CSA #7, 5¢ blue pair tied SHELBYVILLE / Te. on homemade cover to Dahlongah, Georgia with unusual contemporary 5-pointed star drawn at upper left, light cover stains. Very Showy. $230.

CSA #7, 5¢ blue pair tied RICHMOND / Va. / JAN / 16 / 1863, Powell type 4 cancel on clean orange envelope addressed to "Mr. William C. Agee, Gravel Hill, Buckingham Co., Va.", back flap faults otherwise Very Fine $150.

CSA #7, two pairs of 5¢ blue arranged as strip of four, tied double strike of SAVANNAH / Ga. cds on adversity cover made of ladies dress goods advertising sheet, addressed to "Revd. James P. Boyce, Greenville, So. Ca." Scarce and most appealing! $450.

CSA #7, 5¢ blue pair, small edge faults on right stamp, tied TUSCALOOSA / ALA. cds on homemade cover addressed to Montgomery, Alabama, fresh $80.

CSA #7, 5¢ blue, 4-margin horizontal pair tied "Richmond, Va. Aug 2 1862" cds on fresh homemade cover to News Ferry (Halifax County) Va. $125.

CSA #7, 5¢ blue pair, uncanceled on cover to “Mr. E. S. Brown, Bullsville P.O. Powhatan Co, Va.” with long interesting original letter headed “Genito P.O., Powhatan Co., Sept 12th 1864” regarding a legal case involving Bennett Maxey who “is in service and can not attend to it” and pleaded that the addressee handle the case. Maxey was 42 years old when he enlisted on May 28, 1861 as a 3rd sergeant in Co. “D” 20th VA Infantry. He was listed as a POW at Rich Mountain, WV and paroled a week later. His military bio and microfilm copies of his military service are included in the lot. Part of service records indicate he is “too old to learn duties” and is detailed in January 1865 as a mountain guard. $120.

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CSA #7, 5¢ blue pair tied on the edges of either side with small PAID handstamp on homemade cover of coarse paper. No postmark or date so origin unknown. Addressed to Thomasville, Georgia. Ex Bush exhibit, Very unusual. $300.

CSA #7, 5¢ blue vertical pair tied MACON / MISS double circle cancel on commercial cover to “Mrs. Henry L. Muldrow, Tibbee Station, M. & O. R.R., Miss. (Mobile & Ohio Railroad)“ with docketing “Columbia Oct 8th 1863”. Detailed bio of the illustrious Muldrow and the 11th Miss. Cavalry included. $150.

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 #7, 5¢ blue pair tied MARIETTA / GA cds, small surface scrapes, on adversity cover to Richmond made from Post Office form making repeated mention of postage stamps and postal envelopes $400.

CSA #7, 5¢ blue pair used on pale green homemade cover with a manuscript” Wmburg Miss Oct 6” (Williamsburg, Mississippi) cancel, addressed to “Mrs. H. L. Muldrow, Tibbee Station, Mobile & Ohio RR, Miss.”  $170.

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 #7, 5¢ blue pair and two singles (small faults), both tied blue PETERSBURG / Va. / AUG / 2 postmarks on forwarded homemade cover to “Robert Hamilton Sherrif Brevard Transylvania Co, North Carolina” crossed out and redirected to “Davidson’s River (NC)” with ms routing “Via Raleigh NC and Columbia SC” and “Election Returns” at upper left. $375.

CSA #7, 5¢ blue pair with P.O. crease between stamps, used with manuscript cancel of “Stevensburg (Va) Feb 28” on homemade cover addressed to “Capt. William S. Kemper QM, Camp Winder, Near Richmond, Virginia”, slightly reduced at top. Ex-Kohn. $150.

CSA #7, 5¢ blue pair just tied by two bold strikes of a 7-bar grid on cover with matching 20 MAY (1863) cds of Winnsborough, South Carolina cds; addressed to “Dr. Charles Brice, Youngsville, Fairfield District, So Ca, Pretty!  $190.

CSA #7, 5¢ blue 4-margin pair tied light SUMTER / S.C. ./ FEB / 24 / 1863 cds on homemade cover addressed to “Mr. B.O. Mauldin, Greenville, S.C.” with docketing “did not answer she came up on 26th Feb ‘63”. Belton O. Mauldin was in the Signal Corps under Gen. J.E.B. Stuart, Very Fine  $175.

CSA #7, 5¢ blue pair with filled in framelines, PO crease in gutter, tied light GREENVILLE C.H. / S.C. cds on adversity cover fashioned used ledger sheet, addressed to Haynesville, Georgia, $175.

CSA #7, 5¢ blue pair tied by KNOXVILLE / TEN double circle cancel on cover to “Miss Belle N. Hammet Central Depot Va & Tenn R. R.” on homemade cover, top back flap missing. Isabella (Belle) was the daughter of Edward Hammet who was owner of a store in Central Depot and sole owner of the Craig lands on New River. He left tracts, comprising about 500 acres known as Norwood Farm to his daughter Isabella who married Stockton Heth. The Heths lived at Norwood Farm and began laying out streets and selling lots when the town of Radford began to develop rapidly in the late 1880s. $140.

CSA #7, 5¢ blue vertical pair, 4 margins with ink splotch printing variety on cheek of top copy, tied neat light blue FRANKLIN DEPOT / Va. / APR / 1 cds on homemade cover to Washington, Ga. $130.

CSA #7, 5¢ blue pair used on homemade cover with manuscript cancel of Wilson’s Depot (Va) March 23 to “Mrs. Mary E. Smith, Petersburg, Va Care Mr. Dinwiddie Grigg”, Ex-Tobias. Google indicates Grigg served in the war, but I find no military records of him. Scarce town marking. $190.

 CSA #7, 5¢ blue pair tied by red PETERSBURG / VA. cds on homemade cover to “Mrs. Henry D. Fraser, Aiken, South Carolina”, Ex-Tobias, 2008 SCV $170. $190.

CSA #7, 5¢ blue pair tied by manuscript cancel of Painesville Va (rarity 4) August 9th on turned cover to “Revd A. C. Hopkins, 2nd Corps Hospital, Glover Green P.O. Spotsylvania Co., Va”; inside use franked with #11, 10¢ blue tied by blue PETERSBURG / VA. cds and addressed to “Mrs. Amelia M Miller, Painesville, Amelia County, Va.”, ex-Tobias. Military bio /photo of Chaplain Abner Crump Hopkins of Army of Northern Virginia (Stonewall’s Brigade) accompanies. $400.

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CSA #7, 5¢ blue right sheet margin pair showing filled in frameline at right and printing flaw below earlobe on left stamp, used on small homemade cover with manuscript cancel of “Sutherlands Va Jany 3rd 1865” to “Miss Edney Warren Swansonville Pittsylvania Va”, irregular opening at right, late use, Ex-Tobias. $260.

CSA #7, 5¢ blue pair local print on London paper, tied by neat red PETERSBURG / VA. cds on commercial cover to “Miss Agnes J. Branch, Oakville Appomattox County Virginia”, flap faults, Ex-Tobias $290.

CSA #7, 5¢ blue, two singles tied together by blue PETERSBURG / VA. cds on cover to “Mrs. Cornelias A. Mock, Midway PO Davidson County N.C.”, Ex-Tobias. $150.

