CSA #2, 10¢ light milky blue Stone Y tied manuscript "Glade Springs Va Oct 28" on Emory & Henry College illustrated blue cameo college corner card to "Mr. A. H. Byars, Winchester, Virginia Comp D 1st Regt Va Cavelary (sic) Gen (Fitzhugh) Lees Brigade" in peacock blue ink.. Company D was" Clarke Cavalry" - the regiment fought in over two hundred battles and skirmishes. A. Henderson Byars (1835-1926) enlisted 3-15-62 at age 26 as a private, Abingdon, Va.(was a merchant there postwar). Top back flap missing, a showy and desirable college cover.

CSA #2, large 4-margin 10¢ light milky blue Stone Y tied blue LYNCHBURG/Va./OCT/23 (1862) cds on folded business letter to Haw River, NC, an early use, Very Fine

CSA #2, 4-margin 10¢ blue Hoyer & Ludwig tied indistinct TUDOR HALL/Va. cds on clean lemon cover to Paulina Harden, Chester C.H., S.C.

Dr. Edward Gough Porcher was born June 22, 1839 in South Carolina in the Charleston area (bio accompanies). He enlisted in the CS Army as an Assistant Surgeon and had a variety of assignments from the 15th Battn. SC Hvy Arty to 32nd GA Infty to Surgeon of CS Senate. He died a young man on October 16, 1865 of consumption (tuberculosis).

CSA #2a, 10¢ light blue, Paterson print with huge margins top and right with part frame of second stamp showing at top to just in at bottom, tied neat MACON/GA. double circle cancel on cover addressed to Dr. James H. Furman, cover refolded at top, Very Fine, 2007 SCV $525.00. Dr. Furman was from an influential family in America since 1630. He owned Cornhill Plantation, a medium-sized plantation with 30 to 50 slaves in Privateer, S.C. where he farmed and practiced medicine. Detailed bio included.

CSA #2a, lightly pen canceled 4-margin 10¢ light blue Paterson print on folded business letter headed Navasota (Texas) Novb 19, 1862 to "R. C. Campbell, Huntsville, Texas" re freight received by train and plan to ship goods by the next safe stagecoach. The running of the H. & T.C. Railroad to Navasota in 1859 changed a sleepy settlement into a hub of business and economic activity. Navasota became the shipping and cotton-processing center of the region.

CSA #2b, 10¢ dark blue Paterson print tied by indistinct Virginia cds on small homemade cover to Sparta; the dark blue Paterson catalogs twice the normal blue in Scott - certainly not the normal shade encountered for a Paterson, Very Fine, Ex-Powell

CSA #2b, 10¢ blue, dark shade of Paterson with large margins all around to just touching at top right, tied neat MARION/AL cds on fresh homemade cover to "Chatanooga Ten" (sic), Extremely Fine

CSA #2, 10¢ dark blue Paterson tied socked-on-the-nose OAKS/N.C. cds on homemade cover addressed to “Gen. S. F. Patterson, Patterson P.O., Caldwell Co., N.C. via Salisbury”.  Gen. Samuel Finley Patterson was famous as a financier and business man of unusual capacity. He was Treasurer of the State of North Carolina in 1835, President of the Raleigh and Gaston Railroad in 1839 and Senator 1848-50 among other titles. He was known for much of his life as General Patterson because of his previous appointments, first as brigadier of the militia and then as Major General of the State Militia by the General Assembly during the Civil War. Operating from 1845-1865, the Bingham School at Oaks, NC served as a preparatory school for young men seeking entrance to the University of North Carolina at nearby Chapel Hill, for which reason the Oaks cancellation is considered by many students to be a college postmark. 

