CSA #12-AD, 4-margin 10¢ blue tied CHARLESTON / S.C ./ NOV / 19 cds to Miss M.E. Adger, Pendleton, S.C. with a small heart incorporated into the "To" at upper left.

The Adger family from Charleston acquired three plantations in Pendleton as their war refuge - Woodburn, Ashtabula, and Rivoli. The family provided soldiers with a safe haven, opening their doors to injured soldiers of the Confederacy and caring for them until they could return to battle.

CSA #12, 4-margin 10¢ blue (pre-use sealed tears) tied CLARKSVILLE / VA/MAR cds on homemade cover to "Dr. Charles W. Coleman P.A.C.S., Darlington Court House, Darlington District, South Carolina"

Charles Washington Coleman was born 07/18/1826 in Williamsburg, VA. Graduated in 1847 University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia M.D and practiced medicine in Richmond and Williamsburg. On 04/24/1861, he became a member of the Williamsburg [VA] Home Guard; 06/24/1861 - Pvt, James City [VA] Cavalry; 07/17/1861 - appointed Asst. Surgeon, Provisional Army of the Confederate States; served, Libby Prison Hospital, Richmond, VA and Hospital, Williamsburg, VA; 02/14/1863 - resigned; 1865 - practiced medicine in Boydton, VA; 1870,1874,1880,1890 - practiced medicine, Williamsburg, VA; 09/15/1894 - died, Williamsburg, VA.

CSA #12-ADc, 10¢ greenish blue with 4 huge margins tied by bold neat WARRENTON / N.C. / DEC/6 cds struck slightly off the edge of a tiny homemade cover made from another use with "Macon, Ga" written inside. Some translucent staining at center, but a darling use.

CSA #12, 10¢ blue tied with pencil strokes on clean cover to Newberry C.H., S.C. with neat note "In haste, Please deliver at once", No guarantee as to stamp belonging but nice looking cover

CSA #1 & 12c: 5¢ green tied AMERICUS / Ga. cds on cover front to "Mr. Wm. MacMath, Quincy flordely (sic)"; other side franked with 10¢ greenish blue tied QUINCY/Fla. cds to "Mr. Wm. P. Finch, Americus, Ga.". Nice double use.

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CSA #12, 10¢ blue tied violet LYNCHBURG/Va./JUL/21 cds on homemade cover to Staunton, slightly reduced at top with part of top back flap missing; unusually clean strike as most of these have a very "greasy" bleeding look. It is very hard to determine the color from the scan/computer, but is clearly violet shade.

CSA #12, 4-margin 10¢ blue tied red BUCKINGHAM C.H. / Va ./ AUG / 1 cds on neat fresh homemade cover to Farmville, Va., slightly reduced at left, Very Fine

CSA #12-ADc, 10¢ greenish blue tied neat SAVANNAH / Ga. cds on wonderful dark blue adversity cover to Sandersville, Georgia, top back flap missing otherwise Very Fine charmer

CSA #12-ADc, 10¢ greenish blue (small faults) with grid cancel on adversity cover fashioned from printed form of Confederate Quartermaster, addressed to Dr. R. H. Dugger, Macon, Ala. from his son William H. Dugger, Co D 11th Alabama Infantry, Army of Northern Virginia, signed by Brian Green, part of the printed form shows on the front at bottom right without turning, small tear at top and bit reduced at left. Wilcox's/Perrin's/Forney's Brigade, Anderson's/Mahone's Division, 3rd Army Corp, ANV. 

CSA #12-KB, 10¢ deep blue with large to huge margins pen canceled on homemade cover with manuscript cancel of “Snowville, Va./Decr 7 (1864)”. Snowville is one of only five towns in Pulaski County listed with a post office during 1861. Lots of math doodling front and back. Scarce town! 

CSA #12, 10¢ blue which approaches opaline, tied by bold clear CHARLESTON / S.C ./ JUL / 27 cds on homemade cover to Darlington C.H., S.C., some paper hinges and minor hole in the flaps, Extremely Fine

CSA #12-ADc, 10¢ greenish blue, 4 margins irregularly torn at bottom with small tear in margin, tied bold neat RICHMOND/VA. cds on homemade cover to Salt Creek, Va., reduced at right  

CSA #12-AD, 10¢ light blue with huge margins all around, tied field grid and also manuscript “Due 10 cts” on homemade cover addressed to “Mrs. H(enry) L. Muldrow, Tibbee Station, M. & O. R.R., Missi. (Mobile & Ohio Railroad) Care of S. C. Jennings” with “Forwarded Tibbee July 24” with “Tibbee” crossed out and redirected to Crawford. Detailed bio of the illustrious Muldrow and the 11th Miss. Cavalry included.

Henry Lowndes Muldrow (1837-1905) entered the CS Army as a private in 1861 and rose to the rank of Colonel of Cavalry. He had both an illustrious military career commanding a batallion of the 11th Mississippi Cavalry and a distinguished law career before and after the War. He was a U.S. congressman and First Assistant Secretary of the Intererior during the Cleveland administration.

CSA #12-AD, 10¢ greenish blue with 4 large uneven margins tied blue COLUMBIA / S.C. cds on gray and white patterned wallpaper cover addressed to “Mr. W. W. Renwick, Lyles Ford, So Ca”, business letter enclosed on adversity paper letter as well – printed form on one side and business letter as well expressing difficulty in getting cotton and writers preference to not buy unless delivered to him. Letter dated Columbia Febry 29, 1864 (leap year date), Lovely double adversity use – both cover and letter. 

CSA #12-AD, 10¢ blue used with grid cancel on blue and white patterned wallpaper cover addressed to “Miss Sophia T. Baldwin, Munford Station, Talladega County, Alabama”, no doubt from a soldier, but can’t determine who with more research and a bit of luck, Showy 

CSA #12, 10¢ blue, 4 margins, tied neat blue COLUMBIA / S.C. cds on adversity cover addressed to Sumter, S.C. and fashioned from Railroad Convention flyer of Central Railroad of South Carolina

CSA #12, 10¢ blue, 4-margins, small pre-use crease, tied neat CHARLESTON / sS.C. double circle cancel on adversity cover addressed to “Mr. Eliha Stevens, Dyssonsmill Edgfield Dist. So.Ca.”, made of railroad freight form on pale green paper, signed Green and Kimbrough. Most attractive adversity use.

CSA #12-ADc, 10¢ greenish blue tied army target on blue commercial cover addressed to “Miss Liv Caperton, Care of Mrs. Charles Gay, Staunton, Valley of Virginia”. Family of Allen T. Caperton (1810-1876), a Confederate senator from Virginia during the war. Caperton was from what is now West Va., but studied law in Staunton. 

CSA #12-ADc, 10¢ greenish blue with 4 large margins all around and tied by perfectly struck bold SOCIETY HILL / S.C ./ NOV / 30 cds on white and gray enamel wallpaper cover addressed to “Mrs. M.A. Curtis Care of M.A. Curtis, D.D., Hillsborough, N.C.” Rev. Moses Ashley Curtis was an Episcopal priest who was a preeminent mycologist renowned among botanists. His wife was from the prestigious DeRosset family. A Gem.

CSA #12, 10¢ blue – unusual shade bordering on opaline – used on homemade cover to “Mrs. Henry L. Muldrow, Tibbee Station, M & O (Mobile & Ohio) RR, Miss.” with manuscript “Forest Miss Aug 10” cancel, very slightly reduced at left  

Henry Lowndes Muldrow (1837-1905) entered the CS Army as a private in 1861 and rose to the rank of Colonel of Cavalry. He had both an illustrious military career commanding a batallion of the 11th Mississippi Cavalry and a distinguished law career before and after the War. He was a U.S. congressman and First Assistant Secretary of the Intererior during the Cleveland administration.

CSA #12, 10¢ blue with 4 margins tied by ROCK HILL / SC cds on gray and white enamel wallpaper cover addressed to “Lt. Fred M. Jones, Charleston, SC”, 2008 SCV $800. In a search of the military records, I found a Lt. Frederick Jones who served in Co. F, 15th LA Infantry” – the only lieutenant by that name. Reduced a bit at top with part of top back flap missing. 

CSA #12-AD, 10¢ blue tied Columbia, Miss Oct 27 cds addressed to “Mrs. H. L. Muldrow, Tibbee Station, Mobile & Ohio RR, Miss.”   $90.

Henry Lowndes Muldrow (1837-1905) entered the CS Army as a private in 1861 and rose to the rank of Colonel of Cavalry. He had both an illustrious military career commanding a batallion of the 11th Mississippi Cavalry and a distinguished law career before and after the War. He was a U.S. congressman and First Assistant Secretary of the Intererior during the Cleveland administration.

CSA #12-AD, 10¢ blue top sheet margin copy tied partial strike of Richmond, Va. cds on homemade cover to “Mrs. Jno M. Kell Care N. C Munroe Esq Macon, Ga.” likely from her husband, Confederate Naval Officer, Executive Officer of the Confederate cruisers "CSS Alabama" and CSS Sumter." Kell entered the United States Navy at the age of 17 and served in the Mexican War and in 1853 on Perry's expedition to Japan. Upon Georgia's secession from the Union, he was the first US Naval officer to offer his service to the South. After the Civil War, he served as Adjutant General of Georgia from 1887 until his death in 1900. 

CSA #-ADc, 10¢ greenish blue showing part of adjacent stamp at bottom, tied WARRENTON / VA. cds on cover to “Mr. William H. Gregory, Oxford, N. Carolina” and routing of “Sassafras Fork Mail” at lower left. Cover fold which affects stamp as well. Most interesting routing notation, ripe for research. Sassafras Fork was the township north of Oxford in Granville County.

