CSA #8, 2¢ brown red tied neat RICHMOND/VA/FEB/14 cds (Valentine's Day!) on homemade turned cover to "James F. Fry, Com. Rev., Albermarle C.H., Va. , open 3 sides to show the inside handcarried use to "H.W. Fry, Esq., Richmond, Va.", 1984 PF certificate stating "genuine circular rate cover" (much scarcer than drop use), Ex-Colton Park and signed Dietz, 2007 SCV $1,500.00 This may be Hugh W. Fry, Jr. who enlisted as a major on 6-24-1861 with the 46th VA Infantry which division is shown as Dist. of Albermarle. He was listed as a POW at Roanoke Island, NC on 2-8-62 and exchanged on 2-11-62. He later served with the 10th VA Cavalry.

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 on blue legal size cover by a partial strike RICHMOND / VA. / MAY cds, cover contained court documents and is addressed to “Clerk of the Hasting Court, Staunton, Va.”, manuscript "Due 8cts" added to make up the 10¢ rate (quite scarce thus) "State of Virginia Executive Department" semi-official imprint at the lower left, embossed imprint of Waterlow & Sons London under the backflap. Cover slightly folded down all around to make more presentable due to edge wear. Ex-Weill and Cipolla  $2,200. Also listed in the semi-official imprint section.

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 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, 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.