CSA #7, 5¢ blue pair tied SAVAHHAH Ga. / Paid / MAY / 6 on adversity cover made from legal form, stamp and sealed cover tears but most attractive $200.

CSA #7, 5¢ blue pair used on homemade cover with Chamblissburg Va Apr 16/63 manuscript cancel to “Mr. Robert A. Bradley, Hamiltons Crossing, Spotsylvania County, Va. In care of Capt S. C. James Co K (5)8 Va Regt 4th Va Bridg”. Bradley joined Co. K of the 58th Viriginia Infantry July 23, 1861 at Chamblissburg as a private and was promoted to 3rd Corpl Dec 14, 1861. Military bio enclosed which shows illness in 1862 and wounded in the leg at Fredericksburg  May 5, 1863, returned to duty and then hospitalized again a year later. He was a farmer after the war in Liberty, Va. Reduced at left a bit into docketing. $200.

CSA #7, two singles of 5¢ blue used on cover with manuscript cancel of Fords Va Feb 16 / 63 to Petersburg, flap tears, Ex-Tobias.  $125.

CSA #7, 5¢ blue pair seal the back flaps of homemade cover with manuscript cancel of Kinston Va April 3 / 63 on the front, to “Miss Mattie McCaw, Codelle Creek, Cabarras Co N Carolina”, ex-Tobias. $180.

CSA #7, 5¢ blue pair used on part folded letter with manuscript Non Intervention (Va) July 21 (1863) cancel to “Dr. Wm. H. Perry, Jeffress Store, Nottoway, Va.” File fold through the stamps. A rarity 4 town that no longer exists (was southwest of Petersburg), great part letter pleased that his friend William escaped with his life at Gettysburg as well as his brother and “thought of a remark you made to me years ago that ‘northern insolence was insufferable’ and if the worst might come, I am in favor of French protection to escape this ‘insolence’” – whereupon the letter ceases. Docketed as from W. J. Neblett.  $170.

CSA #7, 5¢ blue pair tied double strike of dateless TAYLORSVILLE / VA. cds plus third strike at left on commercially made cover to “Miss Fannie C. Alsop Care Mr. Joseph Alsop Fredericksburg, Virginia”, Ex-Tobias. $190.

CSA #7, 5¢ blue (two faulty singles) tied RICHMOND / Va. cds on homemade cover to “Maj. Mitchell Tate care of Charles Tate Esq, Max Meadows P.O. Wythe Co Va” which was then crossed out and forwarded to “7 Mile Ford Va & T. R.R.” (Virginia and Tennessee Rail Road). In the 2000 census Max Meadows was still a small town with a population of only 512. It was from this area that the important nearby mined lead was taken to be loaded on to railroad cars. It is little recognized that the Wythe County lead mines were of great importance to the southern war effort.  Mitchell B. Tate was shown in military records as enlisting as a captain and on CS Gen & Staff. Other indications are that he was from North Carolina; worthy of further research. $250.

CSA #7, 5¢ blue vertical pair (sealed tear on corner of bottom stamp and gum stains on both) tied neat POCOTALIGO / S.C. cds on gray and white wallpaper cover addressed to “Mrs. M. A. M. Wingard, Countsville Lexington Dist., So. Ca.”  Van Dyk MacBride notes on verso  $800.

CSA #7, two shades of 5¢ blue tied on small homemade cover by ms cancel that originated from Groves Hill Va. on Oct 6/64, addressed to Richmond, where a notched "ADVERTISED 2" was applied when the mail was not called for at the post office; light strike of Richmond (Oct) 23 cds on back flaps as well as former owner handstamps. Scarce advertised marking. $675.

CSA #7, 5¢ blue pair tied on cover by NEW MARKET / Va. cds and addressed to “Surgeon J. W. Tracey (sic), Hospital No. 7, Raleigh, N.C.”, back flap opening tears. James Wright Tracy started the war as the Assistant Surgeon for the 37th NC Infantry and was later the Surgeon of the 14th NC Infantry. The State Fair Grounds in Raleigh were used for military training for North Carolina troops, and later in the war its buildings were used as a Confederate hospital.  "Shaffner" is written at the upper left, which is probably referring to John Schaffner who was a surgeon with the 33rd Regiment North Carolina Infantry, likely the sender.  The background on Dr. Tracy is both hearth warming as well as heart wrenching - the subject of an upcoming column in The American Stamp Dealer and Collector $300.

CSA #7, 5¢ blue single on De La Rue paper, tied RICHMOND / Va. 1862 cds on overpaid drop dover to “Mr. Thomas C. Bu(?), Richmond, Virginia” with routing instructions at lower left in the same hand “in Hospl at Camp Winder in Care of Dr. A. G. Lamb(?)”; reduced at right into name. 2001 CSA Certificate #03969. There was a surgeon on CS Medical Staff by the name of Thomas C. Buffington, a likely possibility. More research could easily be done on both. $150.

CSA #7, 5¢ blue (two singles) used on homemade cover with ms cancels, addressed to “Samuel A, Guy, Esq, Issaguana, Goochland (County, Virginia)”  $65.

CSA #7, 5¢ blue pair on fresh homemade cover addressed to “Hon. W. W. Clark, Richmond, Virginia”. William W. Clark was a Confederate Congressman representing the state of Georgia. $130.

CSA #7, 5¢ blue pair (4 margins) tied KNOXVILLE / TEN double circle cancel on fresh homemade coer to “Mrs. George Harper, Lenoir, Caldwell Co., N.C.”, Ex-Kohn and Bogg. $150.

CSA #7, 5¢ blue right sheet margin pair tied by almost decipherable TEN(NESSEE) cancellation on homemade cover to Cleveland (Tennessee). At first I thought it was the small Kingston, Tenn. cancel, but it does not overlay properly. A good scarce Tennessee marking for someone to figure out. $95.

CSA #7, 5¢ blue tied RICHMOND / VA / DEC / 16 cds on local use cover address to “Mr. George E. Tabb & Son Richmond, Va.” – an overpaid drop use, small cover tears around stamp which has been affixed with a dark gum not original to the issue, 2009 SCV $200. $150.

CSA #7, 5¢ blue, two singles (may have initially been a pair, hard to tell), one on front and other on reverse of small cover to “Mr. John W. Heidt, Box 420, Savannah, Georgia”,  tied by usual wonderful bold double strike of ROBERTVILLE, S.C., FEB 3 cds, with original 4-page letter on thin blue writing paper (some fold splits) headed Robertville Sep 2nd, 1863 , Very Fine, a popular cancel. $300.

CSA #7, 5¢ blue pair tied WINCHESTER / Va. / OCT / 15 cds on homemade cover addressed to “Mrs. C. B. Wingo Care of Col. R(obert). Beaty Santuc Union Dist So. Ca.” The Beaty family was prominent in the area and owned a large mansion in Santuc. Signed on verso by Stanley B. Ashbrook incorrectly identifying this as a London print. Owner notes that it cataloged $2 in 1948. $160.

CSA #7, vertical pair of 5¢ blue tied blue PETERSBURG / VA. cds on cover to “Miss Lucy Burnley, Richmond, Virginia” with scarce notched “ADVERTISED 2” and matching RICHMOND / Va. cds on verso  $350.

