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Inv-4517

"Hamptonville NC/June 24th 1863 Pd 10" manuscript cancel on darling small commercial mourning cover addressed to Statesville, N.C.; a scarce manuscript town and a total Charmer!

$300.

Inv-4462

CHERAW/S.C./JUL/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

$120.


Inv-4360

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.

$150.

Inv-4361

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

$170.

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Inv-4367

"Hardwicksville (VA) Sept 14th (1861) paid 5 cts" all in manuscript on cover to "Lieut W. A. Perkins, Yorktown, Cumberland Troop"; which unit was also known as Co. G, 3rd VA Cav., Cumberland Light Dragoons; scarce manuscript town

$150.


Inv-4368

"Heathsville Va/Jany. 6th '62 Pd 5 cts" all in manuscript on petite commercial ladies cover addressed to "Mrs. R.M.T. Hunter. R.M.T. Hunter was Confederate Secretary of State 1861-1862; in the Confederate Senate from Virginia 1862-1865 was President pro tempore on various occasions; one of the peace commissioners that met with President Abraham Lincoln in Hampton Roads in February 1865; and briefly imprisoned at the end of the Civil War.

$150.

Inv-4376

"Tye River Ware House (Va) Augst 7 (1861) Paid 5 cts." all in manuscript to "Mrs. A. L. Brent, Bremo Bluff, Fluvanna (Va); docketed "one of my dear sisters last letters to me", fresh and Fine, Scarce manuscript town cancel.

$150.

In
v-4381

Manuscript "Paid 10" at upper right of cover with soldier's docketing up the left side that is almost, but not quite possible to make out (someone else may be more lucky), addressed to "Thos. M. Carr, Jr., Weldon NC, Company B Second Bat., Junior Reserves Care of Capt Ovelman". A soldier's cover that was paid instead of "due".

$60.

Inv-4448

SMITHFIELD/Va. PAID V red handstamped paid, New Dietz type IA on previously prepared manuscript Paid 5 cents envelope to Reidsville NC Care of Capt Matlock. Pencil docketing on verso by AEW indicates that it appeared in the A. Earl Weatherly sale October 20, 1972 and is signed "To William Boyst from Earl Weatherly 10-31-7", Unusual and scarce item in pristine condition

$290.

Inv-4451

CHARLOTTE/NC PAID 10, New Dietz type IB on clean cover to Petersburg, Va., Ex-Weatherly

$120.

Inv-4457

INDUSTRY/TEX PAID (no rate), ms date in cds open to interpretation (July 01?/July 61?) to Fayetteville, NC on somewhat soiled and edge worn cover, but rare and UNLISTED in New Dietz

$400.

Inv-4466

NEWBERRY C.H./S.C./JUL/28 PAID X (woodcut), type IC, on a bit war weary cover to "Lyles Ford U. & S.R.R., S.C."(Norfolk & Southern Railroad) docketed "Tax Rect" with original brief business letter signed "John R. Leavell (?), A.D.C." so of military origin

$190.

Inv-4468
TAWBORO/N.C./JUN cds struck twice over each other, but not in alignment, PAID 5 , type IA, on homemade cover to Pedler's Hill, NC with manuscript "Missent to Massies (?) Mill NC", small cover tear at top edge o/w Very Fine
$195.


Inv-4478

FLAT ROCK/N.C./APR/12 (1861) PAID 5, type I, nice neat strikes on Middleton correspondence cover, bit of foxing at left with light surface erosion o/w VF

$110.

Inv-4262
PARACLIFTA/ARK/MAR/18 (1863) cds with manuscript "Paid 10 cts" on small folded letter headed March 16th 1863 to Leaks Store, Ark. with regard to settling an estate. Paraclifta was the site of the first county seat of Sevier County, Arkansas, one of the oldest settlements in the county. Extremely Fine
$475.

Inv-4090
TUDOR HALL/SEPT/6/1861 cds and neat matching handstamped PAID 10 on small fresh commercial cover to "Miss Josephine West, Cedar Town, Polk County, Georgia", Ex-Whittle, signed Green.
$140.

Inv-4078
CHARLOTTESVILLE/VA./OCT/22/1861 blue double circle cancel with matching blue handstamped PAID 5 to "Buckston Station, Man.G.R.R. (Manassas Gap Rail Road) on homemade cover, Nice address! Ex-Engstler
$170.


Inv-4097
HOWARDSVILLE/VA. handstamped PAID 5 in blue, Dietz type Ia, Very Fine, Ex-Handy, Ex-Kohn, MacBride notes on verso.
$160.