CSA #12, 10¢ blue trimmed to shape, used with manuscript “Scottsburg, Va 4th Nov 1865” cancel on thin black bordered mourning cover addressed to “Miss Ella Rives, Castle Hill  near Cobham Depot, Albemarle Co, Va.”; part of top back flap missing. Col. Alfred Landon Rives (1830-1903), chief of engineers to General Robert E. Lee, owned Castle Hill which still sits on 600 acres near Monticello. The original colonial residence was built by Dr. Thomas Walker in 1764 on 15,000 acres. Castle Hill entertained other U. S. Presidents besides neighbor Thomas Jefferson, including George Washington, James Madison, James Monroe, Patrick Henry, Andrew Jackson and many more. Very pretty little cover.

CSA #12, 10¢ blue tied blue COLUMBIA/S.C. cds on neat blue adversity cover made from a printed Post Office form with instructions to the commissioners and the clerk’s oath, addressed to “Miss Julia McCord, Greenville, South Carolina”, Very Fine

CSA #12-ADc, 10¢ greenish blue with 4 large margins all around, clipped corner at LR, tied neat CHARLESTON/S.C./AUG/27 cds on fresh homemade cover to “Mrs. C.P. Smith, Blanding Street, Columbia, So.Ca.”,

CSA #12-ADc, 10¢ greenish blue with 4 large margins all around tied neat CHARLESTON / S.C ./ DEC / 6 cds on commercial cover to “Capt. W(illiam). S. Kemper A.Q.M., Richmond, Virginia”, Kemper was on the General Staff at Camp Winder; fresh, neat cover, Ex-Wm. A. Fox 

CSA #12, 4-margin 10¢ blue tied to blue cover with a bold strike of the large framed grid of Canton, Mississippi. A beauty! 

CSA #12, 10¢ blue (4-margin) tied RICHMOND / Va. cds on pristine blue commercial cover to “Dr. J. R. B. Adams, Cool Spring, Iredell Co., N.C.”

CSA #12-KB, 10¢ deep blue – four enormous even margins – tied black PETERSBURG / VA / FEB / 11 (1865) on back flaps. The Petersburg cancel was only used in black from December 1864 until the end of the war. Late use. Addressed to Miss Anne Jones, Cunningham. Signed WGB (Wm G Bogg)  

CSA #12, 10¢ blue shade approaching opaline and which Jack Molesworth called “milky blue”, two singles tied together by WYTHEVILLE / VA/ AUG cds on cover to “Miss A. J. Branch, Asheville, Appomattox Cty, Va.” with part of top back flap missing. 2008 SCV $200 for pair on cover without regard to shade.

CSA #12, 10¢ blue vertical pair with enormous margins all around, tied by double strike of MOBILE / ALA double circle cancel on commercial watermarked envelope to “Jno H. Kennard, Esq., Woodville, Mississippi” with docketing “Recd by Mail Oct 29/64, Ansd Nov 1st of 64”, top back flap missing but notation on verso that contents were from “Henry Peychaud at Col. Care Ass(istant) QM Genl Richmond, Maj Young Meridian, (A)ddress W Find. Springer”, small piece of upper left of cover restored at upper left and sealed tear at top. . 2008 SCV $200.

CSA #12-ADc vertical strip of three 10¢ bluish green tied double strike of RICHMOND / VA. / OCT / 6 cds on legal cover (reduced at left) addressed to “B. F. Allen, Sec. Of State, Tallahassee, Florida” with docketing on verso that envelope contained “Election Returns”, blue crayon docketing across face “Pl(ea)s(e) add(ress) Hospital Richmond 1 & 2 District”. Benjamin F. Allen was the Florida Secretary of State 1863-68. Wonderful rate and history. 2008 SCV $250 for pair (this is strip of 3) on cover without regard to scarcer shade.

CSA #1-ADc 10¢ bluish green tied RICHMOND / VA. / AUG / 4 on homemade cover to “Robert King Esq, Gordonsville, Va.” with light pencil docketing “Aug 4th from John N. Gordon”, Very Fine; King was well-to-do and the son-in-law of Nathaniel Gordon for whom the town was named.

CSA #12-ADc 10¢ bluish green, four margins, tied CHARLESTON / S.C. / OCT / 28 double circle on homemade cover to “Mrs. J. H. Ambler, Table Mountain, Pickens Dist, S.C.”

CSA #12 10¢ blue, four large margins, tied NEW MARKET / VA. / MAY / 21 on lemon cover to “Mrs. W. H. Harman, Staunton, Va.”, Very Fine 

CSA #12-ADc 10¢ bluish green, four large to huge margins tied bold neat MONTGOMERY / ALA. / OCT / 10 cds on cover, fresh, Very Fine 

CSA #12 10¢ blue, tied SALISBURY / N.C. cds on homemade cover to “Mrs. J. W. Wiseman, Farmington, Davie Cock”  

CSA #12, 10¢ blue used on cover with manuscript cancel of Mount Pleasant, Ga May 29 on cover addressed to “Dr. Cotting, Milledgeville, Ga.” Dr. John R. Cotting was born Nov. 16, 1778 in Acton, Massachusetts; he graduated from Dartmouth College in 1802. First pursuing a career in religion, Cotting left the ministry in 1812 and for the next 23 years taught geology, chemistry, and other science subjects. During this time, he wrote introductory textbooks in chemistry and geology. In 1835, Cotting left Massachusetts, moving to Augusta, Georgia, where he undertook a survey of local soil types. In 1836, the General Assembly authorized a state geological survey, and Gov. William Schley named him as state geologist. He died in 1867 in Milledgeville. 

CSA #12, 10¢ blue tied ENTERPRISE / MISS cds on fresh homemade cover to “Miss J. J. Haile, Care of J. B. Stirling Esq., Pleasant Valley Washington Co. Alabama”, Very Fine 

CSA #12, 10¢  blue, 4 huge even margins tied neat MOBILE / ALA double circle cancel on lemon cover to Columbia, SC, slightly reduced at left, Very Fine 

CSA #12, 10¢ blue used on cover with manuscript “Harvey’s Store Va Nov 11/63” cancel addressed to “Dr. Peter Metteaur (sic), Prince Edward Court House, Va.”, Rarity 6 town, docketing “Mrs. Harvey’s letter about club foot” ; Dr. John Peter Mettauer (1787-1878) founded the Prince Edward Medical Institute in 1836 and performed many medical "firsts." For his original work in congenital deformities he was called “America's first plastic surgeon” and "a genius of his time," in an article describing his innovations in cataract surgery.  Ex-Tobias.

CSA #12, 10¢ blue, 4 large margins tied red PETERSBURG / VA. cds on back flap of cover (pre-use crease) which opens up nicely to display fully, used on fresh homemade cover to Milledgeville, Georgia, 2008 SCV $170. Ex-Tobias

CSA #1-KB, 10¢ deep blue tied black PETERSBURG / VA. / MAR 14 (1865) cds on cover only a few weeks before the end of the war. The black cancel was of short duration, only used from December 1864 until the end of the war. File folds, Ex-Tobias.

CSA #12, 10¢ light blue approaching milky shade, tied WILSON / N.C. / DEC cds on homemade cover to “High Shoals Iron Company or Col.John L. Bridgers, Iron, Lincoln County, North Carolina”. Long detailed bio of John Luther Bridgers enclosed. Early in the war he joined the NC Volunteers Infantry as as captain at age 41. Within four months he was promoted to Lt. Col. but resigned in September 1861 due to poor health. Afterward, as health permitted, he was on duty upon the staff of Gen. D. H. Hill, when the latter was in command in eastern North Carolina.  He was also associated with his brother, R.  R. Bridgers, at the request of the government, in the management of the High Shoals iron furnaces, nail and rolling mills, which were the second in importance in the South, and did much government work. Subject of a forthcoming column in American Stamp Dealer & Collector.

CSA #12-ADd, 10¢ dark blue, wonderful shade, tied CAMDEN / S.C. cds on homemade cover to “Col. B. B. Barron, Iron Post Office, North Carolina”. Original business letter enclosed headed May 17, 1864 re shipment of nails to be sent by Express. Iron was an enormous industry in NC and of great importance to the Confederacy.

CSA #12, 10¢ blue used on back flap with Fairfield Va Aug 20 manuscript cancel on front to “Mr. John W. Hopewell, Staunton, Virginia”; top back flap folds up nicely with stamp to display. Ex-Tobias, scarce town.

CSA #12-ADc, 10¢ greenish blue (4 margins) used with manuscript cancel of Fancy Grove, Va May 7th on small homemade cover to Lynchburg, Va., rarity 5 town, ex-Tobias. 

CSA #12, 10¢ light blue approaching opaline, used on back flap (faulty) on turnedembossed ladies cover (inside handcarried to Hat Creek) with manuscript cancel of Hat Creek Va June 7 / 63 to “Mr. William A. Clarke, Petersburg Virginia Branch’s field Artilery, Ransom’s Brigade”, small nick at left, very scarce Campbell County town, ex-Tobias. Not 100% sure about which soldier, but appears it may be William Alpheus Clark whose bio is enclosed.

CSA #12-ADa, 10¢ dark opaline used with manuscript cancel of Moores Ord(inar)y Va Feb 8 (18)65 on homemade cover to Oakville, Va., Rarity 7, ex-Tobias.

CSA #1-ADc, 10¢ greenish blue (tiny corner crease at lower left) tied awesome bold blue NEW LONDON Va. dateless cds to “Mr. Henry I. Stevens, Amsterdam Va.”, ex-Tobias. Great strike of this scarce cancel.