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CSA #7, 5¢ blue pair used on cover with manuscript cancel of Newton NC to “Mr. J. J. Hoyle, Sergt., Petersburg Va 55th Reg NCT (North Carolina Troops) Care Capt Mull Co. F” with note at lower left “Tarry Not”. Detailed military bio of Joseph J. Hoyle included. Hoyle, a teacher by trade, enlisted as a 24-year old private. He was hospitalized in August 1863, wounded at Globe Tavern, VA 8-1864, hospitalized in Richmond and died of his wounds on 9-1-64 having risen in rank to 1st Lieut.  Joseph was married to Sarah Self. $170.

CSA #7, 5¢ blue pair tied neat blue COLUMBIA / S.C. / MAR / 9 cds on exeptionally nice turned cover to “Mr. Jas McPhutus, Raleigh, N Ca”; inside is an exceptionally nice CHARLESTON / S.C. / SEP 3 / 1861 handstamped PAID 10 addressed to “Mr. Jno P. Brown, Liberty, Virginia”, Extremely Fine, ex-Cantey. Could easily be opened to show other side. $450.

CSA #7, 5¢ blue pair tied neat blue COLUMBIA / S.C. / 26 AUG on black-edged Mourning Cover addressed to “Miss Kate B. Withers, Camden, S.C.”, flap faults, Ex-Weatherly, MacBride,  Ex-Cantey.  $450.

CSA #7, 5¢ blue vertical pair, 4 margins, tied neat bold CHARLESTON /S.C. NOV / 17 cds on fresh cover to “Rev Prof J M. Schreckluse, Newberry CH, SC”, part of back flap slightly reduced otherwise Extremely Fine $180.

CSA #7, 5¢ blue pair used with manuscript cancel and bold CATAWBA STATION / N.C. cds on cover addressed to “Mr. Alexander Keever, 34th Regt. Co. E, N.C. Troops, Seales’ Brigade, Richmond, Va” on turned cover; inside use a (due) 10 endorsed by Keever and sent to his wife at Catawba Station. Keever military bio included; he was in A.P. Hill’s Division, Army of Northern Virginia. Small edge tears sealed with long cover hinge across the bottom and a side flap missing. Ex-Gordon Bleuler. $180.

CSA #7, 5¢ blue pair tied by indistinct cds that is likely AUGUSTA / GA. on cover addressed to “Hon. W. W. Clark M.C.(Member of Congress) Richmond, Va”. William White Clark (1819-1883) was a representative to the Confederate Congress from Georgia, as well as a member of Georgia state house of representatives in1841. Docketed on verso “McLaren Sec of State ansd” $150.

CSA #7, 5¢ blue pair tied by GUINEYS / VA cds on cover addressed to “Hon. W. W. Clark M.C.(Member of Congress) Richmond, Va”. William White Clark (1819-1883) was a representative to the Confederate Congress from Georgia, as well as a member of Georgia State House of Representatives in1841”. Docketed up left side “A.B. Williams Transfer Ansd”. Inside use apparently handcarried, addressed in the same manner to Clark; slightly reduced at bottom and bottom flap missing.  $150.

CSA #7, 5¢ blue single with small defects, tied by Ten. town cancel and apparently another stamp fell off so assessed with a manuscript “Due 5”, addressed to “Mrs. W. R. Welch, Lomer Peach Tree, Wilcox County, Alabama”, slightly reduced at left.  $150.

CSA #7, 5¢ blue top sheet margin single tied superb strike of scarce McDONOUGH / Ga. / MAR / 1 cds on homemade cover addressed to Member of Congress “Hon W. W. Clark, M.C., Richmond, Virginia” with docketing up left side “McKnight discharge Minor”. As the earliest known Richmond print is July 1862, this appears to be an underpayment of the 10¢ rate that got through, slightly reduced at right, A lovely and scarce use with great provenance, ex-Judd, Oswald and Ballard. $350.

CSA #7, 5¢ blue pair tied indistinct cds [likely Laurens C.H., S.C.] on clean blue turned cover to “Dr. M.E. Carrere, Charleston, So Ca”; inside use is another pair 5¢ blue with neat Charleston, S.C. cds addressed to W. G. Carrere at Laurens C.H., Very Fine $180.

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CSA #7, 5¢ blue pair tied RICHMOND / Va. / JAN / 6 cds on 1859 printed circular to Petersburg with Jany 5/63 dated business letter written at the bottom, usual file folds. $300.

CSA # 7, 5¢ blue pair tied CHARLESTON / S.C. / APR / 2 cds on cover addressed to “Miss Minnie Mordecai, Hon. M(oses) C. Mordecai, Columbia, S.C.”. Moses Morecai was the most prominent Jewish citizen in Charleston and split his time between there and Columbia. Nice Judaica. $140.

CSA #7 pair with interesting penned “frame” on right stamp, tied RICHMOND AUG 28 / 1862 cds on Corner Card Advertising Cover of Richmond Christian Advocate, contemporary doodling on face. A charmer.  $550.

CSA #7 pair tied SAVANNAH Ga. / MAR 5 (1863) cds to “Mr. Louis Manigault, Augusta, Georgia” and docketed as coming from “Mr. Capers”. Well-known correspondence from illustrious family. $110.

CSA #7, 5¢ blue pair with white tie variety used on mottled and worn pale green cover with manuscript Bishopville, S.C. July 16 cancel to Georgia. $325.

CSA #7, 7¢ blue vertical pair (pre-use crease) tied GRIFFIN / GA. / MAY / 29 cds on pale green cover  to “Capt Geo S. Thomas, Col Evans Regt, Quincy, Fla”, bit reduced at left side, Very Fine, Ex-Crouch. Thomas was in Co C of the 64th Georgia Infantry – Army of Northern Virginia, take prisoner at Deep Bottom, Viriginia and taken to Ft. Delaware. Ex-Crouch. $160.

CSA #7, 5¢ blue pair tied double strike of SELMA / ALA cds on cover to “Major General M. Lovell, C.S.A., Jackson, Miss.”, docketed on verso as from “E. M. Lovell, Shelby 23 Aug /62” and “Rec’d 28 Aug /62”, likely in Lovell’s hand. $200.

Mansfield Lovell was born in the District of Columbia in 1822; graduated West Point in 1842 and  commissioned in the US artillery; wounded/brevetted during Mexican War; resigned from the army in 1854. He was appointed major general in the Confederate army on October 7, 1861 and took command of the defenses of New Orleans to help create the Confederate River Defense Fleet. He was known for enjoying alcohol and the pleasures of hotel life. Having bragged about New Orleans' defenses, he unwittingly provided the information the Union needed to drive the Confederacy out of New Orleans.

CSA #7, 5¢ blue pair with filled in upper and right frame line on the right stamp and upper frame line on the left stamp, tied on small ladies cover by indistinct black PETERSBURG / Va. cds to “Miss M. C. Poindexter, Richmond Hill, Yadkin County, N. Carolina”. Classic varieties that define the Richmond print and cancellation only used in black late in 1864 and in 1865. $85.

CSA #7, 5¢ blue vertical pair tied MARION C.H. / S.C. / FEB / 14 on Hand, Williams & Graves Wholesale Grocers, Augusta, Geo. blue embossed cameo corner card to “Mr. A. A. McKettian, Fayetteville, N.C.” $550.