Inv-4181
LEWISBURGH (WEST) VA. PAID 5, Dietz type I altered U.S. PAID 3 pre-war canceling device on cover to Lexington, Va., reduced at right a bit into address, Scarce West Virginia use
$300.

Inv-4186
PORTSMOUTH/VA/OCT/28/1861 handstamped PAID 5 in blue, Dietz type I, Extremely Fine markings on orange cover
$170.

Inv-4190
RICHMOND/VA/OCT/10/1861 cds with matching handstamped PAID 5Cts,
Dietz type I, on neat commercial cover to "Mr. W. A. Perkins, Care of Capt. H.R. Johnson, Cumberland Troop, Yorktown (Va)"

$150.

Inv-4191
"Tye River Warehouse/Oct 28 (1861) Paid 5" all in manuscript on cover to "Capt. Wm. A Perkins, Cumberland Light Dragoons, Yorktown, Virginia", small restored nick at top left above and clear of markings, back top flap missing, Scarce manuscript cancel, Unit also known as Co. G, 3rd VA Cav., Cumberland Light Dragoons
$110.

Inv-4169
BRANCHVILLE/S.C./NOV/4 (no year date but most likely 1861) PAID, Dietz type I, to "Mr. Daniel Smoke, Hardeeville PO care of Capt. W.P. Appleby" on turned cover (inside handcarried to Hunts Store, Guilford Co., N.C., bold beautiful strikes. Appleby was the captain for Company G of the Fourth South Carolina Cavalry Regiment for Orangeburg and Colleton Counties. Branchville is Rarity 5 on the SC towns scale.
$180.

Inv-4166
HELENA/ARK/JUL/14/1861 double circle cancel with matching handstamped PAID (ms) 10 on cover to "Jas N. Edmonston, Asst Quartermaster C.S.A. Montgomery, Ala." where forwarded with MONTGOMERY/Ala./JUL/19/1861 cds and manuscript forwarding "Ford 5" to Charleston. Ink splotch in address and slightly reduced at top, but a scarce and handsome use with nice military address.
$500.

Inv-4168
Leakesville N.C. Feby 12 (no year date) Paid 10, all in manuscript on small turned ladies cover to Arrington, Va (inside handcarried)
$90.

Inv-4173
"Belmead Mills Va Aug 27, 61" manuscript cancellation and manuscript "Paid 5cts" on pristine outer folded lettersheet to Bremo Bluff, Fluvanna, Va. Addressed to and from two architecturally significant locations in Virginia.
$115.

Inv-4175
FARMVILLE/Va./OCT/17 cds and handstamped PAID with 5 in manuscript. This is the Dietz type II "PAID" and not listed with the 5¢ rate; to "Capt. William A. Perkins Cumberland Troop, Yorktown, Va." on small ladies envelope; under the back flap is written "Write as soon as you get this. I am so anxious about you."
$150.

Inv-4094
LEXINGTON/VA/DEC/28 (1863) handstamped PAID 10 on fresh homemade cover to "Mrs. G.H. Norton, Care Dr. R Cankle, Flint Hill, Rappahonock, Va"
$150.

Inv-4036
ANDERSON/TEX./MAY 3 cds with manuscript "Paid 10" on adversity cover made from ledger form. Addressed to "Mr. John N. Scott., Capt Dickies Co. H., Elmores 210th Regt. T.V.T. (Texas Volunteer Troops), Galveston, Texas". Wonderful Texas cover that hasn't seen the philatelic market in decades.
$300.

Inv-4047
BROWNSVILLE/TEX. PAID 10 handstamped paid to Houston, Texas on heavily reduced cover. Scarce Texas marking.
$200.

Inv-1306
MONTICELLO/ARK/JUL/30 bold strike with matching PAID/10 handstamped paid on lovely pristine cover from Carroll Hoy & Co., usual small file pinholes nearly invisible, Ex-Richey and Judd.
$900.

Inv-1310
VAN BUREN/ARK/OCT/26 (1861) bold clear cds with matching PAID handstamp and ms. "10", Dietz HSP type I on neat cover to "Rev. A. J. Leavenworth, Petersburg, Virginia". Rev. Abner Johnson Leavenworth (1803-1869) was a Presbyterian clergyman and teacher, president of Leavenworth Female College in Petersburg. Enclosure was from Frederick Peabody Leavenworth, b. 1833. Rare markings on a lovely cover; slightly reduced at left Ex-Agre
$800.