CSA #12, 10¢ blue tied neat bold RICHMOND/ Va. cds on turned cover to Mrs. B. C. Trigg Care Capt Myers, Danville; inside use of #11, 10¢ blue of different shade sealing back flaps with DANVILLE / Va. cds addressed to Cpt. Edmund Myers, Care of G. A. Myers Esqr, Richmond”. Capt. Edmund T. D. Myers was a young engineer officer with the War Department and son of the Quartermaster General Abraham C. Myers.

CSA #12, 4-margin 10¢ blue tied neat ALBANY / Ga. / JAN / 16 cds on homemade cover addressed to what looks like “Wilney Ga” of which I can find no record. Guess no one else could read it either since there at top is “Whitney Feb 24 / Forwarded & Missent” – where to I have no idea. Interesting cover. Small cover faults at left. 

CSA #12-ADc, 10¢ blue, used with rarity 4 manuscript cancel of Mossingford, Va Oct 15th 1863 on cover to Dr. William A. Carrington, Richmond, Virginia. William Allen Carrington (1830-1866) was appointed as an assistant surgeon in the 7th Virginia Infantry and served with the 23rd VA Inf and at Hospital #10, Richmond. He was promoted to Surgeon and held several positions during the Civil War, including inspector of hospitals and medical director. Many of his medical reports are now part of the Carrington Collection from the "Hospitals in and around Richmond" in The Museum of the Confederacy.Speculation would say that since he was a young man when he died, a disease contracted during war service could have been the cause of death, but no details on his death have yet been found.  Signed Brian Green.

$110.

CSA #12, 10¢ blue with huge margin at bottom showing a trace of imprint, tied neat bold HICKSFORD / Va. / FEB cs on choice cover to “Mr. Mattie M. Clement, Mocksville, Davie County, North Carolina”,

$190.

CSA #12, 10¢ blue used with manuscript cancel of blue and gray floral wallpaper cover addressed to “Mrs. H. L. Muldrow, Tibbee Station, M & O RR, Miss.” 2009 SCV $800. 

Henry Lowndes Muldrow (1837-1905) entered the CS Army as a private in 1861 and rose to the rank of Colonel of Cavalry. He had both an illustrious military career commanding a batallion of the 11th Mississippi Cavalry and a distinguished law career before and after the War. He was a U.S. congressman and First Assistant Secretary of the Intererior during the Cleveland administration.

$690.

CSA #12, 10¢ blue - four singles, mostly large margins all around, bright shade, tied by multiple strikes of "Shreveport La. Jan. 2" (1864 with slug in yeardate position) circular datestamp on front only; addressed to”Major James G. Richarson, A. C. S Nichols Brig(ade), Trimbles Div, Richmond Va.”, eastbound Trans-Mississippi Express rate, slightly reduced all around, faint toning and minor faults, but most attractive and rare, Ex-Gunter. No military details other than having enlisted as a major in the C.S. Field and Staff. Ripe for research. Ex-Gunter 

$1,700.

CSA #12, 10¢ blue used with ms cancel on cover of  “Alone, Va. Dec 2 1861” (Rockbridge County) to “Miss Virginia V. R. Mc Cauley, Salem, Roanoke County, Virginia”, Scarce manuscript town cancel 

$180.

CSA #12, 10¢ blue (4 margins), manuscript canceled and tied by red GLENN  SPRINGS, S.C. AUG 5 cds on 1863 folded letter sheet to “Mrs. Charles L. Pettigrew, Mount Carmel, South Carolina”. Part of lettersheet appears to be missing (the first half of the letter), but this section most interesting “Mr. Pettigrew and William stood before us – it was a great surprise…he gives all the particulars of the fatal skirmish and the calamity is aggravated by the miserable want of forethought on the part of Gen. Heth which brought it on…alas your hearts will be wrung afresh when you hear the particulars – and yet there is consolation – his resignation.” Heth's division made history by inadvertently starting the Battle of Gettysburg. Heth sent two brigades ahead in a reconnaissance in force and his memoirs refer to sending them in a search for shoes in Gettysburg, but some historians consider this an apocryphal story. Very scarce and charming use from Glenn Springs and wonderful content.

$600.

CSA #12, 10¢  blue (4 margins) tied by WADESBORO / N.C. /  MAY 28 cds on fresh homemade cover to “Isaac Jarratt Esq, Senate, Raleigh, N.C.” which has been crossed out and redirected to Huntsville with Raleigh forwarding postmark and matching double strike of curved DUE 10 handstamp, Very Fine. This appears to be to the elder Isaac Jarratt of Yudkin County. His son, who rose to the rank of Captain, of the same name mustered into Co C, NC 26th Infantry as a private and was wounded multiple times, including at Gettysburg. Ex-Powell.

$450.

  CSA #12, 10¢  blue (4 margins) used on folded letter from A. Maryck to “Edward Macrady, Charleston, S.C.” and manuscript canceled “South Santee S.C. Oct  30th 1863” – long 3-page  letter of the same date addressed to “Dear Mac” which discusses, at length, the Confederate tax situation in the parish, the concerned salt business, and his resulting letter of complaint to Memminger (first secretary of the treasury of the CSA) that their demands are “utterly unfounded & unjustifiable…there seems to be a sort of instinct that impels all government officials to decide always in favor of the government”. Most lengthy, educated and interesting insight on the Confederate tax system and unhappy citizens being taxed, they declare unfairly. Ex-Wm. A. Fox.

$250.

CSA #12-ADc, 10¢ greenish blue, large even margins, tied by four ring target cancel of the Army of Northern Virginia on cover to a Major in Clinton, NC, Nice.

$120.

CSA #12, 10¢ blue, large even margins, tied by MOBILE, ALA. double circle postmark on small ladies cover with embossed flower on tip of back flap, addressed to “Miss Sallie B. Lightfoot, Care Dr. Lightfoot, Eutaw, Ala”, Choice, shows beautifully. Makes me chuckle because I think of the colorful Sally Lightfoot crab which is indigenous to Galapagos.

$200.

CSA #12-ADc, 10¢ greenish blue tied by red CHESTER C.H., S.C. cds on adversity cover to Rock Hill; turned with inside a pre-printed address to Savannah, fresh, Very Fine, Ex-Judd 

$230.

CSA #12, 10¢ blue tied on back flaps by violet AUGUSTA / GA / JAN 5 cds (violet Augusta only used in 1865) on cover addressed “To His Excellency Joseph E. Brown, Gov. State of Georgia, Milledgeville, Ga” with docketing up left side “Army Vote 236 Morgan Co.” Brown was one of the most successful politicians in state history with a brilliant career most stridently opposed to the policies of the Confederate government. Much is easily found online about his policies and career. Scarce violet cancel on cover of historic background.

$300.

CSA #12-ADc, 10¢ greenish blue tied manuscript “Jeff” for Jeffersonville, Georgia although the doubt meaning of “Jefferson Davis” no doubt made the local postmaster chuckle, on cover addressed to “Mr. Thomas H. Hamilton, Coddle Creek P.O. Cabarras County, N.C.”  A charmer.

$170.

CSA #12c, 10¢ greenish blue used with a scarce manuscript cancel of ”Dover, Ga. Dec 14th” to “Dr. E. H. Richardson, Cedar Town Polk Co. Ga.” on homemade cover with docketing “An old War Envelope” – doubtless noted after the war. Noted online as one of the original settlers of Polk County.

$160.

CSA #12-ADc, 10¢ greenish blue - two stamps - one of which is tied MONTGOMERY / ALA / JAN / 20 cds and the other uncanceled but tied with stains, on cover “Jno. H. Kennard Esq Woodville Miss.”, docketed Fby 18th/65. Nice double rate and late use.

$200.

CSA #12-ADc, 10¢ greenish blue tied by neat CHARLOTTESVILLE / VA / SEP / 17 / 1863 double circle on cover addressed to “Mr. (Capt) Jacob W(illiamson). Marshall, Huntersville, Pocahontas County, (West) Viriginia” and at lower left “Col. William Jackson’s Command”. Col. William Jacksson, commanding the 19th Virginia Cavalry feared Union forces might be on the way, so ordered a patrol under Capt. Jacob Marshall that was positioned near Huntersville to retire to a position on Back Creek near Niter Cave, where elements necessary in the production of gunpowder were located, and watch for Federal movements acting as a tripwire in Averell’s path. From Pocahontas County (West Va), Marshall commanded Company I. Ex-Engstler. Great West Virginia history.

$300.

CSA #12, 10¢ blue used with manuscript cancel of Powers Shop (Laurens County) SC Jan 15 on delightful multicolored floral wallpaper cover addressed to “Mr. S. A. White, Camp of Instruction Near Columbia, S.C. In Care of Capt. Radcliff”, T.W. Radcliff was the Commandant at the Camp of Instruction Provisional Army of the Confederacy. A charmer with a great address. Ex-Cantey.

$900.

CSA #12-ADc, 10¢ greenish blue used with Army field killer on cover to “H. T. Eatman, Esq., Mobile, Alabama” where struck on front with scarce ADV. 2, Dietz type I (cat $250 in 1986), blurry MOBILE / ALA double circle receiving mark on back flaps. Military letter headed “Dalton, Ga March 1st 1864” asking that Eatman call on W. F. Wiseley’s office (a job printer) on St. Michael Strret and ascertain the reasons of his not forwarding the balance of the blanks due him from two months before. It is signed “Jno. A. Montgomery, Capt. & A.Q.M. Paymaster, Stewarts Division”. Military records show him assigned to Gen. & Staff CS Infantry. Down the road from Chickamauga, Dalton was the sight of military activity throughout most of the war, beginning with the Great Locomotive Chase.

Click on thumbnail images at left individually to enlarge. There is more to both sides of the letter than shows in the scans.

$500.

