CSA #8, 2¢ brown red tied RICHMOND / VA / JAN / 28 cds on homemade cover to "Floyd L. Whitehead, Assessor CS Tax, Roseland, Nelson Co., Va"'; Nelson County is in central Virginia bordered on the east by the James River and on the west by the Blue Ridge Mountains; scarce CIRCULAR RATE, 2007 SCV $1,500.

CSA #8, 2¢ brown red, pale shade, tied neat CHARLESTON / S.C. / APR / 27 (1864) cds on clean folded letter (local drop use) on blue lined paper addressed to “Genl James Simons, Charleston, SC” regarding title to a local property sold by Misses Smith to Mr. Trenholm. Letter is on one side and his much smaller space-saving reply is on the other side ending with his signed “JS” visible along the left side of the face of the cover. Enclosed is a copy (not original - from online source) of the report of Brig. Gen. James Simons made to Gen. Beauregard regarding operations against Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor from his HeadQuarters on Morris Island April 23, 1861. Simons was in command of the Fourth Brigade of Charleston State Militia in active service and under the orders of the governor since December 20, 1860 when SC seceded. The 4th SC Militia was the backbone of the Army in SC until the official CSA Army was formed after the Battle of Ft. Sumter. A lovely pristine cover with great history accompanied by 2003 CSA certificate, Ex-Katz. 

CSA #8, 2¢ brown red tied by SAVANNAH, Ga. / Oct. 19 cds paying the drop rate on orange Sailing Vessel Illustrated Bill of Lading for the Central Rail Road, Extremely Fine and Very Showy. Ex-Ballard 

CSA #8a, 2¢ pale red tied by CHARLESTON /  S.C. / DEC / 21 cds on locally used cover to the State Bank. $900.

CSA #8, 2¢ brown red tied MONTGOMERY / Ala. / JAN / 15 cds on small clean homemade drop use cover to “Hon. Judge of Probate, Montgomery, Ala.”, Very Fine, Ex-Cipolla $1,300.

CSA #8, 2¢ brown red tied by DANVILLE / VA. cds on unsealed envelope to “W(illiam).A.J. Finney, Esq., (PittsylvaniaCounty) Museville, Va.” thus confirming that this is the scarce circular rate as opposed to local drop use. 2010 SCV $1,500 without regard to drop or scarcer circular rate. Few trivial edge faults. Ex-Hartmann and Cipolla. Civil War era Finney correspondence is in Duke University Library with many references to the slave trade. $1,200.

CSA #8, 2¢ brown red pair tied by bold RICHMOND VA. / APR / 10 cds on unusual pamphlet size envelope to “Miss Bettie Haskins, Care of Col. C. C. Haskins, Lockleven P.O., Lunenburg Co., Va., sealed flaps and opened (bit reduced) at left, but franked as a double circular rate, minor folds. Double rates prepaid with stamps are quite scarce. 2010 SCV $3,250. Ex-Werner and Cipolla  $3,500.

CSA #8, 2¢ brown red tiedRICHMOND VA. 1863 cds on narrow rare wrapper to “Mr. E. F. Kagey, New Market, Shenandoah Co, Va” with 1988 CSA certificate #01765 stating “genuine wrapper rate”, Ex-Powell and Cipolla. $1,500.

CSA #8, 2¢ brown red, vertical strip of four and a single, tied by three strikes MACON / GA. / OCT 1 cds on cover to “Hon W.E. Smith, Albany, Ga.; strip with margins nearly all around and nick at top left, single margins irregularly torn and into design, Very Fine and rare use, 2010 SCV $4,500 as strip of 5.  $3,500.

CSA #8a, 2¢ pale red (small faults)tied RICHMOND / VA / NOV / 18 cds on cover to A. C. Brock, Esq., Clerk, Richmond, nice drop use, slightly reduced at right, ex Malpass, 2010 SCV $1,500. $900.

CSA #8, 2¢ red brown (4 margins) tied MONTGOMERY / Ala. // MAR / 15 cds on back flaps of local drop cover with a second cds on the face, side flap missing, 2011 SCV $1,500.  $700.

CSA #8, 2¢ brown red tied neat red CHESTER C.H. / S.C. // FEB / 7 cds on fresh blue commercially made cover to Mrs James Hemphill, Chester, SC from Miss Kate Gaston, red cancels on #8 are quite scarce and especially this nice; Great provenance of Ex Finney, Judd and Zimmerman.  A Beauty! Stamp with faint vertical pre-use crease not mentioned on 2007 CSA Certificate #04983. $2,200.