Inv-1305
LAKE VILLAGE/ARK/MAR/17 (1861), neat strike with matching "PAID/5 CENTS" two-line handstamped paid, Dietz type I, on yellow cover to Carroll Hoy & Co. in New Orleans, usual small filing holes and faint vertical creases, rare marking, ex-Emerson and Agre.
$1,100.

Inv-1303
TUDOR HALL/VA/AUG/X7/1861 handstamped PAID 5 on small homemade cover to Norfolk, Va. with docketing "Care of Capt. Bartlett Xth Ga. Regt.", cover slightly reduced at left. In July 1861, Manassas Junction became one of the most important places in American history. Before the outbreak of the war, the town was made up of just four buildings; it was better known by the name of its post office, Tudor Hall.
$150.
LAKE CITY/FLA. PAID 10 handstamped paid on folded letter to the "Editor Southern Presbyterian, Columbia, South Carolina. Neat clear strikes. Slightly reduced at top with tiny restored piece at top left above "Box".

Inv-1271
$230.

Inv-1273
LYNCHBURG/VA./OCT 7 (1861) PAID 5 handstamped paid on folded partially printed letter advising Charles Anthony that a note was presented to the Bank of Virginia and refused. Signed by George W. Turner, a notary public who later served with the 26th Virginia Regiment and was killed at Petersburg in 1864. Nice neat use.
$70.

Inv-1231
CHARLESTOWN, Va. handstamped PAID 5 (WEST Virginia) to Mrs. E.G. Lee from Edwin Gray Lee (biography follows). Large red wax seal on back cover flaps. Reduced a bit at right. A very pedigreed cover: Ex-Dr. Don Preston Peters, MacBride, Hart, and Oswald.

Brig. General Edwin Gray Lee: After finishing Law school at Washington College (now Washington and Lee University), he practiced in Shepherdstown, (now West) Virginia. At the War's start, he was Second Lieutenant in Company B, 2nd Virginia Infantry, which soon became part of the Stonewall Brigade. Lee served as an aide to Col. Thomas J. Jackson during June and July 1861. Following the First Manassas, he was promoted to Major of the 33rd Virginia Infantry. He was elected Lieutenant Colonel on April 22, 1862. He served with his regiment during Jackson's Valley Campaign of 1862, the Seven Days battles, at Second Manassas and Cedar Mountain. In the Antietam Campaign, he was in poor health at Sharpsburg, and was captured there, but was paroled on Sept. 26, 1862. He rejoined his Regiment at Fredericksburg on Dec. 13, 1862, but his health forced him to resign shortly after the battle. In 1863, his health improved, he returned to active duty, and was appointed Colonel on Nov. 12, 1863 on the staff of Gen. Robert Ransom Jr. in the Richmond defenses. He subsequently recruited troops and fought in defense of the Shenandoah Valley.

He was promoted to Brigadier General on September 23, 1864 and then served with Gen. Rosser in the cavalry in the Valley. In November 1864, he took sick leave, and in December he and his wife Susan, the daughter of Gen. William N. Pendleton, ran the blockade to Canada on a secret service mission. They remained in Montreal until the spring of 1866 before returning to Virginia. After the War, General Lee continued to suffer from disease of the lungs and died at Yellow Sulphur Springs, vainly seeking a cure, at only 34 years of age.

$650.

Inv-1257

"Bremo Bluff July 11 (1861) 5 Paid", all in manuscript, to "Dr. Cary C. Cocke,Care of John P. Ballard Esqr., Exchange Hotel, Richmond, Virginia". Noted "Charged to C.C.C." Ex-Green, Bogg and Sheppard

Dr. Cary Charles Cocke, a physician, was born in 1814 and died in 1888. His father was Confederate General John Hartwell Cocke - Virginia planter, reformer, general, and statesman as well as a director of the James River and Kanawha Company and a member of the board of visitors of the University of Virginia.

$170.

Inv-1240

ARRINGTON/VA. handstamped PAID 5 on neat cover, slightly reduced at right, addressed "Care of Capt. T. C. Jordan" to Jamestown Island, Va.

$150.

Inv-1241
COLLIERSTOWN/Va. beautifully struck bold blue CDS with manuscript "Paid 10" on turned cover addressed to "Mr. Jas. D. Davidson, Lexington, Va." J. D. Davidson was a trustee of Washington & Lee University. Open 3 sides with inside hand-carried use to "Lieut. Wm. W. Davidson, Dublin Depot, Pulaski Co., Va. (care of) Major Dorman"
$160.

