied by "Camden, Ark, Oct 16" cds on folded letter to Freeo, Ark., letter written by Rufus L. Linscott to his wife, datelined "Camden, Oct 13th, 1862" with accounts of the Battle of Corinth…Capt. H.W. Purefoy, one of the Ft. Donelson prisoners, reached this place this evening. He left Vicksburg on Thrusday last. He tells me that Price and Van Dorn had a fight with Rosecrans on Friday, Saturday and Sunday inst. He says that the first two days our army was entirely successful, and that we captured a very large load of stores from the federals, but the enemy brought large reinforcements during Saturday night. The conflict renewed on Sunday morning when our forces were driven from the field with great slaughter, losing at the very lowest estimation 5,000 men killed and wounded, beside about 6,000 prisoners. We have further information that one regiment which went into the engagement 800 strong came out with only ten men., Very Fine, accompanied by transcript and historical background.
Scott No. 2e    Estimate $500 - 750.

Realized: $600

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Lot 1860    

Confederacy, 1861-62, 10¢ light milky blue, nearly four margins, tied on small ladies cover by Richmond cds, Oct 21.1862, Very Fine.
Scott No. 2e    Estimate $200 - 300.

Realized: $140

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