CSA #12, 10¢ blue with large irregular margins showing parts of other stamps at top and bottom right, tied green LYNCHBURG / VA. / OCT / 27 cds on overpaid drop letter addressed to “Mrs. J. G. Russell, Lynchburg, Va”, usual “greasy” cancel typical of the color cancels from this town. SCV $210. .

$250.

CSA #12, 10¢ blue with huge margins all around, tied neat red PETERSBURG  Va / NOV / 25 cds on small homemade cover to SC, SCV $125. 

$170.

CSA #12-KB, 10¢ deep blue with ample to large margins all around, tied brown LYNCHBURG / VA, cds on clean commercially made overpaid drop cover to “Mrs. Chas. Leigh Care of Wm Davis Esq, Lynchburg, Va”, a late use, Ex-Judd, SCV $220.   

$350.

CSA #12-KB, 10¢ deep blue, a wonderful shade, canceled with neat WASHINGTON / GA cds and hinged over a 90% ripped off 5¢ green use thus a very scarce double use of this envelope with obvious double cancels from different towns. Original use was to “Mr. W. W. Hill, Washington, Ga” and then sent back or elsewhere with separate handwriting at lower left to “Care of Gen. Wayne 29 Distrcit G. M. Camp Georgia Atlanta.” Enthusiastic notes of Van Dyk MacBride on verso. Subject of a forthcoming article in “The Confederate Post” in The American Stamp Dealer and Collector.  Click on thumbnails at left individually to enlarge.

Henry C. Wayne was born and died in Savannah, Georgia (1810 – 1883). Wayne joined the army and became an officer in the army. In 1855, he was a major and was chosen to head up the army's camel project. He was sent to the Middle East to purchase camels. On his return he was sent to Texas where the army experimented with using camels instead of mules as pack animals. Wayne resigned his commission in late 1860 and was appointed Adjutant General of the State of Georgia until the end of the Civil War. He is best known for trying to defend Atlanta against Sherman with the cadets of the Georgia military institute. More complete bio/photo enclosed.

$375.

 CSA #12-ADc, 10¢ greenish blue superb right sheet margin with nice margins all around tied by indistinct balloon cancel of N.C. awaiting a NC student to identify it, addressed on homemade cover to “Lieut. Lavender Ray, Atlanta, Ga. Care of Col. Wright”. Detailed military bio included with copy of CDV. Click on thumbnails at left individually to enlarge.

Lavender Roy Ray was only 18 years old when he enlisted July 6, 1861 as a private in Co A 1st GA Vol. Infantry and was transferred to Co H 1st Ga Cavarly. He rose through the ranks to Lieut and Ordnance Officer of Wheeler’s Crop, Iverson’s Division. At the time of this correspondence, he was detailed to the Ordnance Department in Atlanta reporting to Major Wright.

$100.

CSA #12-ADc, 10¢ greenish blue (AD) with margins all around tied by CHARLESTON / S.C. / SEP / 17 cds on cover addressed to “Miss Lottie Kemper Care of Capt. W(illiam). S. Kemper, A.Q.M. Richmond, Virginia” Kemper was on the General Staff at CampWinder 

$125.

CSA #12-ADc, 10¢ greenish blue tied perfectly struck CHARLESTON / S.C. / FEB / 14 / 1864 cds on cover to “Miss Harriett Middleton, Flat Rock, No. Ca.” A lovely Valentine Day use, writing offset on inside of envelope which is exploded at sides to display same.

$300.

CSA #12-AD, 10¢ blue tied Army grid cancel on cover to “T.H. Higinbotham, QuarterMr Department, Mobile, Ala” with docketing up left side “Recd Nov 21st 1863, answd “ 21”, file fold across left end.

T.H. Higinbotham is shown in military records as 1st Sgt Co C 2 Regt Engineer Troops commanded by Capt. L. Hutchinson. His residence is logically listed as New Orleans. Other correspondence is sent care of the Quartermaster Department or Capt. Douglas Vass who was the QM at Mobile from November 1861 until August 26, 1864 when Mobile fell. Higinbotham is shown on the Roll of POWs surrendered at Citronelle, Ala by Lt. Gen. R. Taylor, CSA to Maj. Gen. E.R.S. Canby USA in May 1865 and paroled at Meridian, Miss. The 2nd Regiment Engineer Troops, Army and Department of the Gulf, was organized 7 Aug 1863 in Mobile, Alabama under Capt. Hutchinson.

$150.

CSA #12-AD,10¢ blue with large to huge margins all around with PO crease across top margin, tied neat bold BROWNSBURG / Va. / DEC / 17 cds on homemade cover to “Capt. A. S. Bacon, Lexington, Va.” Military records show Algernon Sidney Bacon enlisted April 12, 1862 as a private in Co “I” 4th VA Infantry and was discharged July 27, 1862. A Sydney Bacon (doubtless the same person) enlisted as a 1st Lieut in Co “C” Virginia Rockbridge County Infantry. He died in 1890 and is buried in Lexington. The 1860 Census in Lexington shows him with the “Y” in Sydney as a 40 year old merchant born 1815 and died 1890.

$150.

CSA #12, 10¢ blue (4 margins) beautiful shade bordering on opaline tied with tied CHARLESTON / S.C. / AUG / 23 / 186_ cds on pristine homemade cover slightly reduced at left, addressed to “Miss Harriet A. Yellowley, Care of Rev Jos Barkley, Rocky Mount, No Carolina”, Extremely Fine 

$160.

CSA #12, 10¢ blue (4 nice large margins) tied neat bold red YANCEYVILLE / N.C. / AUG / 8 / 1863 cds on pristine homemade cover to “Miss Ann E Royale, Burkesville, Nottoway Co, Virginia”, description by Van Dyk McBride on verso, Extremely Fine. 

$220.

$220.

CSA #12-KB, 10¢ blue tied CHARLESTON / S.C / DEC / 31 on homemade adversity cover to “A.J. Whetston, Cooks Club, Orangeburg C.H. Care of A. Whetson” with soldier docketing “Johns Island Bat Trenholm Co B via C(h)arleston”. Johns Island is one of the outer islands in Charleston Harbor and no doubt the soldier was serving there. Battery Trenholm or Fort Trenholm was built in late 1864 and named for George A. Trenholm, a Charleston cotton factor, blockade runner, and secretary of the treasury for the Confederacy. The fort was designed to strengthen the batteries controlling the Stono River, particularly Fort Pringle. Additionally, Fort Trenholm was sited to prevent a flanking movement of the James Island batteries by a land force on John’s Island. There is only one Whetston (without an “e” on the end) in the military records and that is J.D.H. Whetston of Co B and C SC 15th Battallion Heavy Artillery which fits. $200.

$200.

CSA #12-KB, 10¢ deep blue (4 huge margins) tied by scarce manuscript cancel of McDowells, Ala March 14, 1865 on cover to “W.R. Phillips, Macon, Georgia”, flap faults and light cover soiling. Very late Keatinge & Ball use only weeks before Lee surrendered. $400

$4000.

$200.

$300.

CSA #12-ADa, 10¢ milky blue (called opaline by some CSA students) tied on cover to Charlottesville, Va. by the scarce JACKSON (Missississippi) straightline cancel. An incredible perfect strike of this popular cancel used in its early state. $950.

$950.

CSA #12-KB, 10¢ deep blue (4 margins) tied POLLARD / ALA. cds on small cut down and stained cover to Pollard, thus an overpaid drop use late in the war. $120.

$120.

$250.

CSA #12-ADc, 10¢ greenish blue (4 margins) tied THOMASTON / Ga. cds partly struck off fresh neat cover addressed to “Capt. J.A.R. Hanks, AQM Atlanta, Geo” $150.

$150.

CSA #12, 10¢ blue manuscript canceled “Chula Depot, Va. June 9” on all-over pale orange college cover of Richmond Female Institute to “Charles H. Winston, Esq., Box 219, Charleston, S.C.”, Very Fine  $600.

$600.

CSA #12, 10¢ blue (4 large margins all around) tied bold blue PETERSBURG Va. / NOV 23 cds on neat homemade cover to “Mr. James Epps, Assessor 7th Dist Hicksford Va.” from “Capt Stevens P.T.G.” and “O(fficial) B(usiness) Tax in Kind in regard to writing on estimates”. Small bit of right cover corners neatly repaired otherwise Very Fine. $200.

$200.

CSA #12, 10¢ deep blue tied neat blue COLUMBIA/ S.C. AUG 6 (1864) cds on nifty blue adversity cover made of Planters and Mechanics Bank of South Carolina printed form. Very Fine and Showy. Stamp appears to be Keatinge & Ball which would make this earlier than stated earliest known, but sold without that specific guarantee. Frank Baptist, who moved the equpiment from Richmond to Columbia, told August Dietz over half a century after said move that he believed it to be in the fall of 1864. Whether that is accurate or not remains to be proved from POD records/contracts with KB. $600.

$600.

CSA #12, 10¢ light blue bordering on milky blue shade (3 margins) tied GRIFFIN / GA. cds on homemade cover to “Rev. Henry F. Hoyt, Albany, Geo”, Very Fine, Ex-Crouch.   $150.

$150.

CSA #12-ADa, 10¢ milky blue shade tied neat bold GRIFFIN / GA. / JUL/ 26 cds over 3¢ star-die entire #U27, reduced at left otherwise Extremely Fine, MacBride notations on back flap, Ex-Crouch.   $270.

$270.

CSA #12-ADc 10¢ greenish blue tied LEXINGTON / Va. on cover addressed to “James P. Hawkins, Esq. Staunton, Va.”  Hawkins worked as a messenger for Southern Express from at least 1862 to May 1865. General Orders No. 77, dated October 22, 1862, exempted Southern Express employees from conscription. He worked as an agent on the Virginia Central and the Orange & Alexandria railroads and wrote about his wartime work. His diaries are housed in Navarro College's Pearce Civil War Collection.  Hawkins’ wartime express activity is available on historynet.com from a reprint of an article by Julie Holcomb in the May 2003 issue of America's Civil War.  $100.