Inv-1259
PORTSMOUTH/VA./AUG/6/1861/10 PAID integral rated handstamped paid cover to Georgia. Also small manuscript Pd. 10. Dietz type III.
$135.

Inv-1257
"Bremo Bluff July 11 (1861) 5 Paid", all in manuscript, to "Dr. Cary C. Cocke,Care of John P. Ballard Esqr., Exchange Hotel, Richmond, Virginia". Noted "Charged to C.C.C." Ex-Green, Bogg and Sheppard

Dr. Cary Charles Cocke, a physician, was born in 1814 and died in 1888. His father was Confederate General John Hartwell Cocke - Virginia planter, reformer, general, and statesman as well as a director of the James River and Kanawha Company and a member of the board of visitors of the University of Virginia.

$170.

Inv-1127
NORFOLK/VA. handstamped PAID 5, Dietz type IIA neatly struck in blue on small commercial ladies envelope, Extremely Fine
$100.

Inv-1200
CHARLESTON/S.C./SEP/2/1861 cds and matching handstamped PAID 5 on fresh commercial cover to Charlotte, NC
$150.

Inv-1112
MONTICELLO/Flor. Handstamped PAID 10, Dietz type III, used on turned cover (inside stamp is missing, "forwarded") to Dixie, Georgia, Scarce Florida usage
$500.

Inv-1032
LYNCHBURG/Va. PAID 5 handstamped paid very fine markings on nice cover to Spottsylvania, Va. Signed J. M. Bartels 1925
$120.

Inv-1073
CHARLESTON, S.C. handstamped PAID 5 in circle, Dietz type III, October 2, 1861, beautiful strikes on nice cover, signed J.A. Fox
$150.

Inv-1170

AMERICUS/Ga. handstamped PAID 10 (value in manuscript), bold strikes on pristine homemade cover to Benjamin M. Peeples in Madison, Georgia. Peeples was a well known architect.

$140.


Inv-4584

"Green Pond S.C. Nov 26th 1865 due 10¢" all in manuscript with pencil docketing "From Wm. R(eeder), Palmetto Guards ___, Green Pond, So Ca" to "Miss Susan Reeder, Manning, So Ca" on small blue and white floral wall paper cover; this is most likely the William Reeder (found 5 from SC) that was in "F" Co. SC 2nd Infantry The 2nd, 5th, and 9th Infantry Regiments made up the Palmetto Guards. No further info available. Town is Rarity 4 on the SC towns scale.
$395.

Inv-4549

PETERSBURG/VA./FEB/14 blue cds with UNLISTED matching handstamped PAID 5 on homemade cover to "Mrs. E. A. Preot, Care of A. Preot, Esq., Farmville, Va." This was Mrs. Eduard Arnaud Preot. Preot was born in Lille, France, emigrated to the U.S. and served on faculty of several female colleges. He was more illustrious in death than in life. In 1873 a keg of Preot's beer exploded in his face and killed him. Complete and interesting biography with likeness accompanies.

$120.

Inv-4593
ADAM'S RUN/S.C./FEB/17 (1864) PAID (no rate) on adversity cover to Aiken, SC. Docketing along left end detailing sender/date and "sent 15 yds 7/8 cloth by Express cost & freight $58" - quite a lot of money then. Nice adversity use.
$220.

Inv-4601

TALLAHASSEE/FLA/JUN/21 (1861) PAID 5 handstamped paid on cover to "Col. R. Barnwell Rhett, Jr., Charleston, So. Carolina", Very Fine

Robert Barnwell Rhett, Jr. was the editor of the Charleston Mercury (owned by his father) and a delegate to the Democratic Convention in 1868. Rhett, Sr. was SC Attorney General in 1832, as well as a U.S senator and congressman. He was a leading fire-eater (pro-slavery extremist) considered "The Father of Secession" and greatly opposed the views of John C. Calhoun. Rhett, Sr. was considered for the office of president of the Confederacy.

$400.

Inv-4606
"Zeno, SC July 12th (1861) Paid 5" all in manuscript on cover to Williams Mills, NC, slightly reduced at right, Scarce and attractive. Rarity 8 on the SC towns scale.
$140.

