Lot
97 
Confederacy, 1863, 10¢ Blue. Large even margins, deep color tied by blue "Columbia, S.C./Oct. 10" cds on cover with "Southern Express Company's Telegraph" imprint on telegraph delivery cover to Glen Springs, S.C., Extremely Fine and choice, a gorgeous cover, ex-Judd (Pictured in Monroe Book, pg. 49). Scott No. 11 Estimate $750 - 1,000.
This interesting cover highlights the fact that the Southern Express Company, in addition to providing the traditional express services, it also provided telegraph service throughout the Confederacy. Using the services of the Southern Express Company, a telegram was sent to a lady in Glenn Springs, South Carolina. The company's nearest office to Glenn Springs was Columbia, South Carolina, so the telegram was evidently wired to that location, written up and promptly mailed to the recipient. Mrs. C. E. Winsmith.
The sender is most likely Captain J. C. Winsmith who was wounded in the right shoulder at Fort Harrison, Virginia, on September 30,1864. Captain Winsmith is possibly notifying his family of the wound and his convalescing at General Hospital #4 in Richmond, Virginia. He survived the wound (his second) and was discharged on October 26, 1864.
A postally used, Southern Express Company imprinted telegraph envelope is very scarce.
Realized: $4,000