$100.

CSA #1-ADc, 10¢ greenish blue (bit roughly torn at UR) tied LEXINGTON / Va. cds on back flaps of adversity cover made of coastal geodetic survey chart, addressed to “Mr. Edward (A.) McCauley, Signal Corps, Petersburg, Virginia” with “Cobbs” at top (no doubt Cobbs Legion). A quick search of military records added no more but for his middle initial. Scarce and desirable. $240.

The beginnings of the Signal Service in the Confederate army were about simultaneous in the Peninsular command of General John B. Magruder and in the Army of Northern Virginia under General Beauregard. Captain Norris, a member of General Magruder's staff--a gentleman of scientific education and of some nautical experience--called the attention of the General to the advantages to be derived from a system of signals connecting his outposts and his headquarters with Norfolk. Magruder forthwith gave Captain Norris the necessary authority to establish the service, and appointed him Signal Officer to the command.

$240.

CSA #12-ADc, 10¢ greenish blue tied by Army of Northern Virginia 6-bar square grid cancel on cover to “Mrs. Tingnal H. Beane, Granville County. Williamsboro N. Carolina”. Ex-Corwin and Walske. $260.

$260.

$325.

CSA #12-ADc, 10¢ greenish blue cancelled by clear strike of ARMY/OF/TENN three-line field post handstamp on homemade cover to “Mrs. Rebecca Pettigrew, Eutaw Ala.”, forwarded to Tomkinsville with perfect strike of EUTAW ALA. FEB 1864 16 double-circle next to stamp, pencil "Ford Due", half of back flap missing. The combination of this Army of Tennessee field office marking and the Eutaw forwarding cancel is very scarce and desirable, Ex-Meroni and Walske. $2,500.

$2,500.

CSA #12-ADc, 10¢ greenish blue tied neat ARMY/OF/TENN three-line field post handstamp on homemade cover to “Miss M. H. Stokes, Decatur, Georgia”, with docketing “War”,  From Capt. T. J. Stokes, 6th Regt Tennessee Volunteer Infantry as determined from other covers in the correspondence. This desirable cancellation is rarely found tied, as it is here. Ex-Hart, Corwin and Walske. $900.

$900.

CSA #12, 10¢ blue tied CHATTANOOGA / Ten. / OCT / 6 [1863] Army field cancel on cover to “Capt Saml A. Enholm, Mobile, Ala” with “Mail” notation at lower left. Ex-Walske. A nice use of the "roving" Chattanooga datestamp, taken from the city post office after evacuation and used as an army field office marking from September to January 1864. Capt. Samuel A. Enholm, Jr. enlisted as a corporal in Co A of the 24th Ala Infantry, part of the 2nd Army of Tennessee, Manigault’s Brigade, Hindman/Anderson/D.H. Hill Division. Copy of military records showing him as a prisoner of war captured July 22 at Oxford accompany, Ex-Walske. $375.

$375.

CSA #12-KB, 10¢ deep blue with margins all around, tied neat STAUNTON / Va. cds on homemade cover to “Dr. R. Kidder Taylor, Lynchburg, Va”, tiny upper left corner cover stain otherwise Very Fine  $180.

$180.

CSA #12-ADa, 10¢ opaline (or milky) blue, huge margins including left sheet margin, tied perfect strike ATLANTA / Ga. / AUG 20 cds on pristine homemade cover to Sheltonville, Ga., Extremely Fine. $280.

$280.

CSA #12, 10¢ blue – two copies tied two different types of CHARLESTON / S.C. cancels dated AUG 25 and AUG 31 [1864] on homemade adversity cover made from a military from showing “Rank, Corps”, etc. Outside use addressed to “Dr. M.E. Canne, Charleston, So Ca”, thus overpaid drop use with docketing “From J. Cart Glover Respecting hand, August 31 / 64”, inside to “J. Cart Glover, Esq. Ravenels, C. & S. R.R.” (Charleston & Savannah Rail Road). Ravenel was part of Charleston area and thus the other use is a second overpaid drop use. A wonderful showy and scarce use that is ex William Weiss and illustrated in his book on adversity covers of the Confederacy. $550.

$550.

CSA #12, 10¢ blue tied light strike of POCOTALIGO / S.C. cds on back flaps of lovely wallpaper cover of bright green and maroon leaf design addressed to “Rev. Jas. C. Furman, D.D., Greenville, So. Ca.” with neatly sealed tear through the address side, Very showy, ex Bleuler  $850.

James Clement Furman (1809-1891) was an influential political figure in the community and the first president of Furman University, a school that his father, Dr. Richard Furman, worked to found. James Furman, an ardent states’ rights supporter, was also heavily involved in politics. In 1860, he secured an appointment as one of the Greenville delegates to attend the Secession Convention and on December 20, 1860, was one of the signers of the Ordinance of Secession.

$850.

CSA #12-KB, 10¢ deep blue tied beautifully struck STAUNTON / Va. / SEP / 18 cds on neat cover to “Lt. Wm. A. Obencain, ‘Engineer Corps’, Care of Maj. Gen. Fields, 1st Army Corp. A.N.V., Petersburg, Virginia”, flap faults otherwise Very Fine, very detailed bios of Maj. Gen. Charles W. Field (extraordinary career) and Maj. William A. Obenchain (on Gen. Robert E. Lee’s staff and a VMI first honor graduate) included – both exceptional men in the Army of Northern Virginia. $400.

CSA #12, 10¢ blue barely tied manuscript pen strokes with matching Moores Ord[inar]y Va July 4 on cover to Mrs. S. B. Paine, Tuskegee, Ala., an “ordinary” was a small inn, George Malpass 1963 letter regarding the scarceness of this town in Prince Edward County, Very Fine $200.

CSA #12-ADc, 10¢ greenish blue tied large balloon cancel of LOVINGSTON / Va. / JAN / 8 on cover addressed to Mr L. L. Loving, Comptrollers Office, Richmond, Virginia; bottom back flap missing. The little town of Lovingston, Virginia was named for John Loving, born 1705. Unsure which of the several L. Lovings this might be in the military records. More thorough research needed than I can give. $130.

CSA #12-ADc, 10¢ greenish blue cut to shape, used on cover with manuscript Meadsville Va 12th Mch / 64 (Halifax County) to Miss Bettie Brown, Southern Female College, Petersburg, Va., some cover staining, but very scarce town $150.

CSA #12, 10¢ blue (vertical pre-use crease) tied bold neat FAIRFIELD / Va / NOV cds on small folded letter from Wm. M. Paxton to J. D. Davision, Esq., Lexington, Virginia concerning settling the Griffin estate, Very Fine $130.

CSA #12, 10¢ blue used on cover with manuscript cancel of Tangipahoe La Sept 20th 1864 on cover to Col. O. P. Amacker, 3d Reg. La. Cav. Clinton, La. Care of Col. Scott. Obediah P. Amacker was one of the commanding officers of the 3rd Louisiana Cavalry also known as the 1st Louisiana Cavalry Regiment, Partisan Rangers; 9th Louisiana Cavalry Battalion, Partisan Rangers or Wingfield's Cavalry. He initially had service in the 4th LA as a sergeant. Top back flap opening tears with one small tear at the top of the front of the cover. $140.

CSA #12-ADc, 10¢ greenish blue (4 margins) tied MACON / MISS double circle cancel on small homemade cover to Miss Ellen K. Tweed, Camden, South Carolina $200.

CSA #12-ADc, 10¢ greenish blue and CSA #12, 10¢ blue tied grids on back flaps of cover with beautifully struck ABERDEEN / Miss. / NOV / 4 cds on front and addressed to Mrs Adele Zarser, Demopolis, Ala., lovely use of two different shades of different intaglio printings, small tear at lower left otherwise Very Fine $250.

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CSA #12-ADc, 10¢ greenish blue (4 margins, PO crease in bottom margin) tied SHUQUALAK / Miss. on cover to Mr. T. L Field Care of Capt J. B. Fulton, Greensboro, Georgia, Scarce town $250.

CSA #12-ADc, 10¢ greenish blue (faulty) tied MACON / MISS double circle cancel on small homemade cover to Mr. Henry Gomer, Scooba [Miss] M. & C. R. R. , docketed from Geo M. Mosely, Memphis & Charleston Railroad $135.

CSA #12, 10¢ blue 4-margin copy used with manuscript cancel of Macon Va Feb 11th on cover to Mrs. Mary C. Penn, Mayos Forge, Patrick Co, Virginia, Scarce small town cancel $170.

CSA #12-KB, 10¢ deep blue 4-margin copy (usual gum stains) used with manuscript cancel of Bentivogio, Va Jan 31st [1865], late use and small town (population 63) cancel $200.

CSA #12-KB, 10¢ deep blue top left sheet margin copy used with manuscript cancel of Cabbage Farm (Meckenlenburg County, Va) Apl 1st [1865] on homemade cover (reduced at left in marking) to “Mr. L. Eugene Walker, Co. E 14 Va. Inft, Stewarts Brig, Picketts Divis., Richmond, Va”. Scarce small town cancel on cover with nice military address; huge margins and Very late use just before Lee’s Surrender.  Lorenzo E. Walker was taken prisoner April 1, 1865 at Five Forks, Va, - the day this letter was mailed. He was confined at City Point 4-2-65 and Point Lookout 4-5-65 then released 6-22-65 when he took the oath of allegiance. Military records included. The postmaster of Cabbage Fram was Joshua E. Walker before and after the Civil War but served in the Army during the war when William W. Walker took over the CSA postal duties. $400.