Inv-4612
WINCHESTER/Va./JUN/8/1861 double circle cancel and handstamped PAID 10 on cover to "Mrs. E.A. Ford, E.A.F. College, Tuskeg(ee), Ala". Cover with small erosion hole and edge nibble at LL, slightly reduced at right into a bit of address. E.A.F. was the East Alabama Female College which existed from 1852-1865. It was a Baptist college that burned down in 1865 and was never rebuilt. The East Alabama Male College in Auburn became Auburn University.
$110.

Inv-4613
WINCHESTER/Va./JUL/8 (1861) cds and handstamped PAID 5 on cover to Staunton, slightly reduced at right, Very Fine
$120.

Inv-4627
CLARKSVILLE/ARK light cds and manuscript "Paid 10" on folded letter to "Maj. Jno D. Adams,Chief Qt Master, Little Rock, Arkansas" headed "Clarksville Ark Sept 27th 1862" saying that writer Wm I. Floyd has succeeded in settling the debt due B.F. Johnson against Col. Hardicke. Too many J. Adams to determine exact soldier.
$270.

Inv-4717

RALEIGH/N.C. blue double circle cancel with matching PAID on neat envelope addressed to "Chairman of Superintendents of Common Schools for Warren Co, Warrenton, NC", Very Fine

$115.

Inv-4844
TAWBORO/N.C./OCT/4 (1861) handstamped PAID 5 on cover to " Mr. John H. Freeman, Yorktown, Virginia Care of Capt. G. W. Hammond Company K, 5th Regiment N. Ca. Vols." This cover apparently incorrectly addressed to the 5th Regt.; it should have been the 15th in which both Freeman and Hammond served. Bios of both accompany. LTC Gray W. Hammond enlisted as a 2nd Lieut. and rose Lt. Col. with an illustrious military career.
$195.

Inv-4863
TREVILLIAN'S DEPOT/VA. handstamped PAID 5, type IA, addressed to Mrs. Hunter Care of Hon R.M.T. Hunter, Richmond, Va. R.M.T. Hunter was Confederate Secretary of State 1861-1862; in the Confederate Senate from Virginia 1862-1865 was President pro tempore on various occasions; one of the peace commissioners that met with President Abraham Lincoln in Hampton Roads in February 1865; and briefly imprisoned at the end of the Civil War. Very Fine
$120.

Inv-4864
Tye River W(are)house Apr 28th (1862) Pd 5, all in manuscript, on cover addressed to "Dr. A. L. Brent, Bremo Bluff P.O." Soldier records show Arthur Lee Brent as a 40 year-old physician who enlisted on June 6, 1861 as a captain into 1st Co Virginia Fluvanna 1st Light Artillery. He resigned only weeks later. Of note is that he was married to Sallie Cocke, the daughter of Gen. John Hartwell Cocke. Sealed back flap tears extending slightly over the top through the date otherwise fresh and Attractive
$110.

Inv-4865
UNIVERSITY OF VIRIGINIA/VA/AUG/22/1861 neat blue double circle with no rate or stamp but contemporary docketing of April 19&20, 1861 with note "comments on war etc" to Locust Mount, Va., small part of back flap missing otherwise Fine
$120.

Inv-4866
Willow Bank Va Sept 3 (1861?) charged to box at upper right, on fresh cover addressed to Mrs. Arthur L. Brent, Bremo Bluff P.O. Fluvanna (Va). Soldier records show Arthur Lee Brent as a 40 year-old physician who enlisted on June 6, 1861 as a captain into 1st Co Virginia Fluvanna 1st Light Artillery. He resigned only weeks later. He was married to Sallie Cocke, the daughter of Gen. John Hartwell Cocke, to whom this cover is addressed. Scarce town cancel.
$95.

Inv-4883
EATONTON/GA./NOV double circle cancel and handstamped PAID with no rate on pristine homemade cover to Centre P.O., Ala., Superb
$170.

Inv-4938
Chapel Hill, N.C. handstamped PAID 5, type IA, to Miss Kate F. Curtis, Hillsborough, N.C. on pristine cover, Superb. Kate was the daughter of the preeminent mycologist, Rev. Moses Ashley Curtis whose material side was the equally prestigious DeRosset family.
$200.

Inv-4967
SEARCY/ARK handstamped PAID 10 on cover to "Mr. E.F. Hall, Knoxville, E. Tennessee", Very Fine, Scarce, Ex-Dietz, Winters and Boshwit
$425.

