CHERAW / S.C. / JU L / 2 (1861) PAID 5, New Dietz type IIA handstamped paid, on letter to Sumter with original enclosure on bank letterhead from cashier with bank content, flaps faults, Fine

ADAMS RUN / S.C . / AUG / 12 PAID (no rate) to "Mrs. J.B. Grimball, Spartanburgh, So. Carolina", slightly reduced at top with top back flap missing, Very Fine, Ex-Zimmerman

John Berkley Grimball (1800-1892), The Grimball family were prominent planters and owners of Pinebury and Grove plantations near Charleston, SC. Their well known correspondence is in the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and is well known to postal historians for the blockade covers.

CHERAW / S.C . / JUL / 5 (1861) handstamped paid on cover to "W.F.B.Haynesworth, Esq, Sumter, SC" with docketing "About J. D. Foxworth's protected draft", fresh lemon cover, no top back flap otherwise Very Fine, Ex-Emerson and Cole

COLUMBIA / S.C. handstamped PAID 5, type ID, fancy "5", all in blue to "Mrs. Mary J(ane DeRosset) Curtis, Hillsborough, N. Car.", wife of the preeminent mycologist, Rev. Moses Ashley Curtis. Used on immaculate cover

BEAUFORT /S .C. hand stamped PAID 5 on small embossed ladies cover to Sparta, Geo.; top and side flaps partly missing otherwise Fine lovely cover 

COLUMBIA / S.C. handstamped PAID 10 bold neat strikes in bue on pale green homemade cover to Greenwood, So. Ca., ms “Charge Key Box 75 CW S.C. R.R. A”, signed Dietz on back with part of top back flap missing 

CHARLESTON / S.C./AUG/3/186(4) cds and PAID 10 handstamped paid on pale blue adversity cover fashioned from checkbook sheet and addressed to “Governor Jno L Manning, Manchester PO, W & M RR, So Carolina” with post-use but contemporary doodling, Very Fine, a more detailed bio of Manning is included. 

JOHN LAURENCE MANNING attended Princeton University and was a planter by trade. He served in the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1842 to 1846 and in the South Carolina Senate from 1846 until 1852, when he was elected governor. He was a member of the South Carolina Secession Convention and a signer of the Ordinance of Secession. He served in the South Carolina Senate from 1861 to 1865 and in the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1865 to 1867. Although elected to the U.S. Senate in 1865, he was denied the seat along with other southern Senators.

CHARLESTON / S.C. / AUG / 19 / 1861 double circle cancel with handstamped PAID 5 in circle, type III, addressed to “J. E. Hagood, Esq, Pickens C.H., S.C.”  Bio of Col. James Earle Hagood accompanies. Fresh, Very Fine 

MARION C.H. / S.C./ JUL /17 (1861) cds with matching handstamped PAID 5, type IA, on small commercial cover addressed to “Captain Jno. C. McClenaghan, 8th Regmt S.C. Volunteers Colonel E. B. C. Cash, Richmond, Va.” Capt. John Charles McClenaghan is mentioned once in the Official Records cited for bravery at First Manassas while serving as the regimental Quartermaster, Very Fine 

MARION C.H. / S.C./ JUL /31 (1861) cds with matching handstamped PAID 5, type IA, on cover addressed to “Captain Jno. C. McClenaghan, 8th Regmt S.C. Volunteers Colonel E. B. C. Cash, Richmond, Va.” John Charles McClenaghan was in the Quarter Master Regiment. Bit soiled/edge worn, Fine 

ROCK HILL / SC (ms) cancel Jany 5th 1862 with handstamped PAID 5 on cover addressed to “Hon. A. B. Springs, (Convention) Columbia, SC” with excellent letter dated Jany 4, 1862 signed A. Whyte; some flap tears, otherwise Very Fine with outstanding letter. Transcription of a large part of the letter, only the front page of which has been scanned with the cover. In part, it says "Today Capt. Jones Company met and upon the question of going into the Confederate Service divided Forty-Six, preferred the Confederate Service, on account of receiving Superior Arms and out fit and probably with a view to join Logan Blacks Regiment. In Jones Company, the Election was entirely harmonious. Jones, Capt. Barry, 1st James White (of Com E), 2nd and Charles Abel 3rd Lieut Wheeler has this moment brought in a letter from H. W. Garlington to the Major also Wightmans discourse in Yorkville on the day of National Thanksgiving. But I will go on with this hasty note.” It continues on with profuse notations about the governor, senate, etc. Click twice to enlarge to facilitate easier reading/viewing.

COLUMBIA / S.C., JUL 11, bold blue cds with matching straight line "PAID" and large "10" rate handstamps, on cover to Anderson C.H., S.C., endorsed "Telegram" at bottom left and "Charge to Box 1" at top; slightly reduced at left, Very Fine.

WINNSBOROUGH / S.C. / AUG / 9 [1861] with matching handstamped PAID and “5” on cover addressed to “Thos W. Dewey, Esq., Cashier, Charlotte, No. Ca.” Dewey worked for the Bank of North Carolina, Very Fine $200.

CHARLESTON / S.C. / JUL / 8 / 1861 with matching handstamped PAID 5 on cover addressed to “Thos. W. Dewey, Esq., Cashier, Charlotte, N. C.” Dewey worked for the Bank of North Carolina, top back flap missing otherwise Very Fine $140

CALHOUN’S MILLS / S.C. / OCT [1861] cds with matching handstamped PAID 5 on cover addressed to “Miss Callie Davis, Care of Doct J. H. Davis, Clinton Post Office Laurens Dist S.C.”, much of top back flap missing, Fine + $80.

WILLIAMSTON / S.C. / JUL / 19 neat bold cds with matching handstamped PAID ms (10) on small cover to “Mrs. Mary T. Russell, Camden, Miss.” ex Kaplan $200.

ALSTON / S.C. / NOV / 14 [1862] cds with matching handstamped PAID 10 on cover to “Mrs. James C. Furman, Greenville, S.C., Ex Wm A Fox and Kaplan, signed J.M. Bartels 1928 $200.

WALHALLA / S.C. / FEB / 15 [1862] cds with matching handstamped PAID 5 on folded letter  to “ J.E. Hagood, Esq., Pickens CH. So Ca”; letter from A. S. Norman asks if Hagood would rent his house to use the lower story for a schoolroom and the upper half for the Lodge, back flap sealed with red wax, Very Fine, ex Kaplan $200.

SUMTER / S.C. / SEP 19 with matching handstamped PAID 10 on blue cover to “Mrs. Albert Rhett Walker, Care of John M. DeSaussure, Esq., Camden, S.C.” ex Kaplan $200.