CSA #12-ADc, 10¢ greenish blue (4 huge margins) tied four pen strokes on adversity cover with no town marking and addressed to Miss Anna R. Tuthill, Columbia, South Carolina Care of Messrs Fisher & Agnew, cover fashioned from a fancy 1858 speech title sheet from Gabriel DuVal, the Superintendent of Education for the State of Alabama, Gabriel B. DuVal was also a captain in Co. E. of the 6th Alabama Infantry (military records included) and thus had little time to devote to the educational system which virtually ceased during the war, according to online sources. Very showy little gem $450.

CSA #12, 10¢ blue tied neat MACON / GA double circle cancel on turned cover to Mr. Thomas S. Campbell, Gainesville, Ga. Via Athens Geo; inside use GAINESVILLE / GA. cds with matching PAID (no rate) to Mr. W. H. Campbell, Fair Ground Hospital, Vineville, Ga., military records of W.H. Campbell included: service in both Co. C 7th Ga. State Guard Infantry and Co. D, 25th Ga Bn Pro Gd Infantry – excellent original 4-page solidier’s letter headed “Fair Ground Hospital No 2 Vineville Near Macon Geo. October 5th 1864” to his soldier brother, “I am glad our men captured the 12 Yankee prisoners. Hope they may succeed in capturing more witches…I wrote you …was rumored that an order had come for the removal of these Hospitals – the rumor ws correct and Dr. Strout Medcial Director of the Hospitals moved his office to Columbus Geo. yesterday but we have received no order as yet to move the Hospital at that place…have not had to opportunity to ask Dr. Crawford about a transfer to Augusta…it would be 163 miles nearer my home…I hope you can get a position at home with Gen. Johnston or some position in the militia (sic) since you might get Dr. Wills an Dr. Smith to give you a certification of disability”. Much more agonizing over transferring to Augusta with pros and cons and advising his brother who appears to have been wounded or otherwise encapacitated.  $300.

Warren Henry Campbell enlisted 9-4-62 as a private and was mustered into Co F 43rd Ga. Infantry detached at Atlanta, Ga hospitial. He died in Gainesville, Ga. in 1904. The family papers (his father’s) are at Emory University.

CSA #12-ADc, 10¢ greenish blue (4 margins) tied Army of Northern Virginia field cancel on cover to Mrs. W. H. Fitzgerald, Charleston, Mississippi, slightly reduced at left, Very Fine $80.

CSA #12-ADc, 10¢ greenish blue vertical pair tied faint FAYETTEVILLE / N.C. cds on cover to Capt. G. Godwin, Lumberton, N.C.; five G. Godwin listed in military records (no Gadwin at all). More research needs to be done on the soldier. ex Brian Green. $150.

CSA #12-AD, 10¢ blue on two different covers with identical address to Mrs. J. W. Urquhart, Newson’s Depot, S. & R. R.R., Va. [via] Col. Ridley. One cover is pen canceled with no town marking and the other is tied HICKSFORD / Va cds and roughly opened at left. $130.

CSA #12- ADc, 10¢ greenish blue (3 margins) tied neat orange RALEIGH / N.C. double circle cancel on pristine blue cover addressed to L. M. Scott, Esq., Greensboro, N.C.  with contents docketing of E. Milloway, Receipts; flap tears, Very Fine $150.

CSA #12-AD  , 10¢ greenish blue tied Army field cancel to Newson’s Depot, S. & R. R.R., Va. [via] Col. Ridley. Joseph W. Urquhart (1835-1908) was a 27 year-old lawyer when he enlisted 4-19-61 as a private. He rose to Capt. and commanding officer by 12-9-62 with service in Co G Va 6th Infantry, Co. H, 5th Va Cavalry and Field & Staff 13th Va Cavalry of which he was in command. $150.

CSA #12-AD, 10¢ blue tied KINSTON / N.C. cds on fresh homemade cover to Mrs. M[oses] A[shley] Curtis, Hillsboro, NC. Rev. Moses Ashley Curtis was a preeminent mycologist who is renowned among botanists as accumulating the best ever collection of fungi. Mrs. Curtis was from the DeRosset family. $110.

CSA #12-ADc, 10¢ greenish blue tied WILMINGTON N.C. 5 PAID – canceler fashioned from pre-war 3¢ device, on cover to Mr. E A Vogler, Salem NC, slightly reduced at left, Fine $100.

CSA #12, 10¢ blue (slight faults) tied red PETERSBURG / VA. blurry red cds on homemade cover to Mrs. John H. Robinson, Care of Dr. B. W. Robinson, Fayetteville, N.C. $110.

CSA #12, 10¢ blue (4 large margins) tied indistinct cds on adversity cover fashioned from lined paper addressed to Robert Nash, Esq, Yellow River, Geo., writing inside cover mentions “Knoxville” and “Nashville”, so possibly a Tennessee cancellation if a TN student can make it out. $160.

CSA #12-ADc, 10¢ greenish blue tied WELDON / N.C. / JAN cds on clean cover to Mr. Charles Bleckley, Catawba Station, NC, initially endorsed “politeness of” with intent to have hand delivered but soldier must have found a stamp and is endorsed “From 49th N.C. Troops” by the only possible soldier, William L. Bleckley. $120.

William L. Bleckley was a 35 year-old farmer when he enlisted 3-19-62. He was taken prisoner at Fort Stedman, Va 3-25-65 and confined to Pt. Lookout, MD. Military record included.

CSA #12, 10¢ blue, tied type C2 (2UG) ANV unenclosed 10-bar grid used in 1864, on cover with address very pale ink, probably readable with scanning contrast $70.

CSA #12, 10¢ blue right sheet margin (some would argue milky blue), tied type C3 (3UG) ANV unenclosed 11-bar grid used in 1864, on cover addressed to Miss E. M. Smithson, MacFarlands, Va, Very Fine $160.

CSA #1-ADc, 10¢ greenish blue, tied on cover with with type C7 (7UG) unenclosed ANV 7-bar grid, used late 1863 and 1864, addressed to Mrs. K. G. Garrison, North Carolina, Fine $90.

CSA #12-ADc, 10¢ greenish blue tied CHATTANOOGA / TEN. / OCT / 18 [1863]  - a nice example of the "roving" Chattanooga field post datestamp, taken from the city post office after evacuation and used as an army field office marking from September 1863 to January 1864. This is considered the first army marking for the Army of Tennessee and is addressed to Mrs. Bettie C. Dorn, Kirksey’s Cross Roads, SC, small erosion hole at the bottom cover edge $200.

CSA #12-ADc, 10¢ greenish blue tied by neat RICHMOND / VA. / APR / 13 cds on homemade cover to W A Little, Esq., Fredericksburg, Va. Very Fine $110.

CSA #12-ADc, 10¢ greenish blue tied by neat CHARLESTON / S.C. / AUG / 21 cds on blue cover to Miss Lottie Kemper Care of Capt. W. S. Kemper, A.Q.M., Richmond, Va., The Kemper family was well known and illustrious. $120.

CSA #12-ADc, 10¢ greenish blue tied by neat RICHMOND / VA. / MAR / 15 cds on turned cover addressed to Philip I. Porcher, Charleston, S.C; inside with dry print of CSA #11c, 10¢ greenish blue tied by CHARLESTON / S.C. double circle cancel addressed to Mrs. R.H.K. Allston, Society Hill, SC, slightly water stained otherwise Fine  $220.

CSA #12-ADd, 10¢ green (slight gum stains) tied ORANGEBURG / S.C. on turned cover to Mrs. J. A. Woodruff, Abbeville, S.C., inside use franked with faulty #12, 10¢ blue with ms Gadsen (SC) cancel to “Elizabeth Hays, Orphan House, Orangeburg, SC”. True green shade on #12 very hard to find. $300.

CSA #12, 10¢ blue used with manuscript cancel of Quitman Ga Oct 28 on adversity cover made from nautical form mentioning astronomical and telegraphic observations, hydrography, etc, addressed to “Geo. W. McDuffie Esq, Cl[er]k Superior Court, Buena Vista, Georgia”, bit of staining and tiny edge faults but overall very nice adversity use. $220.

CSA #12-ADa, 10¢ milky blue (aka opaline by some students – 4 margins with tiny scuffs and crease) tied MONTGOMERY / ALA // JUL / 16 [1864] on clean homemade cover to “Dr. S. S. Herrick, Naval Hospital, Mobile, Ala., Care of Le Barron & Co. Mobile,” crossed out and redirected to Tombigbee River Navy Yard. Docketing up left side “Greene-Sparta, Bienville P[arish], La. 1864 – June 20-Aug 15-16. See my September 2007 column in The American Stamp Dealer & Collector re CS Navy Surgeon Dr. Stephen Solon Herrick at http://www.webuystamps.com/ASDSEP07.pdf Nice Navy cover! $500.

CSA #12-AD, 10¢ blue tied INDIAN SPRINGS / Ga (partly readable) cds partly under CSA #11b-AD, 10¢ dark blue postmarked MORGANTOWN / N.C. cds on cover initially addressed to Mrs. D. M. Key, Morganton (sic) N.C. which is crossed out and redirected to Fort Defiance; used on turned cover which also has inside forwarded use; inside stamp regrettably missing with Ga. pmk and double S/L DUE 10 to Wm Lenoir in care of Thos. Claig, Atlanta, Ga which has been crossed out and redirected to  Forsythe, Ga.; top flap missing. Wonderful Quadruple use of the same cover  Ex Morgan $450.