Inv-4969
Kingsport, Ten Oct 30 cds in red with handstamped PAID and ms "10" on thin square-hatched paper homemade cover addressed to "Mr. Edward Rogan, Murfreesboro, Tenn.: Company D. Col. (Richard G.) Fain's Regt. E. Tenn. Volunteers". Rogan was a private in Company D of the 63rd Tennessee Infantry. The regiment was surrendered and paroled at Appomattox Courthouse April 9, 1865 as part of Lieutenant General A. P. Hill's Corps, Heth's Division, McComb's Brigade. At this time the 17th, 23rd, 25th, 44th, and 63rd Tennessee Regiments were reported as consolidated into one unit. Scarce and attractive cover. Signed J. M(urray) Bartels.
$495.

Inv-4970
Pulaski, Ten. Jan 23 (1862) incredibly bold clear cds with matching handstamped PAID 10 on folded letter from Thomas Martin in Pulaski to "Hon Thomas M. Jones of Tennessee, Richmond, Va." who inquires about President of the Soldiers Relief Society of Va., sending the proceeds of a draft on the Confederate Government, sale of bales of cotton, Mr. Memmenger, etc. Martin was a prominent Pulaski businessman who was a friend of President James Polk and was once offered the position of U.S. Treasurer, was president of the Nashville & Decatur Railroad, president of the local bank and an influential political figure. Martin Methodist College in Pulaski bears his name. Judge Thomas M. Jones, also of Pulaski, has the distasteful distinction of having the Ku-Klux Klan founded in his offices. Spectacular markings and the cover from which the Dietz Catalog listing was made. Ex-Kohn, Brugh and Boshwit.
$450.

Inv-4976
CHATTANOOGA/Ten./DEC/1861 cds with handstamped PAID 5, type I, in worn state (makes for a really nifty squashed rim look) on lemon college cover oval corner card of Aldehoff's Institute/Lookout Mountain/Near Chattanooga, Tenn. Aldehoff's Institute, on the top of Lookout Mountain, was a noted institution in ante bellum days.
$950.

Inv-4977
Richmond, Va. handstamped PAID 5Cts. with July 22, 1861 cds on cover to "Rev. Wm M. Reid, Mayesville, S.C.", some of top back flap missing otherwise Fine+
$150.

Inv-5019
WASHINGTON/N. C./AUG 21 cds with matching handstamped PAID 5 on cover addressed to "M. M. Marshall, Esq., Chapel Hill, N. C.", docketed 1861 Rec'd and Ans'd, Very Fine
$170.

Inv-5020
BELTON/Tex./JAN/23 (1864) and handstamped PAID 10 on outer folded lettersheet addressed to "Capt. Jno. Twohig, San Antonio", scarce town, Very Fine, Ex-Rosenberg and Powell. John Twohig (1806-1891) was born in Ireland and came to Texas in 1830. He became a prominent merchant and banker. By the time of his death, he was considered to be one of the ten richest men in Texas. During the war, he sold cotton to the British through Mexico.
$375.

Inv-5021

RALEIGH/N.C./JUN double circle cancel with handstamped PAID - no rate but 2¢ understood as a drop rate Raleigh to Raleigh on immaculate homemade cover with small original business note to William Grimes enclosed, Extremely Fine, Ex-Powell. William Grimes was from a prominent Raleigh family and was a landlord in the sharecropping system, cattle breeder, hotel owner and wealthy philanthropist. His brother was Major General Bryan Grimes, Jr., 1860-1865.

$575.

Inv-4939

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

$170.

Inv-5108
TUDOR HALL/VA/SEP light cds with curved handstamped PAID 5 on outer folded lettersheet to "Prof. J.B. Minor, University, Va.", docketing as sender being "Dr. Henry A. Minor, Recd. Sept 23, 1861"
$95.


Inv-5068

HILLSBORO/N.C./NOV 6/1861 dc with matching blue handstamped PAID 5, type I altered pre-war Paid 3 handstamp on cover to "Miss Kate F. Curtis, St. Mary's School, Raleigh, N.Car.", bit reduced at right with some small edge tears, with original letter from her father. Kate was the daughter of Rev. Moses Ashley Curtis, an Episcopal priest who was a preeminent mycologist renowned among botanists. His letter is headed "Hillsborough Nov 5th (Guy Faux' Day)" and is an amusing and affectionate 4 page offering with news of family and friends.

$120.

Inv-5195
OKOLONA/MISS. light cds used with woodcut handstamped PAID 5, Dietz type 1 (cataloged $150 in 1986) on folded letter headed March 3rd 1862 to Greensborough, Alabama from farmer apparently tending the lands of another and worrying about being drafted saying "Tis a gloomy prospect indeed, the situation of our country together with the weather leaves us so that we hardly know what calculations to make…I won't leave your place as long as I can help it."
$180.


