CANTON / Miss. / Nov. 4, 1861, clear strike of cds with woodcut PAID 5 handstamp on blue folded letter to Carroll Hoy & Co., New Orleans, horizontal file fold well away from markings with few small erosion spots, Very Fine strikes, with 2004 C.S.A. certificate #4579, Ex-Matz  

COLUMBUS / Miss. Oct 5 PAID (no rate) on cover addressed to “Mrs. Henry L. Muldrow, Tibbee Station, M & O (Mobile & Ohio) RR”, pencil docketing “Telegram”, slightly reduced at right 

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

OSYKA / MISS. OCT 12 (1861) cds and matching "PAID" handstamp with manuscript "5 Cents" on cover from well-known Carroll Hoy & Co. correspondence to New Orleans, La., Very Fine, with 2004 C.S.A. certificate #04588. Osyka postmarks also known in brown. This has a bit of that “tobacco juice” look, but brown is NOT noted on the certificate. Either way, a desirable and scarce cancel 

OKOLONA / MISS / JUL / 14 [1861] cds on back flaps – cancel partly torn away, matching handstamped PAID 10 (in ms) on narrow commercially made cover to “Mrs. J. Ellen Richardson Care of Lieut John Richardson, 11th Regt M.V. Winchester, Virginia”, military records show he was in Company C of 11th Mississippi Volunteers – at time of this cover posting, this was Bee’s Army of Shenandoah and later became Army of Northern Virginia. $125.

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BROOKVILLE / Miss. / NOV / 2 [1861] cds on blue folded letter with scarce matching fancy PAID 5 in circle, addressed to “James E. Saunders & Son, Courtland North Alabama” from Matt Clay to his uncle to get him to send money to pay taxes for T. F. Clay or he will be forced to sell some cotton. He also says “Times look gloomy, but I hope by Spring our revolution will be decided and Lincoln will be satisfied he cannot subdue the South and he will find somebody is hurt…The Blockade ? now can tell what England and France will do and I don’t believe it politic for our Government to purchase our cotton…Uncle Will will get off very soon, he has gone to Orleans after his gun, will get off very soon, they go in Walker’s Brigade, I expect to Kentucky… ” Very Fine, ex Hart and Green $400.

CARROLTON / Miss / AUG / 15 / 1861 cds with matching handstamped PAID 5 on college cover with printed corner card of Odd Fellows’ Female College, Carrolton, Miss., Cas. P. McCrohan, President, part of Carroll Hoy & Co. correspondence with usual filing pin holes and sealed flap tear otherwise Very Fine, ex Richard Hall $800.