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CSA #12-AD, 10¢ blue tied blue-green MORGANTOWN / N.C. // JAN / 22double struckcds on fresh cover to Mrs. Mary A. Deri, Brevard Station PO, Gaston County, N.C.  Ex Morgan $150.

CSA #12a, 10¢ milky blue (also called opaline by some students) tied MORGANTOWN / N.C. // MAR / 23cds on adversity cover made of recycled printed paper (the stray type font can easily be seen throughout the cover, addressed to Mrs. A. S. Harrill, Mooresborough P.O., Cleveland County NC via Charlotte. $200. Ex Bush and Morgan $200.

CSA #12-KBb, 10¢ dark blue (superb with large to huge margins) tied MORGANTOWN / N.C. // MAR / 17 [1865] cds on pristine homemade cover addressed to Miss Mollie S. Jones, Mocksville, Davie Cty, N.C.; Choice late premium 1865 use, Ex Frederic Grant and Morgan $400.

CSA #12-ADa, 10¢ milky blue (4 large margins, slight crease at LR and bit of gum staining) tied GORDONSVILLE / Va. cds on back flaps, addressed to Mrs. E. J. Humphris, Milledgeville, Georgia, bit reduced at right, Ex Kohn and Morgan $180.

CSA #12-ADc, 10¢ greenish blue (4 large margins, small faults) just tied by grid and matching SALEM / N.C. // SEP / 5 cds on cover to Mrs. Rufus L. Patterson, Patterson P.O., Caldwell County, No. Car.; reduced at left. Ex Matz and Morgan  $70.

CSA #12-AD, 10¢ blue (lower right margin copy) tied neat RICHMOND / VA. // MAR / 20 cds on blue commercially made cover (small sealed tear at top) to Miss Lise G. Skinner, Care of Col. F. G. Skinner (1st Virginia), Richmond, Va.; while this is technically an overpaid drop use (local use would be 2¢ rate), this was not uncommon as soldiers often put stamps on envelopes and gave to other soldiers to drop in the mail for them. This is particularly pointed up by the different ink for the addressee and routing. Lt. Col. Frederick Gustavus Skinner was a colorful old war-horse whose exploits were legend. He will be the subject of a forthcoming column in The American Stamp Dealer & Collector.  $250.

CSA #12-ADc, 10¢ greenish blue (4 large margins) tied CATAWBA STATION / N.C. cds on cover to Mr. Hugh Brotherton, Camp Vance near Morganton (sic) N.C., In care of Lieu[t] McRae, Company B with note “In haste if you care”, CSA #11-KBb, 10¢ dark blue (4 large margins) tied $180.

Hugh Brotherton was 35 years old when he enlisted in Co. I, NC 40th Infantry. He was wounded at Fort Stedman, Va and taken prisoner at Petersburg, variously hospitalized, confined and eventually took oath of allegiance. Military records included.

CSA #12-KBa, 10¢ bright blue tied MORGANTOWN / N.C.  on blue adversity cover fashioned from partially printed / written-in form letter; addressed to Maj. XXX Howell, Ashville, N.C.  $220.

CSA #12-AD, 10¢ blue (4 nice margins) tied DALTON / GA. // FEB / 5 cds on adversity cover fashioned from written list and addressed to Revd J. L. Michaux, Greensborough, N.C.;  manuscript pencil “missent” to GREENSBOROUGH / Ga.  where a Feb 8 cds applied and redirected to North Carolina. $350. Rev. John Lafayette Michaux was the editor and proprietor of the Central Protestant, a newspaper and during the war he published a soldier paper at Greensboro known as the Harbinger and Messenger. When the war was over, he resumed preaching.  $350.

CSA #12-ADc, 10¢ greenish blue with preprinting paper wrinkle tied QUINCY / Fla / AUG / 12 cds on blue commercially made envelope to Mrs. James Shackleford, Cedar Spring, Early County, Ga. $275.

CSA #12c, 10¢ greenish blue tied GEORGETOWN / S.C. // APR / 6 cds on fresh homemade cover to Mrs. Harriet Middleton, Flat Rock, North Carolina, bit reduced at right  $125.

CSA #12-AD, 10¢ blue (4 margin, small corner crease LL) tied LAURENS / S.C. on adversity cover fashioned from State of South Carolina tax court levy addressed to “Doct. M. E. Carrer, Charleston, So Ca” $160.

Maynard Edward Carrére, was born in Charleston, S.C., May 18th, 1813. He was the son of Charles Carrere, a native of Tarbes, France, and a coffee planter of St. Domingo, and Eliza Frances Rugge, of London. He was educated at the Charleston Classical Seminary, and graduated in medicine from the Univ. of Pa. in 1837, entering upon the practice in his native city. During the Civil War he was a volunteer surgeon in the Confederate Hospital at Charleston.

CSA #12-ADc, 10¢ greenish blue tied light BRISTOL V.&T.R.R. dateless railroad cancel on cover to Miss Alice Caperton Care Mrs Gaston Caperton, Union Monroe Cty, Va.; slightly reduced at left $500.

CSA #12-AD, 10¢ blue (4 large margins) canceled by manuscript cancel and matching ROBERTVILLE / S.C. // 12 / Nov 1864 on cover addressed to Mr. John W. Heidt, Box 420, Savannah, Georgia; slightly reduced at right. $130.

JOHN W. HEIDT, DD, (1841-1909), graduate, Emory College, 1859; law-graduate, University of Georgia, 186l; practiced law but gave it up for the Methodist ministry; many years a trustee of Wesleyan Female College as well as former President.

CSA #12, 10¢ blue (4 nice margins) canceled by manuscript cancel on back flaps with matching ROBERTVILLE / S.C. // 18 / June 1864 on face of cover addressed to Mr. John W. Heidt, Box 420, Savannah, Georgia; contemporary pencil docketing across face which is likely with regard to contents. $120.

JOHN W. HEIDT, DD, (1841-1909), graduate Emory College, 1859; law-graduate, University of Georgia, 186l; practiced law but gave it up for the Methodist ministry; many years a trustee of Wesleyan Female College as well as former President.

CSA #12-ADe, 10¢ greenish blue (4 margins) tied beautifully struck KINGSTREE / S.C. // 7 / SEP cds on adversity cover fashioned from numerical table, addressed to Asst. Surg. W[illiam] W[ash] Fraser, So Ca Hospital, Petersburg, Va.; ex Kohn  $300.

Dr. William Washington Fraser (1835-1910) was born in South Carolina and received his M.D. from the Medical College of South Carolina. He enlisted as a sergeant, served as an orderly, was variously a patient himself (neuralgia and debility) and quite late in the war was appointed and served as Assistant Surgeon.

CSA #12-ADe, 10¢ greenish blue (4 margins) tied neatly struck SPARTANBURG / S.C. // JAN / 11 / 1864 double circle cancel on clean turned cover (open 3 sides) to Berkley Grimball, Esq., Marion Artillery, Adams Run, S.C.; other side is ADAMS RUN / S.C. // JAN / 20 cds with manuscript “Due 10” endorsed “B.G., Marion Artillery” at upper right and addressed home to Spartanburg, nice turned use $300.

John Berkley Grimball (1800-1892), The Grimballs were prominent planters and owners of Pinebury and Grove plantations near Charleston, SC. Their well-known correspondence is in the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and particularly known to postal historians for blockade-run covers.                    

CSA #12-AD, 10¢ blue (4 margins) tied neat CHARLESTON / S.C. // JUL / 31 double circle cancel on blue adversity cover fashioned of printed stock certificate receipt for shares, addressed to Mr. D. L. Stocking, Care P. R. Munnerlyn Esq, Millen, Burke Co, Geo; different in that part of the printing shows on the face $250.

CSA #12-ADc, 10¢ greenish blue (cut to shape and with pre-use crease) tied H[ENDER]SON / TEXAS cds on cover to “Col. R. T. Young, Waco - McClennan Co, Thompson Place County Texas”; top back flap missing  $400.

CSA #12-ADa, 10¢ milky blue (some students call opaline, small defect at bottom) tied CHATTANOOGA / Ten. // NOV / 23 “rover” field cancel to Mrs. Cornelia Cole, Sheffield P.O., Fayette County, Alabama  $200.

CSA #12-ADc, 10¢ greenish blue barely tied by pencil stroke, no town postmark, addressed to Mr. W[illiam] O. McKeown, Ord[nance] Segt. 17th Regt S.C.V. Gen Evans Brigade, Charleston with routing Col. McMaster on green, gray and white patterned wallpaper cover; bit tattered and bottom back flap missing but quite presentable; docketing on verso Sept 19th 1863. Military records show him as enlisting as 1st Sergeant serving in Companies C and D of the 17th SCV. The 17th fought in over a dozen major battles including 2nd Manassas, Antietam, Petersburg and Appomattox.  $350.

CSA #12-ADc, 10¢ greenish blue (4 large margins) tied CHATTANOOGA / Ten. // NOV cds on cover to Mrs. G W. F Harper, Lenoir N.C.; The use is after the fall of Chattanooga to the Union during the Chattanooga “Rover”period when the Chattanooga postmaster was traveling with the Army of Tennessee and using the Chattanooga CDS as an army field cancel. $260.

CSA #12, 10¢ blue  tied CHARLESTON / S.C. // AUG / 9 cds on adversity cover fashioned from legal document mentioning “negro slave”, addressed to J. Berkley Grimball, Spartanburg C.H., S.C.  $350.

CSA #12a, 10¢ milky blue (called opaline by some students) used with ms cancel (some ink erosion) of Willow Bank Va on folded letter to D. H. London, Esq., Richmond, Va.; friendly business letter is dated Liberty Hall, Novr 21st 1863 from P.B. Cabell and, in part, asks that Mrs [Pinkie] Cabell wants him to get 1,000 lbs. of woolen rags from the Q.M. Depot where the Army clothes are cut out. Scarce small town postmark. $200.