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Inv-5246

Palmyra, Va. AUG/2 brown handstamped PAID (no rate) on turned cover to "James A. Sutherland, Ward I 2nd Division, Chimborazo Hospital, Richmond, Virginia". Sutherland enlisted as a private at Centreville, VA in Co. D of the 19th VA Infantry. He was wounded at Seven Pines, VA on 6-1-62, hospitalized 11-21-63 at Chimborazo with tuberculosis and absent/sick on 8-15-64. Chimborazo (1862 to 1865) was the most noted and largest military hospital in the annals of history, either ancient or modern. Inside use a 4-margin 10¢ blue #12 tied with part strike of Richmond, Va. cds addressed to "Miss Elizabeth J. Thompson, Palmyra, Fluvanna Co., Va". Top back flap attached to a side flap, but not at top, a bit rough at top. Scarce color cancel and turned use.

Click on each thumbnail at left individually to see both sides of this turned cover.

$250.
Inv-5267
RICHMOND/Va./JUL/10/1861 cds used on cover with handstamped PAID 10 in circle, New Dietz type VI, addressed to Green Hill, Alabama, slightly reduced at right and tiny nick at bottom right otherwise fresh and Very Fine
$150.
Inv-5258
Green Pond, SC manuscript cancel with matching "Due 10" on small homemade soldier's cover addressed to "Miss Sue Louisa Reeder, Manning, So. Ca." and "Care W. B. Reeder, Esq." at lower left with "Soldier's Letter" endorsement but no name/rank contrary to mandate to do so. Luckily, it is a turned use with a MANNING/SC/SEP/16 (1862) cds and handstamped PAID 10, type I (this alone cats $140 in out of date 1986 New Dietz) addressed to "Mr. William Reeder, Palmetto Guard Artillery, Green Pond, So Ca". The sender endorsed "Care of Capt. Webb". William Reeder is listed as having served in "A" Co. Wonderful soldier's turned adversity use with full flaps intact. Ex-Sam Zimmerman
$395.
Inv-5257
HAWKINSVILLE/GA/JUL/6/1863 handstamped PAID 10, type II, Brian Green signature on verso stating this is the only recorded use but my Georgia souce says there are others known. Superb strikes on pristine homemade cover sealed with red wax.
$260.
Inv-5254
KINGSPORT/TEN/APR/2 (1863) red circular date stamp with ms "Paid 10", on commercial cover to Wytheville, Va., catalogs $175 in 1986 New Dietz Catalog, now woefully out of date, beautiful strike, Ex-Boshwit, a Gem.
$350.
Inv-5252

COBHAM Va. handstamped PAID with "5" in manuscript. Addressee has docketed "Papa, 3 October 1861" in pencil. Addressed "Capt. Alfred L. Rives, care J. R. Moncure, Esq., Richmond, Va." Cobham was an Albemarle County stop on the Virginia Central Rail Road. Ex-Green (signed) and Ex-Powell. A gem.

Alfred Landon Rives was born in 1830 in Paris, France, the son of William Cabell Rives, the distinguished minister to France. During the War, he was acting chief engineer for the State of Virginia and later for the Confederate States, which position he held until the end of the War rising through the ranks to Colonel. He had an illustrious engineering career before, during and after the War.

$220.

On Approval


Inv-5494
New 03-11-08

Adams Run, S.C. handstamped PAID (no rate) on gray and white floral wallpaper cover, addressed to J. Berkley Grimball from H. H. Manigault - two powerhouse South Carolina families, Extremely Fine, ex-Kohn, Telep and Wm. A. Fox. Choice!

$975.

Inv-5392
New 03-13-08
Camden, Ark., Jul 5 cds with handstamped "Paid", no rate, on cover to Little Rock, part of back flaps missing otherwise Fine and scarce, 1986 Dietz catalog value $300.
$225

Inv-5394
New 03-13-08
Charleston, Miss, Nov 20, bold cds with manuscript "Paid 5" on fresh cover to Carroll, Hoy & Co. with usual pin file holes, top back flap tear, Very Fine.
$250.

Inv-5393
New 03-13-08
St. Francisville, La., Oct 22 (1861), cds with handstamped "Paid 5", type IB, on pristine cover addressed to Port Gibson, Miss.; back flap tears extending a bit to front at lower right but of little consequence on this difficult to find town, Very Fine.
$350.

