Lot
1110 
1861 (Dec. 11) Enniskillen, Ireland to Columbia, Tennessee, gray folded cover sent to Confederate Tennessee with "Enniskillen, DE 11, 61" double-circle origin postmark and sender's information of "Belleck, Ireland, 10/11/61" docketed, London "6/Cents" debit to U.S. handstamp, black "N. York, Am. Pkt., Dec" exchange cds and manuscript "48" cent due rating for double the 24¢ transatlantic packet, diverted to the Dead Letter Office with with two strikes of undated "Dead Letter Office, P.O. Dpt." double-oval (Walske DLO-1) handstamp on reverse, held until Union forces took control of Nashville in March 186, released from DLO and delivered in July 1862, manuscript "Recd from the Post Office in Columbia July 5th & opened" docketing on reverse; edge wear and faults, Fine and rare Dead Letter Transatlantic Use to Confederate Tennessee. Estimate $500 - 750.
In June 1861, having ratified by popular vote its connection with the fledgling Confederacy, Tennessee became the last state to declare formally its withdrawal from the Union. It was admitted to the Confederate States of America on July 2, 1861 as the 11th state. The southbound mails from the United States to eastern CSA was normally carried on the Washington D.C. to Richmond route until the evening of May 23rd 1861, when it was closed by military action. Starting May 24th 1861, mail on this route was diverted to the Unites States dead letter office in Washington D.C.
Realized: $675