CSA #7, 5¢ blue, two singles set up vertically in se-tenant fashion at right – the bottom stamp wrapped around the edge of a lovely small embossed ladies cover and tied by pen strokes with matching manuscript “Sandersville SC Jnay 12” cancel and addressed to “Mr. John S. Wilson, 1st Battalion S.C.V.C. Comp[any] D, Johns Island in care of Col Means”. From an original family correspondence never offered on the philatelic market before. Capt. John Simonton Wilson was in the House of Representatives when the Ordinance of Secession was passed and raised the company of Calvary, AKA “The Chester Troop”, in which he served. (part of Fitzhugh Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia) Orginal biography of Wilson written by a descendant accompanies. A total charmer. $250.

CSA #7, 5¢ blue pair used on cover withmanuscript cancel of Leesville, Va 23rd Oct 1863 to Mrs. Asa Holland, Halesford, Franklin County, Virginia, Scarce small town $120.

CSA #7, 5¢ blue pair tied bold clear WARRENTON / GEO. / JUN / 12 cds on clean homemade cover to J. B. Fulton, Agt., Athens, Georgia; part of top back flap missing otherwise Very Fine $150.

CSA #7, 5¢ blue pair tied ORANGE C.H. / VA / SEP / 2 / 1862 cds on cover to “Miss M. S. Summit, Dallas PO Gasto[n] Co NoC”, flap faults otherwise Fine $100.

CSA #7, 5¢ blue pair tied GUINEYS / Va. cds on cover to Miss Bettie Howard, Statesville, No.Ca. $90.

CSA #7, 5¢ blue pair tied by 7-bar grids with matching ABINGDON / Va. / APR / 29 cds on cover to Mr. Wm Craig, Clerk of County Court, Knoxville, Tennessee. $150.

CSA #7 variety, 5¢ blue pair with filled in frame on right stamp tied blue JACKSON / Miss. / APR / 17 [1863] cds on pale green cover to John A. Duncan Esq., Jackson, Mississippi, Fine $150

CSA #7, 5¢ blue bottom sheet margin pair tied OKOLONA / MISS /  OCT / 16 on cover to Mrs. Sarah Washington, Handsboro, Harrisson County, Miss. with second strike of cancel at right, Fine $200.

CSA #7, 5¢ blue pair used with manuscript cancel of Loving Creek Va Novr 5 on homemade cover to Miss Elcie Y. Organ, Pigeon Run, Campbell Co Va, Fine obscure small town $200.

CSA #7, 5¢ blue pair, tied blue FRANKLIN DEPOT / Va. / MAR / 17 / 1863 on cover to Mrs. Epsy Spencer, Hopewell, Mississippi and endorsed “From Lt. J. M. Spencer, 42d Regt Miss Volunteers”. John M. Spencer was in Company G, the Gaston Rifles. The 42nd participated in many famous battles including Pickett’s Charge at Gettysburg. Regimental and soldier history included. $200.

CSA #7 variety, 5¢ blue pair, positions 29 & 30 with the right stamp the White Tie variety tied by neat blue FRANKLIN DEPOT / Va. cds on cover to Miss Bettie C. Holloway, Kirksey’s Cross Roads, So Ca, a lovely example of this popular variety $450.

CSA #7, 5¢ blue pair (small faults) with filled in frames at top and right indicating upper right position on the sheet, tied LYNCHBURG / Va. / AUG / 2 cds on inside use of turned cover addressed to Staunton, Va; outside use is FAYETTEVILLE / N.C. / JUL / 30 double circle with matching handstamped PAID 10 addressed to James McGorman, Rose Cottage, Lynchburg, Va,, Nice turned use $350.

CSA #7, 5¢ blue pair tied RICHMOND / VA cds and Winnsboro receiving grids on cover (top back flap missing) addressed to Mrs. William W. Boyce at that place (wife of CSA Congressman Wm Boyce). The story is told that early on, the Winnsboro postmaster was reprimanded by the POD Richmond for not adequately canceling the stamps to prevent reuse. Ever thereafter, both incoming and outgoing mail was well obliterated. $150.

CSA #7, 5¢ blue pair (De La Rue paper) tied 7-bar grid in circle on cover addressed to Hon John Kerr, Yancyville, N.C. (North Carolina CSA Supreme Court Judge), top back flap missing $90.

CSA #7, 5¢ blue left sheet margin pair tied double strike of OKOLONA / MISS cds on cover to E. E. Russian, Marion Station, Miss with contemporary contents docketing of “Josh Mynick, Okolona, Miss” $170.

CSA #7, 5¢ blue pair on De La Rue paper tied by neat WARRENTON / N.C. / FEB / 7 cds on cover to Wm. H. Branch Esq, Tallahassee, Florida, Very Fine $110.

CSA #7, 5¢ blue tied FARMINGTON / N.C. / DEC / 18cds on cover to Mrs. A. Henderson, Salisbury, N.C. $110.

CSA #7, 5¢ blue pair tied blue dateless CHARLOTTE / N.C. cds on cover to Lawson Keever, Esq., Lincolnton, N.C., Scarce dateless canceler $140.

CSA #7, 5¢ blue (second stamp appears to be missing at right and could easily be replaced), pen canceled, cds of CATAWBA STATION / N.C. / FEB / 11 (ms) on cover to “Mr. W. L. Bleckley, 49 Regt NC Troops Co I, Goldsborough, NC Care of Capt Chenault”. $100.

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 #7, 5¢ blue pair tied neat OXFORD / N.C. / APR / 11 cds on neat cover addressed to “Maj. T. Brown Venable, Care of Gen. Whiting, Wilmington, N.C.” Military records of Thomas Brown Venable and Maj. Gen. William Henry Chase Whiting included. Whiting was a West Point graduate (first in his class of 41) from Mississippi with an illustrious career that tragically ended when wounded and captured at Fort Fisher, N.C. from whence he was carried to Governor’s Island, NY where he died a prisoner March 10, 1865. He was revered by troops and higher-ups alike. $400.

CSA #7, 5¢ blue pair tied CHARLESTON / S.C. / APR / 14 cds on cover to Miss Lottie Kemper, Care of Capt W[illiam]. S. Kemper, A. Q. M., Richmond, Va. The Kemper family was well known and illustrious. $100.

CSA #7, 5¢ blue pair tied blue FRANKLIN DEPOT / Va. cds on cover to Miss Julia E. Norris, Pacolet Depot, Spartanburg Dist, So Ca, $100.

CSA #7, 5¢ blue pair tied weak STATESVILLE / N.C. cds on turned cover to “Mr T. J. R. Griffith, Huntsville N Caro”; inside use ms Paid 10 (no town) on tiny white enameled ladies cover with embossed flap edges addressed to “Elijah Wagoner, Esq., Statesville, NC” with original business letter headed Statesville NC, Dec 13th 1862 to Griffith from Wagoner concerning the price of dry, green hides which he said are scarce and lucky to get at any price and that they are all well and at home, not in the war yet. Slight cover edge faults at lower left. $110.