Inv-5395
New 03-13-08
Warrentown, Miss., Dec 17, strong full strike of cds on fresh cover to Jackson, Miss. with matching boxed "Paid" and woodcut "5" rate handstamps, type IA, Extremely Fine. The filled in "R"s of the cancel confounded early students who wrote in the Confederate Philatelist trying to solve the mystery of the "Wabbertown" cancel. Addressed care of the illustrious Judge (William L.) Sharkey (1798-1873) who was the Governor of Mississippi in 1865.
$195.

Inv-5396
New 03-13-08
Concord, N.C., Jan 20, blue cds with matching handstamped "Paid", manuscript "10" rate, on cover to Cassville, Ga., Very Fine.
$140.

Inv-5398
New 03-13-08
Flat Rock, N.C., cds with handstamped "Paid 5", type I, on small cover to "Dr.Henry D. Fraser, Fraser & Dill, Charleston, So. Ca.", clear neat strikes, Extremely Fine, ex-Kohn and Wm. A. Fox.
$215.

On Approval


Inv-5399
New 03-13-08
High Point, N.C., Aug 10, cds with handstamped Paid (no rate) type I, on cover addressed in peacock blue ink to Alexander McIntosh, Martindale, NC - a known correspondence from his soldier son whose very detailed military bio is included: James L. McIntosh, 28th NC Infantry, Co. B who was captured 12-13-62 at the Battle of Fredericksburg and immediately paroled for exchange under the Parks/Longstreet Agreement, also wounded and captured at Gettysburg and sent as POW to David's Island, NY. Other detailed information including stays at Danville Hospital and Camp Winder Hospital.
$150.

Inv-5401
New 03-13-08
Beaufort, S.C., Aug. 5, light strike of cds with handstamped "Paid 5", type IA, on cover addressed "care Capt. A.S. Barnwell, Savannah", Beaufort was occupied November 9, 1861 and remained Union for the balance of the war, thus scarce, Fine, ex- Carver, Kohn and Wm. A. Fox. Barnwell enlisted as a sergeant in the GA Reg Batty B Light Artillery.
$195.

Inv-5404
New 03-13-08
Chester C.H., S.C., double circle with handstamped "Paid 5", type IB, on cover addressed to "Mrs. Isabella Woodruff, Care Mr. W. T. Easterlin, Grahams Turnout So Ca RR (RailRoad), flap tears & minor cover wear, Very Fine. Ex-Wm. A. Fox . The insightful Isabella Woodruff papers are in the Manuscript Division of Duke University.
$150.

Inv-5411
New 03-13-08
Georgetown, S.C., Dec 21 1861, neat strike of postmark with handstamped "Paid 5", type II, on tiny cover to "Mrs. Charles L. Pettigrew, Scuppernong, No Ca.", flap torn, Extremely Fine. Ex-Wm. A. Fox.
$215.

Inv-5414
New 03-13-08
Greenville C.H., S.C., Oct 1 (1861), double circle postmark with inverted date and handstamped "Paid 5", type IA, on immaculate cover to "James Hagood, Esq., CCP, Pickens, S.C.", Very Fine, Ex-Wm. A. Fox.
$185.

Inv-5418
New 03-13-08
Hardeeville, S.C., Jul 12, 1862, bold cds with handstamped "Paid 10" (type II) on cover to Charleston, Extremely Fine strikes, ex-Kohn, Rosenberg and Fox.
$195.

Inv-5421
New 03-13-08
Manning, S.C., perfect strike of cds with unusual straightline handstamped "Paid 10" (type I) on fresh cover to Killians Mills, N.C., slightly reduced at left, Superb, beautiful strikes of this scarce cancel. Ex-Wm. A. Fox.
$280.

Inv-5423
New 03-13-08
Robertville, S.C., Jan. 5, bold cds on cover to Savannah with handstamped "Paid 10", type IA woodcut with delightful embossed flower on intact back flap, Extremely Fine, Ex-Wm. A. Fox.
$250.


Inv-5428
New 03-13-08
Yorkville, S.C., neat town postmark with handstamped "Paid 5", type IA on pristine cover to Mount Tober P.O., small portion of flap torn off, Extremely Fine. Ex-Wm. A. Fox.
$195.

On Approval


Inv-5429
New 03-13-08
Zeno, S.C., Nov 15th (1861), manuscript postmark with matching "Pd 5" rate on small embossed ladies cover