Sale 116: The Civil War Sale

Lot 4050    

Confederacy, Honey Grove, Tex. May 20, /61, attractive manuscript postmark 1860 3¢ Star Die entire to New Orleans, part of the "Hoy" correspondence with usual staple holes, Extremely Fine and choice, exceedingly attractive and quite scarce small Texas town.
Scott No. U27    Estimate $200 - 300.

Realized: $190

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Lot 4051    

Confederacy, Jackson, Miss. Mar 4 (1861), cds on 1860 3¢ Star Die entire to New Orleans, Extremely Fine and attractive, ex-Marcus White; signed Kimbrough.
Scott No. U26    Estimate $100 - 150.

Realized: $180

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Lot 4052    

Confederacy, Jacksonville, Fla., Mar. 11 (1861), double circle postmark tying U.S. 1857, 3¢ dull red (26) on yellow cover used during the Confederacy, addressed to New York with blue cameo advertising corner card of Judson House, Near Terminus of Fla. AT. & G.C.R.R.; small defect at top right, otherwise Very Fine.
Estimate    $300 - 400.

Realized: $230

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Lot 4053    

Confederacy, Jacksonville, Fla., Mar. 13, 1861, cds tying U.S. 1857, 3¢ dull red (26), small nick at left, on cover addressed to New York, N.Y., with blue "Judson House, Near Terminus of Fla. AT. & G.C.R.R., Jacksonville, Fla." cameo corner card; cover slightly reduced at left, Very Fine and choice, a very scarce Florida Confederate use of U.S. postage and thru-the-lines combination usage.
Estimate    $400 - 600.

Realized: $625

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Lot 4054    

Confederacy, Mobile, Ala., Apr. 8, 1861, bold strike of cds canceling on U.S., 1853, 3¢ Nesbitt entire to Shacklefords Va., Very Fine and choice.
Estimate    $150 - 200.

Realized: $120

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Lot 4055    

Confederacy, Selma Ala., '3 Paid', Mar 1, integral-rate cds ties U.S. 1857, 1¢ blue, type I (18) on 1861 printed circular of the "Office Ala. & Miss. River R.R." to Demopolis Ala.; separations and missing outer bottom flap, Very Fine.
Estimate    $500 - 750.

A RARE U.S. USED IN THE CONFEDERACY 1¢ CIRCULAR RATE USE.

Realized: $900

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Lot 4056    

Confederacy, Timmonsville, S.C. May 6 (1861), superb strike of cds on 1860 3¢ Star Die entire to Mt. Olive, N.C., Extremely Fine and attractive; signed Kimbrough.
Scott No. U27    Estimate $100 - 150.

Realized: $120

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Lot 4057    

Confederacy, Vicksburg, Miss., Feb 22, neat cds with matching target handstamp tying U.S. 1857, 3¢ dull red (26) on fresh cover to New Orleans, La. from Hoy correspondence, with illustrated Crutcher & Co. Agents, Vicksburg, Miss. corner card showing various Wagons and Wheelbarrows in oval frame, Very Fine and choice, illustrated in C.S.A. Catalog and Handbook (page 447).
Estimate    $200 - 300.

Realized: $1,100

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Lot 4058    

Confederacy, Vicksburg, Miss., Apr 3, cds with matching segmented grid handstamp cancelling U.S. 1857, 3¢ dull red (26) on fresh cover to New Orleans, La. from Hoy correspondence, with blue illustrated William McCutchen & Co., Produce Grocery & Commission Merchants, Vicksburg, Miss. cameo corner card showing cotton bale, Very Fine.
Estimate    $200 - 300.

Realized: $800

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Lot 4059    

Confederacy, Vicksburg, Miss., Apr 13, cds with matching "Paid" handstamp cancelling U.S. 1857, 3¢ dull red (26) on fresh cover to New Orleans, La., with circular embossed Thos. W. Owens with Rush Williams & Co., Commission Merchant…Proprietor of the Eunice Wharfboat & Hotel, Eunice, Arkansas corner card; few pinhole one affecting stamp, otherwise Very Fine.
Estimate    $150 - 200.

In August of 1862, Union forces under General Samuel Curtis traveled down the Mississippi in the steamers White Cloud and Iatan to Eunice to annoy the Confederates and capture a wharf-boat.

Realized: $425

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