CSA #7, 5¢ blue pair (gum stained and small scuff) used with manuscript cancel of Fenns Bridge, Ga Feb 11 – 63 on turned cover addressed to “Capt. E. B. Linville, White Road P.O., Forsyth Co., N. Carolina via Salem, NC”; inside use is manuscript “Winston, N.C. Feb 26” and “Paid 10”, Scarce use of two small manuscript North Carolina town cancels $280.

E. Linville was 21 years old when he was mustered into Co D., N.C. 21st Infantry on March 28, 1862 (military records included). He was wounded at the Battle of Second Manassas. Army of Northern Virginia

CSA #7, 5¢ blue vertical pair tied double strike of neat HARRISONBURG / Va. / FEB / 26 cds on pristine commercially made cover with watermark of Joynes 1862 on laid paper, addressed to Miss Marry E. Bowen Greenwood Depot, Albemarle Co Va, Extremely Fine $180.

CSA #7, 5¢ blue vertical pair tied RICHMOND / VA. // APR / 1863 (no day) on all-over green advertising cover of Harvey, Armistead & Williams, small edge faults – particularly along left edge, Showy cover $900.

CSA #7, 5¢ blue pair tied PRATTVILLE / Ala. // NOV / 24 cds on cover to Eugene A. Smith, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa. $125.

Eugene Allen Smith - In 1871, when the University of Alabama reopened after its destruction by Federal troops, Eugene Allen Smith returned to his alma mater as professor of geology and mineralogy. Until his death in 1927, this gifted man devoted his abundant energy and his stout heart to the welfare of the school and the state. After persuading the legislature to appoint him state geologist in 1873, he spent his summers enduring chills, fevers, and verbal abuse as he searched for industrial raw materials that could bring about better lives for destitute Alabamians. Traveling in a mule-drawn wagon, he recorded detailed observations, botanical and geological discoveries, and mineral analyses in his journal. What he accomplished, against monumental odds, became the catalyst that transformed Alabama from an aimless and poverty-stricken agricultural state to an industrial giant to be reckoned with.

CSA #7, 5¢ blue pair tied MACON / MISS double circle cancel on showy adversity cover fashioned from pre-war printed form, address to “Mrs. R. A. E. Beauchamp Care Maj. J. J. Beauchamp, Chattanooga, Tenn.” John Beauchamp Jones (1810-1866) is known for the publishing his diary: A Rebel War Clerk’s Diary at the Confederate States Capital – available in paperback even today. $250.

CSA #7, two singles 5¢ blue – one large left sheet margin – tied together by neat blue PETERSBURG Va. // NOV / 22 cds  on homemade cover to Dr. Anderson Tells (?), Hill[s[boro’, Chesterfield Co., Va; presumably misdirected to Madison C.H. Va and sat around for nearly two months from Nov 22 until Jan 15 when it went to Culpeper C.H., Va where it was dated Jan 20 with a Culpeper DUE 10. There is no other address on it and I can not read the ms at upper left. There is a faint pencil “For[warde]d” above the DUE 10. Back flap tears and sealed tear at upper right. Most interesting routing with markings of three towns. $650.

CSA #7, 5¢ blue pair, tied RICHMOND / Va. // FEB / 14 / 1863 cds on cover to John U. Kirkland, Esq, Hillsboro, No Carolina; cover reduced at right, Nice Valentine’s Day date $250.

CSA #7, 5¢ blue vertical pair (local paper and filled in right frames varieties) tied double strike of red PETERSBURG / Va. cds on Danville Female College cover address to Miss Olivia Valentine, Port Gibson, Miss.; lower right corner of cover restored. $550.

CSA #7, 5¢ blue vertical pair tied ATLANTA / Ga. // NOV / 15 cds on adversity cover made from printed form and addressed to Maj. Wm C Cook, Blakely, Early Co, Ga.; there are several of this name and more research needs to be done to ascertain exactly which Cook this is. $260.

CSA #7, 5¢ blue pair used with manuscript cancel and oxidized red SPARTA / Ga. // MAY / 1 [1863] CDS on pale green commercially made cover to Hon. A. H. Stephens, Richmond, Virginia; small part of top back flap missing as usual with Vice President’s correspondence, contents docketing on verso “Hon Linton Stephens Sparta Georgia 1 May 1863 – Enclosed a letter from Gen. Beauregard to Col. Romas and one from Col Romas to Mrs. John  G. Evanson (?)” Linton was the half-brother of Vice President Stephens. “Alex” had advised him against joining the Georgia Volunteers. He later resigned and became active in Georgia politics and ultimately a Justice of the Georgia Supreme Court. The stamps were apparently on the back flap but moved to the front by a prior owner.  $110

CSA #7, 5¢ blue – two pair both tied ELBERTON / Ga. // MAY / 13 [1863] cds on legal size cover which has been folded down at left to fit on album page, to Hon. A. H. Stephens, Crawfordsville, Georgia; most of top back flap missing as usual with Vice President’s correspondence, contents docketing on face at left “Thomas N. Thomas Elberton Ga. 12 May 1863 Decided Habeas Corpus case yesterday. Encloses the decision.” Tiny edge repairs at top, paper clip stain at center, Ex Bush, Nice double weight use $180.

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CSA #7, 5¢ blue pair tied CAMDEN / S.C. // FEB / 25 double circle on fresh cover to “Mrs. James M. Bee, Charleston, S.C. Care of Mr. John B. Bee, State Bank”; on verso is penciled contemporary docketing “Willie’s letter recd”; likely this is from Private William Bee of Co. H, 1st SC Infantry although further research would need to be done to confirm this. $150.

CSA #7, 5¢ blue pair (PO crease in margin between stamps) tied by small neat POCOTALIGO / S.C. // 1 / MAY cds on fresh blue, brown and tan wallpaper cover addressed to Mrs T. F. Hooper, Okolona, Miss routed via Mobile, Ex Meroni, Werner and Green $900.

CSA #7, 5¢ blue tied TUSCAL[OOSA / ALA] cds on TUSKALOOSA FEMALE COLLEGE corner card addressed to Lieut. James H. Turner, Engineer Corps, Mobile, Alabama; docketing “From Mollie to Ma Feb 19 / 65”; unfortunate cover reduction at right cutting off most of second stamp but full address and still a very presentable college cover use  $300.

CSA #7, 5¢ blue pair (upper right corner torn off and restored, likely prior to use) tied the most vivid violet PENDLETON / S.C. // MAR / 24 cds I’ve ever encountered; on turned cover addressed to J.E. Hagood Esq, Pickens C.H., S.C.; inside use to Col. Maxwell at Pendleton franked with single 5¢ blue #7 tied ANDERSON C.H. / S.C. cds on back flap; in the lower left corner is “OK’d by Aug. Dietz J.D. June 1929” $325.

CSA #7, 5¢ blue vertical pair tied bold clear strike of ROBERTVILLE / S.C. // MAY / 26 (in red pen) at lower left of small narrow cover addressed to Mr. John W. Heidt, Box 420, Savannah, Georgia; slightly reduced at left. A charmer. $250.

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 #7, 5¢ blue pair tied bold clear strike of ROBERTVILLE / S.C. // APRL / 23 (in red pen) on clean cover addressed to Mr. John W. Heidt, Box 420, Savannah, Georgia; Very Fine $250.