CSA #2e, 10¢ pale milky blue Stone Y printing with manuscript cancel from Bremo Bluff, Va. on pristine narrow cover to “Master John H. Cocke Care of the Rev John Clark Talcott Post Office Charlotte County, Virginia”, Very Fine

CSA #2, 10¢ blue Paterson used on blue folded letter with manuscript cancel of Mayo Forge, Va Aug 21st 1862, addressed to “Mr. Thornton, Manager of Copper Works Hillsville, Va.” from J. N. Zentmeyer ordering 100 pounds of copper asking that it be sent to the railroad at Christiansburg. File fold splitting slightly otherwise Very Fine and Scarce 

CSA #2, 10¢ blue Paterson with large to huge margins all around, tied neat bold JETERSVILLE / VA / OCT cds on homemade cover to “Mr. A. Donnan, Petersburg, Va.”, horizontal file fold not affecting stamp. Alexander Donnan was born in Scotland but moved to Petersburg as a young child and was an attorney in the firm on Donnan & Hamilton. Served briefly in the Virginia House of Delegates during the War. 

CSA #2e, 10¢ milky blue Stone Y on folded business letter tied blue PETERSBURG / VA. / OCT cds to “Geo E. Welsh, Esq. Cashier, Danville Va”, file fold through stamp and splits/tear internally, 2008 SCV $525. 

CSA #2b, 10¢ dark blue Paterson used on homemade cover with Freemansville Ga manuscript  cancel to “Russel Bates Esqr, Greysville Ga. Care Capt. A. Howell Bridge Guards." Brief military bio enclosed on Albert Howell, Sr who enlisted as a corporal (only 19 at the time) and rose to the rank of Lt. Col. by July 1864.  Quite a bit more information online and in the book  Joe Brown’s Army: The GerogiaState Line 1862-1865 by William Harris Bragg. Scarce very dark shade of the Paterson printing and scarce town.

CSA #2, 10¢ blue Paterson used on spectacular floral multi-color wallpaper cover with manuscript cancel; addressed to “James E. Hagood, Esq., Pickens, SC”; brief original letter headed “Wallhall(a, SC) 17 April (18)63” from S. E. Maxwell who writes, "There is to be a Marshall sent by the Gov. to Pickens this week to hunt distellerys. Reed says the man who engages is equally liable with the distiller if caught”; tiny erosion hole in cover easily covered with display flap; lovely cover and interesting letter; 2008 SCV $1,500.  

James E. Hagood was engaged in the mercantile business until 1856 when he was elected clerk of the circuit court of Pickens District. He served as clerk of the circuit court throughout the period of the Civil War and frequently was called upon to perform services for soldiers who were away in the army and for civilians who were destitute as a result of the war. The Hagood papers are in the University of South Carolina and encompass the war years. Much may be found online about the influential Hagood family.

CSA #2, 10¢ blue Paterson (pre-use corner crease) tied by neat LEXINGTON / Va. FEB 10 cds on cover ro “Miss Ellen McCance Care of T. W. McCance, Esq., Richmond, Va.”, part of top back flap missing and small lower left cover fault

CSA #2, 10¢ blue Paterson, four large even margins, tied  neat bold MOBILE / ALA.  / OCT 29 double circle cancel on homemade cover to “Rev John F. Evans, Citronell, Ala.” Very Fine

CSA #2a, 10¢ light blue Paterson tied light GREENVILLE C.H. / S.C. / OCT / 28 cds on homemade cover to “Miss Harriott (sic) Middleton, Flat Rock, Henderson County, North Carolina”. Harriett Simmons Middleton was married to Henry Augustus Middleton who was connected to European royalty. The Middletons were an extensive and prominent Carolinian family.

CSA #2b, 10¢ dark blue, Hoyer & Ludwig, top sheet margin with large margins to just in at bottom, tied by light strike of "Savannah Ga. Mar. 10" circular datestamp on orange cover with blue handstamped corner card of Abraham Minis / Savannah Ga, to “Mess. Geo W. Bruce & Co., Memphis Tenn.”, with original 1862-dated enclosure discussing shipment of molasses, small part of top flap missing, long detailed history of the Minis blue-blood merchants of Georgia included; they were Jewish aristocracy, Very Fine, ex Bleuler and Gunter  

CSA #2e, 10¢ milky blue Stone Y tied indistinct ANDERSON C.H. S.C. FEB 7 cds on homemade turned cover to “Sergt D. F. Anderson, Orrs Regt. Rifles, Co. L, Richmond, Va.”; inside use endorsed by same soldier and sent to his wife with GUINEYS / Va cds and pencil “Due 10”. Military records reveal him as Daniel F. Anderson and he was part of A. P. Hill’s Army of Northern Virginia. A very nice soldier use, to and from. 