CSA #8, 2¢ brown red tied neat bold Charleston / S.C. // APR / 1 / 186- cds on cover, addressed to Surgeon Robert  Lebby Sr., 1st Louisiana Hospital, Charleston S.C., with matching endorsement "Med: Purveyor's Office, Charleston S.C.” plus “O.B.", note on back flap regarding necessity of addressee returning medical supplies, slightly reduced at left, scarce drop rate use  $1,200.

Dr. Robert Lebby, Sr. was assistant surgeon at Fort Johnson in Charleston Harbor. At the outbreak of the war, Robert sent his wife Elizabeth and their 11 children to Sumter to ride out the war. Dr. Lebby served as a surgeon for the Confederate army and returned safely to his wife at the war's end. They had four sons to also served the Confederacy. Captain Henry Starling Lebby, CSN was a masterful blockade-runner operating between Charleston and Liverpool, England. An article in the New York Times, February 15, 1862, noted Captain Lebby's ship, "there have been several arrivals of small craft from Secessia with turpentine and cotton - one was the notorious privateer schooner Sallie. She is about the hardest looking vessel for a privateer I have ever seen." Through the war, Captain Lebby was never captured. Two other sons, Robert, Jr, and Monroe, both physicians, served faithfully as surgeons in the Confederate army. John Walker Lebby, following in the footsteps of his older brother, served as an engineer abroad the blockade-runner Nina, but was lost at sea in 1865. Dr. Robert Lebby, Sr. and Jr. had long careers in public service as chief surgeon for the quarantine station at Fort Johnson and serving the people of James Island. Dr. Lebby, Sr. in his life served as army surgeon for 20 years, city Alderman, City Registrar, Port Physician, State Health Officer and Surgeon General for South Carolina.

CSA #8, 2¢ brown red tied RICHMOND / VA. / Nov / 4 (1864) to Leatherwood, Virginia; part of homemade wrapper (most of back missing) made from a letter with significant historical content regarding the governor of Georgia. Rare adversity use to create a newspaper wrapper made from a portion of a handwritten letter that reads in part, "[we learned] this morning that Governor Brown has deserted the Confederate cause and gone with the Federals calling upon all Georgia Soldiers to throw down their arms and follow him. Of course I do not credit this in the least; but just mention it for the purpose of illustrating the great demoralization which has so recently & so unnecessarily seized the people ..." Great historical content, piece of lower left corner restored. Ex Cipolla $1,400.

CSA #8, 2¢ brown Red affixed over flap of scarce wrapper (part content missing, but signed B. F. Moore) and tied by two strikes of RALEIGH N.C. double-circle datestamp, used locally to “Hon. Jno. H. Bryan, Present” with pencil note up left side “Tax on charges Profit is double”, stamp torn in half on opening, still Fine appearing, 2011 SCV $1,500.  $450.

Bartholomew Figures Moore (1801-1878) studied law under Thomas N. Mann of Nash County and began to practice there in 1823. In 1848, Moore moved to Raleigh and continued his legal practice. He became the State Attorney General later that year, serving until 1851. His legal reputation was founded on his argument in the 1834 State v. Will case, in which the court ruled that slaves have the right to protect themselves against unlawful violence from overseers or masters. Moore opposed secession prior to the Civil War and later Reconstruction as unconstitutional. He was a key figure in North Carolina and national politics after the Civil War.

CSA #8, 2¢ brown red pair and strip of 3 (probably from the same strip as the separation appears to fit) with manuscript cancel used on homemade cover to Mrs. M. J. Petrie, Montgomery, Ala; cover crease at left and vertical crease in left stamp.  $900.

CSA #8 2¢ brown red  tied by Oct 14 FAYETTEVILLE / N.C. double circle on 1864 printed notice from the Fayetteville Enrolling Office by W.C. Rencher, Executive Officer of Cumberland County, to Col. Alex. Elliot in Manchester N.C. compelling Elliot "…to furnish three able bodied male Slaves, between the ages of 18 & 50, to work on the fortifications near Wilmington. The usual monthly compensation will be made, and in case of death or escape to the enemy…the assessed value of such slave or slaves…be paid to their owners…It is hoped and expected that the patriotic slave-owners of Cumberland will respond…and thereby obviate the necessity of coersive measures, as well as contribute to the speedy…and successful defences of Wilmington from a threatened attack by the enemy." Also included is a handwritten receipt given to Col. Elliot for "Three Negro men named, Stephen aged 21, David aged 19 & Tom aged 19 to be sent by order of Maj. Genl Whiting to work on the Fortifications near Wilmington", signed by Jno D Williams for Lt. W.C. Rencher.  Rare 2¢ circular use with two important slave documents.  Ex McCarren and Rubin.  $4,500.

Alexander Elliot was a lumberman from Fayetteville, Cumberland County, N.C.; he also served as a colonel in the militia, was a member of the North Carolina House of Commons, 1824-1825, and the North Carolina Senate, 1826.