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 #7, 5¢ blue pair used with double bold grid cancels and matching neat WINNSBOROUGH / S.C. // 15 / APR cds on clean blue commercially made envelope to Miss Rachel A. Carlisle, Spartanburg, S.C., Extremely Fine  $160.

CSA #7, 5¢ blue pair tied bold clear strike of ROBERTVILLE / S.C. // MAY / 6 (in red pen) on blue laid paper cover addressed to Mr. John W. Heidt, Savannah, Georgia; Very Fine $200.

CSA #7, 5¢ blue pair tied SPARTANBURG / S.C. // SEP / 3 / 1862 double circle cancel with second strike at left on cover addressed to Miss Louisa J. Gibbes, At Mrs. Shortheds, Flat Rock, No Carolina; left stamp has short transfer at the bottom, tiny erosion holes at lower left of cover. $100.

CSA #7, 5¢ blue pair canceled with double strike of neat grids with matching WINNSBOROUGH / S.C. // 25 / MAR cds on cover fashioned of fancy grid watermarked paper, top back flap missing, addressed to Miss Bell Smith, Care Madam Tagno, Barhamville, So. Ca.; Extremely Fine $200.

CSA #7, 5¢ blue pair manuscript canceled with green SPARTA / Ga. // APR / 10 [1864] cds on cover addressed to Capt. Wm. M Arnold (unsure of 4 initials that follow), 6 Regt Georgia Volunteers, Richmond, Virginia; slightly reduced at left, Scarce color cancel; year date of cancel determined from his rank and death dates (military records included) . $250.

William McIntosh Arnold enlisted 4-22-61 as a Captain and was commissioned into Co. A., Ga. 6th Infantry (AKA the Sydney Brown Infantry) rising in rank to Lt. Col. He was wounded in three battles: Malvern Hill, Sharpsburg and Chancellorsville before being killed at Petersburg 7-7-64. Of Chancellorsville, the following was written:  “Especial credit is due Capt. William M. Arnold, Sixth Georgia Regiment, who commanded the battalion of skirmishers. His energy, zeal, and gallantry won my admiration. A. H. Colquitt, Brigadier-General.”

CSA #7, 5¢ blue pair tied CHARLESTON / S.C. // MAR / 18 cds on neat fresh homemade cover to Mrs. Louis Manigault, Augusta, Georgia from her husband, Very Fine  $180.

Louis Manigault was the son of a prominent wealthy rice planter who helped manage the Georgia properties for his father, after studying at Yale University and traveling. Like many other planters, the Manigaults only visited the plantations after frost had lessened the risk of disease. Louis lived with his family in Charleston until the Civil War, when he moved to Augusta and Macon, Georgia, from where he continued to make visits to the Savannah River plantations. Louis also served as secretary to Dr. Joseph Jones, a surgeon for the Confederate States of America (CSA) and professor at the Medical College of Georgia.

CSA #7, 5¢ blue pair tied SOCIETY HILL / S.C. // MAY / 11 cds on small homemade cover to Mrs. Sarah M. Burn, Greenville, S Carolina; left stamp filled in frame variety at left  $150.

CSA #7, 5¢ blue pair tied CHARLESTON / S.C. // APR / 7 / 1863 double circle cancel on turned cover to Dr. Francis Y. Glover, Walterboro, So Ca with 1860 3¢ Nesbitt entire Charleston use on the inside addressed to P.H. Waring, Adams Run. Cover oddly uniquely folded to display both sides as well as 1855 patent lines.  Most interesting use.  A railroad was built from Jacksonboro through Walterboro to Green Pond, where passengers caught another train to Charleston or Savannah.   Francis Y. Glover was one of the early railroad stock-holders. He was the owner of West Bank Plantation  $200.

CSA #7, 5¢ blue (two singles) tied neat RICHMOND / Va. // DEC / 25 / 1864 cds – Christmas Day – to Doct[o]r Peyton Grymes, Orange Court House, Virginia “In Haste”; sealed tear at upper left  $70.

CSA #7, 5¢ blue pair tied neat bold RICHMOND / Va. // MAY / 14 /1863 – the first day Richmond used this canceling device in blue but this one is black with no trace of blue that I see, on neat cover addressed to Miss Emily T. Ford, Pendleton, So Ca  $120.

CSA #7, 5¢ blue pair (4 margin) tied neat SOCIETY HILL / S.C. // DEC / 4 cds on cover to Mr. Emma E. Graham, Cheraw, S.C., Extremely Fine  $150.

CSA #7, 5¢ blue vertical pair (4 margin) tied bold SPARTANBURG / S.C. // MAR / 11 / 1863 double circle cancel on pale green cover to Miss Mary A. Lawford, Woodruff’s P.O., So. Carolina; slight part of cover face missing at upper left otherwise Very Fine, ex Hiram Deats (backstamp) $90.

CSA #7, 5¢ blue vertical pair on De La Rue paper, tied bold neat DUCKTOWN / TENN // OCT cds on turned cover to J. H. Gant Esq, Cleveland, Tenn; inside stamp missing – was postmarked Cleveland, Ten. to Mr. L. McLeod, Copper Mines, Tenn.; small tear at upper right corner of cover otherwise really nice Tennessee use   $230.

CSA #7, 5¢ blue vertical pair, local paper, tied neat boldly struck TALADEGA, Al. // MAY / 4 cds on cover to Dr. William Taylor, Surgeon of the 10th Ala Regt., Richmond, Virginia. Slight cover stains, very detailed biography of Taylor included. $180.

TAYLOR, WILLIAM, physician, was born August 18, 1824 near Nashville, Tenn., and died April 7, 1907. Dr. Taylor was self educated. He read medicine under Dr. Henry McKenzie in 1846, and was graduated from Louisville medical college, 1848. He began to practice medicine in partnership with Dr. J. W. Hudson; went to Louisiana and practiced at Indian Village in partnership with Dr. T. W. McLeroy for 15 months; spent a year in California, 1850; returned to Talladega, where he practiced until the beginning of the War; edited the Watchtower at Talladega, 1858-1861; enlisted in the C S. Army as surgeon of the Seventh Alabama regiment; became surgeon of the Tenth Alabama; was promoted to chief surgeon of Wilcox's Division, and served in that capacity until the surrender; after the war returned to Talladega to his medical practice; also served in the State legislature post-war.

 CSA #7, 5¢ blue pair on local paper tied on cover by neat KINSTON / N.C. // APR / 20 cds on cover to Mrs. C. F. Davis, Thorn Hill, Gainger Co., E. Tenn  $150.

CSA #7, 5¢ blue pair ms from Bremo Bluff, Va. (although town name not present) on turned cover to Wm D Cabell Esq., Tye River W[are]H[ouse], Nelson [County, Va.]; inside is “Tye River W. House Dec 25 Paid 10” all in manuscript – a Christmas Day use – addressed to “Mrs. Arthur Lee Brent, Bremo Bluff, Fluvanna Co.Va.” and “Ch[arge] W.D.C.” (Wm. D. Cabell).  $150.