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CSA #2, 10¢ blue Paterson tied SPARTANBURG /S.C. / DEC / 8 / 1862 double circle cancel on wonderful blue printed adversity cover fashioned from New York station form noting “New York, Duane Street Pier, Ticket Office, Emigrant Agency, Express Freight, Milk Agency” and more; on underside of flap is contemporary handwriting “This comes of people “going to get married directing letters upside down etc.”; back flaps sealed with red sealing wax which also peeks out from lower left corner of the stamp – obviously the gum was not sticking too well. To cap off an already nifty cover, it is nicely addressed to “Dr. C. E. Fleming, Surgeon 22nd S.C. Regt. Evans Brigade, Kinston, North Carolina”. His military records show no more than the cover address, but a full unpublished bio is included courtesy of Terry Hambrecht. Records show that while he did attend medical classes, he never received a degree although he did practice medicine. After the war he was an apothecary, cotton merchant and practiced medicine as well. He died in 1894. Click on thumbnails individually to enlarge

CSA #2, 10¢ blue Hoyer and Ludwig print used with manuscript cancel, upper left star flaw resembling the “comet” variety, red CAMDEN / S.C. / DEC / 10 double circle to “Capt. E. B. Cantey Blandings Regiments Manassas Junction Virginia”; Cantey commanded Company C  6th S.C. Infantry (Palmetto Sharpshooters), a part of the Army of Northern Virginia participating in famous battles such as Antietam and Sharpsburg.

CSA #2,10¢ blue Paterson, huge even margins, light pre-use crease, tied by MONTGOMERY / ALA. / SEP / 22 / 1862 cds on cover, slightly reduced at sides with flap trimmed down (open 3 sides), Very Fine and attractive 

CSA #2,10¢ blue Paterson, tied dark boldly struck RICHMOND / Va. cds on cover to “R. G. Lindsay, Esq., Greensboro, N. Carolina”, tiniest cover tear at top and flap tear, Ex-Whittle

CSA #2e, 10¢ light milky blue Stone Y tied tied HARRISONBURG / Va. / NOV / 12 cds on cover to “Mr. John I. Pace, Charlottesville, Albermarle Co., Va.”, piece out of front of cover across top, otherwise Fine

CSA #2b, 10¢ dark blue Hoyer & Ludwig used upside down (sign of affection) and tied by TUDOR HALL / VA cds on small cover to “Mr. W. H. Watkins, Slabtown PO, So Ca.”, rare bottom imprint margin overhangs the top edge of the cover, Ex-Brown 

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CSA #2e, 10¢ milky blue Stone Y, tied RICHMOND / Va. / JAN / 31 cds on homemade cover of butcher paper, addressed to “Capt. James S. Greene, Saltville, Rockingham, Va.”, SCV $525.

CSA #2e, 10¢ milky blue Stone Y bottom sheet margin copy tied RICHMOND / Va. / JAN / 31 cds on homemade cover of butcher paper, addressed to a colonel in Virginia (hard to decipher – I leave you to the research), cover trimmed slightly at top affecting upper right corner of stamp, SCV $525+. 

CSA #2b, 10¢ dark blue Hoyer & Ludwig (small stamp faults) tied TUDOR HALL / Va. cds with sideways date cliché on delightful small embossed ladies cover addressed to “Miss Martha R. Shuttlesworth, Gainesville P.O., Hall County, Georgia”, slight soiling and slightly reduced at left, but a charmer, SCV $450+. .

CSA #2b, 10¢ dark blue Paterson tied RICHMOND / Va. cds on fresh cover to “Mrs. Alfred L. Rives, Cobham Station, Albermarle Co. Va.” Flap faults, SCV $325+ (scarcer shade). Rives was a Colonel, Chief of Engineer Bureau. His father, William Cabell Rives, was a member of the Confederate Congress, formerly. served in the U.S. Senate and House, as well as having served as Ambassador to France.

