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3033 
Confederacy, 1863, 10¢ blue, large margins, light crease & minor gum staining, tied on cover to Augusta, Ga. by tied by "Mobile, Ala, May 29" (1864) double circle postmark, reverse with manuscript endorsement "Forwarded by the Louisiana Committee at Mobile" on backflap (small hinge affixed at left), Very Fine and rare; signed MacBride.Scott No. 11 Estimate $500 - 750.
AN EXTREMELY RARE USE OF A COVER CARRIED FROM NEW ORLEANS TO MOBILE BY THE LOUISIANA RELIEF COMMITTEE.
This cover was smuggled out of Union Occupied New Orleans with the postage paid by the committee and applied at Mobile. From the well known "Reynes" correspondence which was examined by Col. Jules Denis, CSA Provost Marshal at Mobile.
On May 31, 1863, the Louisiana Relief Committee came into existence, established by expatriate New Orleans residents residing in Mobile, Alabama. The committee aimed to ease the hardships faced by impoverished citizens who continued to live in U.S.-occupied New Orleans. Their efforts included organizing shipments of essential supplies, such as food and clothing to New Orleans. Additionally, they assisted citizens in relocating from New Orleans to the Confederate States.
Lot
3034
Confederacy, 1863, 10¢ blue, three horizontal strips of three and single, all tied by "Goldsborough, N.C., Jun 25" cds's on legal size 1864 cover addressed to Col. Geo. Wortham in Plymouth, N.C.; pairs with some nicks near top edge and backflap missing, otherwise Very Fine, a very scarce 70¢ multiple rate franking.Scott No. 11 Estimate $400 - 600.
George Wortham was colonel of the 50th North Carolina and commander of CSA troops in the Plymouth garrison. In mid-April 1864, Confederate forces retook Plymouth, NC. with the iron clad ram "CSS Albemarle" proved decisive. Two thousand Federal forces were captured.
Lot
3035
Confederacy, 1863, 10¢ blue, large margins and bold color, tied by "Raleigh, N.C., Feb 26" cds on reverse of small turned cover to Greensboro, N.C., other side initially franked with 1857, 1¢ blue, type V (U.S. 24) tied by grid and locally addressed in Raleigh, Very Fine, a very attractive turn cover usage, ex-Haas.Scott No. 11 Estimate $200 - 300.
Lot
3036
Confederacy, 1863, 10¢ blue, roughly torn, tied by a black "Richmond Va." 1863 cds on cover addressed to Capt. C. ap R. Jones (Catesby ap Roger Jones), C. S. Navy, Selma, Ala., F.-V.F.Scott No. 11 Estimate $200 - 300.
Catesby ap Roger Jones was born in Fairfield, Virginia, on 15 April 1821. Appointed a Midshipman in the Navy in 1836, he served extensively at sea, receiving promotion to the rank of Lieutenant in 1849. During the 1850s, Jones was involved in development work on Navy weapons and served as ordnance officer on the new steam frigate "Merrimack" when she began active service in 1856.
When Virginia left the Union in April 1861, Lieutenant Jones resigned his U.S. Navy commission, joining the Virginia Navy soon thereafter and becoming a Confederate Navy Lieutenant in June. In 1861-62, he was employed in converting the steam frigate "Merrimack" into an ironclad and was the ship's Executive Officer when she was commissioned as "CSS Virginia". When her Commanding Officer, Captain Franklin Buchanan, was wounded in the 8 March 1862 attack on "USS Cumberland" and "Congress", Jones temporarily took command, leading the ship during her historic engagement with "USS Monitor" on the following day.
With the approach of the enemy troops, Norfolk was being evacuated. The "Virginia" could not be made light enough to go up the James River. To prevent its capture, the "Virginia" was run ashore in the bight of Carney Island and set afire. Later in 1862, he commanded a shore battery at Drewry's Bluff, on the James River, and the gunboat "Chattahoochee" while she was under construction at Columbus, Georgia.
Promoted to the rank of Commander in April 1863, Jones was sent to Selma, Alabama, to take charge of the Ordnance Works there. For the rest of the Civil War, he supervised the manufacture of badly-needed heavy guns for the Confederate armed forces. With the end of the conflict in May 1865, Jones went into private business. After working in South America, he made his residence in Selma, where he was shot down on the streets of Selma, Alabama, June 29th, 1877, by a man whose child had had a fight with one of his children.
Lot
3037
Confederacy, 1863, 10¢ blue, with stamp sewn on cover with stitch at top and bottom right of design and back stitch showing on reverse, tied by partial Goldsborough, N.C. cds on cover to Cedarbush, N.C., Very Fine and unusual, there is indication that this stamp may have been removed from another cover and reapplied on this cover.Scott No. 11 Estimate $150 - 200.
Lot
3038
Confederacy, 1863, 10¢ blue, clear to huge margins, affixed over "Subsistence Department, Official Business" semi-official imprint (WD-SD-01 var.) on cover to Charlotte, N.C., cover turned and addressed to Concord, N.C., franked with 1863, 10¢ blue (12) and tied by Charlotte, N.C. circular postmark without date; missing out of cover at top left, F.-V.F.Scott No. 11 Estimate $150 - 200.
Lot
3039
Confederacy, 1863, 10¢ blue, horizontal pair, clear to large margins, tied by bold "Goldsborough, N.C., Oct 13" cds on cover to Chapel Hill, N.C., cover turned addressed to Raleigh, N.C., franked with 1863, 10¢ blue (12) tied by grid handstamp, matching "Chapel Hill, N.C., Oct 16" cds alongside, Very Fine, an interesting single and double rate turned cover.Scott No. 11 Estimate $150 - 200.
Lot
3040
Confederacy, 1863, 10¢ blue, large margins, tied by red "Yanceyville, N.C., Jul 30, 1863" cds on turned cover to Goldsboro, N.C., inside addressed to Gibsonville, N.C. with Goldsborough, N.C. cds and matching "Paid" and "10" rate handstamps; minor cover staining, otherwise Very Fine.Scott No. 11 Estimate $150 - 200.
Lot
3041
Confederacy, 1863, 10¢ blue, four margins, tone spot and hinged in place, tied by "Columbus, Miss., Nov 22" cds over U.S. 1855, 3¢ Nesbitt entire to Attataville Miss., F.-V.F., a nice adversity use on U.S. stationery.Scott No. 11 Estimate $100 - 150.
Lot
3042
Confederacy, 1863, 10¢ blue, four margins, slight aging, tied by 10 Bar Army Field Grid on cover to Amherst C.H., Va., manuscript "From C Watts" with letter datelined "Dec. 26th 1864" and "The mail is about start x nothing more at present", cover stain, F.-V.F.; signed Kimbrough.Scott No. 11 Estimate $75 - 100.