Lot
2302 
Confederacy, 1861, 10¢ Blue, Paterson, Stone Y, horizontal pair, margins except rounded upper right corner, tied by neat strike of blue "Columbia S.C. Mar 13" cds on cover with military address to Major General M. Lovell, Confederate House at Jackson Miss., docketed on back "E. M. Lovell, Columbia S.C., 11 March 1863"; partial flap, Very Fine and attractive. Scott No. 2 Estimate $750 - 1,000.
AN EXCEPTIONALLY RARE STONE Y MULTIPLE USED ON COVER, THE ONLY EXAMPLE WE HAVE SEEN.
Major Gen. Mansfield Lovell (1822-1886) was in command at New Orleans when the city fell to the Union in April 1862 and was blamed for the loss of the city. He commanded an Infantry Division at Corinth and Coffeeville later in 1862, but after Coffeeville was relieved for losing New Orleans, and never given any further assignments during the war.
Realized: $675