CSA #2e, 10¢ milky blue Stone Y two singles with huge margins at top and one side that look like they were cut from the sheet side by side, tied together by blue COLUMBIA / S.C. cds on cut down legal size cover or wrapper with edge repair/restoration at right and file crease across top through the stamps, addressed to “Clough Farrar Esqre, Mount Taber PO, Union District, S.C.” As singles on individually covers, these would catalog $535 each. Rare to have two Stone Y uses on one cover.

CSA #2a, 10¢ light blue Paterson tied by neat MACON / GA double circle cancel on homemade cover with straightline DUE (ms) 20 addressed to “Mrs. S. M. Carter, Spring Place, Geo”, Rare, Ex-Tate.

CSA #2, 10¢ blue Paterson with large margins all around, tied CHARLESTON / S.C. / DEC / 13 cds on cover to “Dr. Jno A Barksdale, Laurens C.H., S.C.”, Ex-Milgram and Wm. A. Fox. Unpublished physician bio enclosed. During the war, John A. Barksdale served as a volunteer in Richmond and North Georgia, administering to the sick and wounded. He was a South Carolinian and spent most of his career as physician and druggist in Laurens C.H.  He was also elected for a term to the SC State Legislature.

CSA #2, 10¢ blue Paterson with decoratively clipped corners tied TULLAHOMA / Ten. / MAY cds on narrow thin pale blue cross-hatch watermark lined paper. Pretty. $425.

CSA #2b, 10¢ dark blue Hoyer & Ludwig print, 4 large margins all around, tied neat MARION C.H. / S.C. 24 NOV cds on neat blue cover to “Capt Jno C. McClenaghan, Columbia, S.C.”, flap torn otherwise Very Fine. Capt. J.C. McClenaghan was in Co E, Gregg’s First, 8th SCV, 21 SCV. He was in the Quartermaster Corps and cited for bravery at the Battle of Manassas in the Official Records. Choice, SCV $450.  $500.

CSA #2, 10¢ blue Paterson printing, large margins to just touching at top left, tied by bold blue LYNCHBURG / Va. / OCT / 4 / 1862 cds on homemade cover to Temperance, Va.  $350.

CSA #2, 10¢ blue Paterson printing (light vertical crease) tied by SAVANNAH / GA. cds on cover to Glasgow, Ga. $190.

CSA #2, 10¢ blue Paterson printing with 4 large margins all around, light crease and tiny scissor cut well away from design tied RICHMOND / Va. cds on cover to “Dr. Geo B. Stephens, Ivy Depot, Albemarle Co., Virginia.” $170.

CSA #2a, 10¢ light blue Paterson printing with 4 large margins all around, some facials scuffs, tied by bold socked on the nose ADAMS RUN / S.C. on cover, bit reduced at left. $200.

CSA #2b, 10¢ dark blue Hoyer & Ludwig printing with huge side margins, tied neat CHARLESTON / S.C. cds on cover to “D Cleage Esq. Cashier, Athens, Tenn”, Bank of Charleston printed advertising oval on the back flap, ad torn into when opening, file fold at top of cover through stamp $260.

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CSA #2e, 10¢ light blue Stone Y tied RICHMOND / Va/ JAN /14 / 1863 cds on cover to “Joseph T. Morton, Esq. Richmond” which has been crossed out and readdressed to Danville, Virginia. Back flaps with embossed Union patriotic seal and flaps edged in red and blue. 2004 CSA certificate #04552.  $600.

CSA #2, 10¢ deep blue Hoyer & Ludwig tied neat ACCOKEEK / Va.  JAN / 1 / 1862 cds on neat cover to Independence, Texas. Ex-Wm A. Fox, small pieces of back flaps missing, otherwise Very Fine $450.

CSA #2b, 10¢ dark blue Paterson with blue dot after America, (4 margins) tied light GRIFFIN / GA. / OCT 21 (1862) cds on homemade cover to “J(ohn). W. Park, Atty at Law, Greenville, Georgia”, with original enclosure from J. D. Stewart regarding legal matters. Scarcer dark Paterson shade, Ex- Crouch  $400.