William D. Cabell (1834-1904) During the war, Cabell served the Confederacy as a commissary for the Confederacy. He organized a home guard for Nelson County and furnished both soldiers and their families with supplies. Often, he provided these supplies at his own expense, for which he was never reimbursed. As soon as the Confederacy folded, Cabell--like his hero, Robert E. Lee--devoted his energy to serving the reunited nation with every ounce of his energy. The conflict brought freedom to the Cabell family's slaves, but economic devastation for their family.  

CSA #6, 5¢ blue lower right corner margin pair with small pre-use creases, used with CALHOUN / Ga. // AUG / 11 cds on cover addressed in bright peacock blue ink “To Mrs. Nancy C. Crow, Shoal Creek, Ga.”; 2010 PF certificate 487065; a “wow” corner pair and an elegant use.  $250.

CSA #7, 5¢ blue top sheet margin pair printed on De La Rue paper with filled in frames, tied with blue COLUMBIA / S.C. // DEC / 24 cds on adversity cover fashioned of lined blue paper. Used over the original CSA #12, 10¢ blue tied with CHARLESTON / S.C. // DEC / 14 cds; addressed to Lt. Col. Wilmot G. de Saussure, Columbia and forwarded back to Charleston. Ex Ashbrook. $800.

Lt. Col. Wilmot Gibbes DeSaussure (1822-1886) of the 1st Artillery Regiment of the South Carolina Militia, which was later absorbed into the Army of the Confederate States of America, commanded Fort Moultrie on Sullivan's Island, Dec. 1860 – Jan. 1861, and artillery at Morris Island, Mar. – Apr. 1861, in Charleston harbor. At the time of the bombardment of Fort Sumter by Confederate military forces, he was in command of artillery on Cummings Point. He later took command of the 4th Brigade, S.C. Militia, and held this position to the close of the War. He commanded the force of reserves, which engaged in the defense of Charleston, and was appointed Adjutant General of South Carolina. He served in the South Carolina legislature, 1848-1864.

CSA #7, 5¢ blue pair tied by neat LEXINGTON / Va. // MAY / 12 cds on adversity cover fashioned from topographical map, addressed to Miss Ella E. Leckey, Brownsburg, Rockbridge Co., Va.; open 3 sides to display. Ex Harold Simon and Hambrecht $220.

CSA #7, 5¢ blue pair with filled in frame variety at left (edge of sheet) used on back flaps and thus torn upon opening, addressed to Richmond Va with scarce manuscript cancel of Yellow Branch [Campbell County] Va Nov 20; Scarce notched ADVERTISED / 2 and RICHMOND / Va // DEC / 5 cds on back flaps with stamps; small sealed edge tears; turned cover with inside use with full strike of violet Lynchburg Va cds (shows through on face) on front of inside use and tiny part of missing stamp also tied by violet Lynchburg Va cds. A lot going on with this cover. $450.

CSA #7, 5¢ blue block of 4 tied on cover with blue FRANKLIN DEPOT / VA cds on cover to Mrs. Delia Venable, Care Col. Venable, Oxford, NC with brown advertising cameo of A. S. Shafer & Co., Clothing Bazaar, Petersburg, Va. on back flap, regrettably torn upon opening and tear extending to front of cover. Scarce use of block and only one of four recorded cameos $400.

Abraham Watkins Venable (1799-1876) was born in Prince Edward County, Va.; educated at Hampden Sydney and Princeton; became a lawyer; moved to North Carolina in 1829 and became active in politics as a Democrat, serving as a presidential elector in 1832 and 1836 and in the US House of Representatives. Venable was a presidential elector on the Breckinridge-Lane ticket in 1860; a delegate from North Carolina to the Provisional Confederate Congress; and a member of the Confederate House of Representatives, 1862-1864. He was a close political ally of John C. Calhoun.

CSA #7, 5¢ blue pair tied by bold ORANGE C.H. / VA. // SEP 1863  cds on cover to Miss Mary L. Minor, University of Virginia; cover a bit rumpled at right edge. $110.

CSA #7, 5¢ blue vertical pair tied neat WINCHESTER / Va. // NOV / 2 cds on cover addressed “Mr. Roger A. Martin, President Y.M. C. Association, Richmond, Virginia” with bold annotation “Admit Mr. Martin to see J J Thomas & deliver this letter if the commanding officer no objection. Jno. H. Winder, Brig “; missing back flap,small internal tear and restoration across the top. Roger Martin received contributions and supplies for sick and wounded soldiers. He ran a school which briefly served as a hospital early in the war. Rare signature of Winder. History for Sale has a small document listed as sold for over $7,000.  $550.

John Henry Winder (1800-1865) provost marshal general, was born in Somerset County, Maryland, the son of General W. H. Winder, a soldier of the war of 1812.  He was graduated at the US Military Academy in 1820; served at Fort McHenry, on the Florida frontier and in the Mexican war. He entered the Confederate service, was made brigadier-general and given command at Richmond, where he had charge of the Libby and Belle Isle military prisons.  General Winder was placed in command of Confederate prisons east of the Mississippi. His appointee, Captain Henry Wirz, commanding officer at Andersonville prison was the only Confederate military officer tried, convicted and hanged after the Civil War. Winder, Henry Wirz's superior, who had more responsibility for conditions within the prison than Wirz, died of a heart attack before the war ended, on February 7, 1865. Other Confederate leaders, and some later historians, have denied that Winder was deliberately cruel to Union prisoners, explaining that severe Confederate shortages of food and medicine render their proper care impossible. Winder spent a year as an instructor at West Point; among his students was future CSA President Jefferson Davis.

CSA #7, 5¢ blue pair on local paper, tied neat bold blue FRANKLIN DEPOT / VA cds on homemade cover to Miss Annie Gaffney, Limestone Springs, Spartanburg Dist., So. Carolina, Very Fine  $190.

CSA #7, 5¢ blue pair tied ADAMS RUN / S.C. // DEC / 9 cds on narrow cover to Mrs. Francis L. Toulkinson, Laurens C.H., So. Ca. Care Mr. J. Ward Motte   $75.

CSA #7, 5¢ blue pair tied blue RALIEGH / N.C. // JAN / 28 double circle pmk on cover to A. B. Stith Esq, Halifax, No Ca, Very Fine  $120.

CSA #7, 5¢ blue pair (4 margins, placed upside down) tied neat blue TUSKEGEE / ALA // OCT / 30 / 1862 double circle pmk on cover to Cadet Edward H. Paine, Tuscaloosa, Ala. (undoubtedly a student at the University of Alabama ) on printed corner card of J. R. Hand / Wholesale and Retail / Druggist and Chemist / Dealer in Patent Medicines and English and American Chemicals, / Tuskegee, Ala.; advertisement has been contemporarily crossed out, left corners clipped $350.

CSA #7, 5¢ blue pair tied SHREVEPORT / LA // MAY / 17 / 1863 on adversity cover made from Jackson RailRoad bill of lading, addressed to C. B. Johnson, Bayou La Chute, Caddo Parish La; bit of staining but very scarce and desirable  $300.

CSA #7, 5¢ blue pair tied faintly struck KNOXVILLE / Ten cds on cover to Maj W. L. McEwen, Kingston, Tennessee with docketing indicating sender was W. J. Hornsby 23 January 1863; top back flap mostly missing and small restoration at top left.  $170.