Philip Barraud Cabell (1836- 1904 ) served at the rank of Colonel for a time under his uncle, Gen. Philip St. George Cocke (the only CSA General to commit suicide during the war). After the war he farmed in Virginia, became principal of the Female College at Greensboro, Ala., professor of Greek and Latin at Urbana College in Ohio and ultimately a minister in Wilmington Delaware.

CSA #12f, 10¢ blue officially perforated 12/ ½ tied by MOBILE / ALA // NOV / 28 [1863] double circle cancel on cover SMUGGLED out of New Orleans to Mobile, Alabama and from there mailed to Joseph Reynès, Care S.M. Darby, Esq., Box 129, Augusta, Ga., 2008 APS Certificate only addressing the genuiness of the stamp. The Reynès correspondence is well-known among serious students. During the Federal occupation of New Orleans from May 1862 to the end of the war, there were many residents of the city who wished to continue corresponding with family and associates in the Confederate States. To circumvent the Federal post office, letters were smuggled out of New Orleans to Mobile where the Louisiana Relief Committee was situated. The Louisiana Relief Committee was in operation from June of 1863 until early September of 1864. Joseph Reynès was a member of a prominent Creole family in New Orleans who held various public positions. The Provost Marshal in the Parish of Orleans  ordered Celestine Reynès and Joseph Reynès, registered enemies of the United States, to leave the Parish in 1863. Rare smuggled cover used with scrace perforated issue.  $2,500.

CSA #12c, 10¢ greenish blue tied by Charleston /  S.C. // OCT / 22 double circle on adversity cover made from printed ledger page, addressed to Mrs. Edward McCrady, Manchester, So Ca; small sealed cover tear at top. Edward McCrady was a prominent lawyer, jurist and theologian who served as Federal District Attorney before the war. He resigned that post to support secession and was a signer of the 1861 Ordinance of Secession.  $300.

CSA #12c 10¢ greenish blue strip of 5 (large pieces missing) tied on three back flaps of Trans-Mississippi cover (50¢ preferred rate) by multiple strikes red ADAIRSVILLE / GA / OCT cds. The cover is addressed to Mr. Jas Nicholson, Bastrop, Texas Via Meridian, Miss. with the endorsement “From W. Nicholson “Terry’s Texas Rangers” and notation “50cts Postage paid on the back to go through by mail” also in pencil “50 cts postage Nov 3, 1863.” This is listed item E4 in Richard Krieger’s monograph The Trans-Mississippi Mails After the Fall of Vicksburg. It incorrectly states the point of origin as Ringgold,Georgia. Ringgold did not have a red cancellation. Checking the movements of Terry’s Texas Rangers in the Diary of Ephraim Shelby Dodd of the Rangers at http://www.terrystexasrangers.org/diaries/dodd_es/index.html the Rangers were at Ringgold on October 3, 1863, Adairsville on October 24, 1863, October 25th went to town and sent a letter, crossed the river at Freeman’s Ferry on October 29, 1863 and November 3-6 were “starting down the country.” The partial strikes make the cancellation and date difficult to determine, but I see the cancel as Adairsville rather than Ringgold. Also the later docketing of November 3 would make it far less likely to be Ringgold where the Rangers were a full month before. There are at least four other Trans-Mississippi covers known from this correspondence. A genuine fully sound cover would command a few times the price of $2,500.

Terry’s Texas Rangers distinguished themselves throughout the war by their skill and willingness to fight. Because of their abilities, and the arms they carried, they were regarded as a "charging regiment," frequently called upon to act as a form of shock troops.

William Nicholson was born at Staten Island, NY around 1840. He resided at Bastrop, Texas in 1860 with relatives and was occupied as a clerk. He mustered into Company D at Houston, TX on September 7, 1861 and suffered a slight forehead wound near Mossy Creek, Tennessee on December 29, 1863. He was killed near Rome, Georgia on October 13, 1864 and is buried near Coosaville, GA. Source: http://www.terrystexasrangers.org/biographical_notes/n/nicholson_w.htm which has transcripts of numerous wartime letters with simply awesome historic military content.

CSA #12, 10¢ blue barely tied with grid and matching boldly struck clear WINNSBOROUGH / S.C. // 6 / OCT [1864] cds to Dr. R. Y. Dwight, Assistant Surgeon, Macon, Georgia. Flap tears, Very Fine  $180.

Dr. Richard Yeadon Dwight (1837-1919) was born in South Carolina. He graduated from the SC Military Academy (The Citadel) in 1856 and received his M.D. degree from the Medical College of SC, Charleston in 1859. He enlisted as a Private, Co. B, Holcombe’s Legion [SC] 12-16-61 where he served as Drill Master. By 1864 he became a 2nd Lt. and then Asst. Surgeon in charge of the Convalescent Camp, Macon, Ga.

CSA #12c, 10¢ greenish blue tied BRISTOL / V & T R R dateless cds on cover to Miss Mattie J. Chaddox, Morris P. Office, Hanover County, Virginia; Ex Meroni and Werner, Nice Railroad use  $300.

CSA #12a-AD, 10¢ milky blue (early students including Dietz called this opaline) tied CULPEPER C.H. / Va. // JUL / 22 cds on cover to Rev. Wm. Carter, Randolph Macon College, Mecklenburg County, Va.  $180.

CSA #12a-AD, 10¢ milky blue (early students, including Dietz, called this opaline) used with manuscript cancel of Blacksburg Va Mar 22 1864 on adversity cover fashioned of used accounting form and addressed to Miss Bettie A. D. Wade Care Capt G. W. Anderson, Shawsville, Va. Most likely this is George W. Anderson, Co. C, 135th Virginia Militia.  $250.

 CSA #12-AD, 10¢ blue (4 margins) tied bold neat ROBERTVILLE / S.C. // MAY / 17 (in ms) cds on cover to Mr. John W. Heidt, Box 420, Savannah, Georgia $140.

JOHN W. HEIDT, DD, (1841-1909), graduate, Emory College, 1859; law-graduate, University of Georgia, 186l; practiced law but gave it up for the Methodist ministry; many years a trustee of Wesleyan Female College as well as former President.

CSA #12-AD, 10¢ blue (4 margins) tied bold neat ROBERTVILLE / S.C. // MAY / 26 (in ms) cds on cover to Mr. John W. Heidt, Box 420, Savannah, Georgia; left side back flap missing.  $130.

JOHN W. HEIDT, DD, (1841-1909), graduate, Emory College, 1859; law-graduate, University of Georgia, 186l; practiced law but gave it up for the Methodist ministry; many years a trustee of Wesleyan Female College as well as former President.

CSA #11-AD, 10¢ blue tied red PETERSBURG / Va cds on cover to Mrs. Francis C. Elder, Lunenburg Co. Ho., Virginia  $120.

CSA #12a-AD, 10¢ milky blue (pre-use sealed tear) tied with [---]TON / Ga. cds on super looking adversity cover addressed to Capt. Wm. E. Smith, Albany, Georgia. The outside of the cover shows a printed pre-war subpoena from a Georgia County Court and inside is handwritten list of names and figures under notation “at the court house” and signed “Truly Yours, T. Allen” which may actually be the use as a wrapper as there appears to be no evidence of “sides”. Very interesting and showy use.  $350.

William Ephraim Smith (1829-1890) enlisted 4-28-1861 as a 1st Lieut in Co. E, 4th Ga. Infantry. He was promoted to Capt. 4-28-62. At King’s School House, Va. on 6-25-62 he was severly wounded in the right leg necessitating its amputation. Smith was a lawyer and served in both the Confederate and United States Congress from Georgia. Fully detailed bio included as well as excellent photo.

CSA #12-AD, 10¢ blue bottom sheet margin copy with imprint “Bank” at bottom, tied blue COLUMBIA / S.C.  cds struck off the right side of the cover addressed to Mrs. Bettie Barksdale, Spring Mills, Appomattox Co, Virginia; small edge tears at top and left.  $150.

CSA #12-ADa, 10¢ milky blue (also called opaline by old-time students such as Dietz, 4 margins, tiniest faults) tied CHARLESTON / S.C. double circle cancel on adversity cover fashioned from particularly lovely handwritten document that looks to be from a much earlier era or European, addressed to C. A. Fike, Damascus, Spartanburg, SC; left flap reattached with hinge strip and small stain at upper left. $180.

CSA #12-KB, 10¢ deep blue (4 margins) no apparent cancel but tied with tiny stain at upper right. Manuscript cancel of Kingston, La / April 10 / 65 which ties in with the Keatinge & Ball late use AFTER the surrender by Lee, addressed to I. Alison Frierson Co G 27th Regt. La. Vol. Care of Capt C. I. Foster, Alexandria, La.  A piece of fabric included that purports to be of the period, but no guarantee.  Very late use.  $110.

CSA #12-ADc, 10¢ bluish green (ragged margins) tied light AUSTIN / TEX double circle postmark on cover to Col. Ben Allston, Ins[pector] Gen[eral] Tans Miss[issippi] Dept., Shreveport, La.  with docketing up left side as Feby 15 65 / Recd March 10 /65 and marked “Private” at upper left; top back flap missing.  $200.

Col. Benjamin Allston graduated from the US Military Academy 1853 and in US Cavalry 1853-57. Enlisted in CSA 3-10-61 as a 1st Lieut, 4th ALA Infantry, Field & Staff 5th VA Cavalry as Chief of Cavalry, POW at Harrodsburg KY while commanding 3rd Brig Tenn. Cavalry and ultimately was Colonel and Inspector General of the Trans-Mississippi Department on the staff of General Kirby Smith.