CSA #7, 5¢ blue pair used with target cancel and NATCHITOCHES / LA // MAY / 25 / 1863 double circle postmark on cover; most of top back flap missing and sealed tear at top left. $100.

CSA #7, 5¢ blue vertical pair used with manuscript cancel and no town postmark on mourning cover to Louis A. Wise Care of Mr. Jno Terrill, Rapidan Station, Va; slightly reduced at bottom and sealed flap tear. $220.

CSA #7, 5¢ blue pair tied MONTGOMERY / Ala. // JUL / 27 cds with TUSCALOOSA STAR cancel used as a received mark on cover to “Miss Mollie Cummmings in Tuskaloosa, Ala.”, a Beauty! Ex Hart. $800. 

CSA #7, 5¢ blue pair  tied SUMTER / S.C. // JUN / 24 cds on forwarded cover to Mrs. Wilmot Gibbes Care of H. A. DeSaussure, Charleston where forwarded with CSA #11, 10¢ blue tied CHARLESTON / S.C. // JUN / 27 cds and redirected to Camden So Ca; small stamp faults and some address ink erosion; Very Showy and scarce use, Ex Green  $500.

CSA #7, 5¢ blue single tied RICHMOND / Va. // DEC / 24 / 1862 cds on most attractive blue adversity cover fashioned from school attendance sheet, addressed to Miss Alice Baldy, Griffin, Georgia.  $325.

CSA #7, 5¢ blue pair tied VICKSBURG / MISS double circle postmark on folded letter to P. C. Johnson, Jackson, Miss Care Surgeon Potts. Letter is headed “On Board the Gen’l. Hodges Monday Jan the 12 1863” saying “The Gen’l Hodges has been to Alexandria & back & is going out this evening. She says that the Frolic was still at Alexa havn’t got ready to come yet so it is hardly worth while for me to wait any longer here at 4 dols per day…I will tell him to telegraph D W H. Flinn Care of Surgeon Potts & come after it. “ and more of business nature mentioning cotton, crockery, etc., signed H. W. Hotchkin. Very rare example of mail posted from a Mississippi steamboat. Vicksburg fell to Union forces on July 4, 1863; A very detailed bio is included tracking his medical and personal movements from birth to death circa 1866 from typhoid fever, possibly contracted during the war. Biography information is from an unpublished database courtesy of Hambrecht, F.T. & Koste, J.L., biographical register of physicians who served the Confederacy in a medical capacity.  Ex Knapp and Hall.  $1,400.

Dr. Richard Potts was born circa 1827-28 near Frederick, MD and received his M.D. degree from the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia. He was an Assistant Surgeon in the U.S. Army from 1853-61 when he resigned and joined the Confederate Army, appointed Asst. Surgeon to rank from 3-16-61. Ordered to report to Gen. Beauregard, Corinth MS as Medical Director and Medical Purveyor for Department #2 and from there transferred to Gen. Polk in Memphis - a long list of transfers and titles during the war in Tennessee, Kentucky, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Georgia.

CSA #7, 5¢ blue pair (thick paper) tied RICHMOND / Va. // JAN / 13 / 1863 cds on adversity cover to Alex Frank Esq, Cedar Bush, Davidson County, N.C.; fashioned from red print on blue paper bill of lading for Brummell & Royster from the Richmond Barrel Manufacturing Commpany. Most handsome.  $500.

CSA #7, 5¢ blue pair (thick paper) tied KNOXVILLE / TEN // FEB / 18 on cover to Genl J. H. Reagan, Facility, Tenn.  $300.

CSA #7, 5¢ blue pair tied CHARLESTON / S.C. // DEC / 20 cds on adversity cover to W. D. Clancy, Esq., Cashier, Columbia, S.C.; fashioned from most interesting printed page discussing the dire straights of the Confederacy vs. foreign interests. $260.

CSA #7, 5¢ blue pair (pre-use sealed tear or crease in left stamp) tied TARBORO / N.C. // JAN / 12  cds on cover, top back flap reattached with archival tape from the inside. Original letter (typed transcript included) to Mr. Thomas McNeely, Salisbury, N.C. headed Beaver Dam, Dec. 17, 1863 from O.H.T. Tanhard to Mr. McNeely in poorly spelled script saying he has reached “holm” and to “pleas wright to me and let me know how the negroes are getting along”. $90.

CSA #7, 5¢ blue two singles tied CHARLOTTE / N.C. dateless logo on folded business letter to G. J. Thomas, Louisburg, N.C. headed Charlotte Sept 22 / 64 and addressed to Mr. Fuller to discuss the buying of salt and cotton yarn (typed transcript included), yet is also signed G. J. Thomas. Light file folds.  $80.

CSA #7, 5¢ blue two vertical pairs with small faults tied blue PETERSBURG / Va. postmarks on cover to E. A. Thorne Esq, Littleton, NC; bit rumpled but scarce multiple overweight use.  $150.

CSA #7, 5¢ blue (two singles with small faults) tied Army of Northern Virginia grid cancels on mottled cover in faded ink to “Sheriff of Rowan County, Salisbury, NC” with duplicate sheets of election returns in strong ink for Company A, 46th NC Troops near Brandy Station, Va … Oct 29th 1863. Seven votes cast for J. G. Ramsey. Signed by vote inspectors W. Wishart, Noah Mercer and J. C. Morris. File fold splits.  $100.

Lieut. Wellington Wishart was a 29 year-old farmer when he enlisted 2-6-62 in Robeson County as a 2nd Lieut. He resigned due to ill health on 3-17-64

Private Noah Mercer was 37 years old when he enlisted 9-24-63 at Robeson County. He was wounded at Spotsylvania, deserted, was returned and taken prisoner at Hatcher’s Run after which he was confined at Point Lookout and took the Oath of Allegiance 6-29-65.

CSA #7, 5¢ blue pair pen canceled with no sign of town name but stamps clearly belong; addressed to Mr. Otho Gum, Company F 25 R[egt], James Brigade, X Division, Ewel[l]s Corps [Army of Northern Virginia]; bit ragged at right.  Detailed military records and 1860 and 1870 census copies included. $60.

Private Otho Gum (1840-1904) was a 20 year-old farmhand when he enlisted 6-11-61 at Havener’s Store, Va in Co. F, 25th Virginia Infantry (Franklin Guards, Shenandoah Valley). Long detailed records including a court martialed, hospitalization, POW at Wilderness, confined at Belle Plain, Point Lookout and Elmira. Ultimately paroled at Staunton, Va 5-23-65. Described as 5’6”, dark complexion, blue eyes, dark hair.

CSA #7, 5¢ pair with printing flaws, tied indistinct blue PETERSBURG / VA cds on adversity cover fashioned from printed blue Rail Road document to Mrs. J. Adger Smythe, Wright’s Bluff, Clarendon Dist., So. Ca.; mandated soldier endorsement of J.A. Smyth, 25th Regt SCV.  $150.

JAMES ADGER SMYTHE (1837-1920) was a QuarterMaster Sergeant in Company A, 25th South Carolina Infantry Regiment April 1862- 1865. He was a factor / merchant with Adger and Smyth and planted cotton at his wife's Cedar Grove Plantation, Sumter District. Smythe (aka Smyth) was a Charleston Alderman1877-1885 and mayor of Charleston 1895-1903.