Lot
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Confederacy, Military Soldier's Due Covers, group of six covers; 5th Reg't SCV cover with 1862 "Tudor Hall" cds and "Due 10" handstamp, 1st Reg't SCV cover with "Culpeper C.H., Va." cds and "Due 10" handstamp, 3rd SC Inf. Reg't cover with 1862 Richmond, Va. cds and straight line "Due 10" handstamp, 4th Reg't SCV cover with 1861 Richmond, Va. cds and straight line "Due 5" handstamp, and 22nd Reg't SCV cover to Kingston, N.C. cds and manuscript "Due 10"; last from Shreveport, La. to Dalby Spring, Texas with Shreveport double circle postmark & manuscript "Due 20" rate, some flaws, F.-V.F.Estimate $300 - 400.
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Lot
2485
Confederacy, (Naval) C.S. Steamer Stono, orange buff cover bearing 1862 5¢ blue (7) pair, large margins, tied by "Richmond Va., Mar. 30 1863" cds addressed to "Asst. Surgeon C. H. Morfit, C.S. Steamer Stono, C.S. Navy, Charleston S.C.", docketed "Recd Apl 1st 1863, E. Am" on reverse, Very Fine and rare Confederate naval cover.Estimate $400 - 600.
The Steamer "Stono", formerly the USS "Isaac Smith" was part of the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron in the Fall of 1862. She was then assigned to operate in the Stono River, South Carolina. While making a reconnaissance in that river on 30 January 1863, she was caught by enemy shore batteries lead by Pierre G.T. Beauregard and badly battered. With eight of her crew killed and many more wounded, USS "Isaac Smith" was forced to surrender.
Taken into Confederate Navy service under the name "Stono", she was wrecked near Fort Moultrie, S.C., while attempting to run the blockade of Charleston on 5 June 1863. The ship was loaded with cotton in an attempt to run the Union blockade on the night of June 5, 1863. The attempt proved disastrous, as the ship was discovered by Federal forces, and wrecked on a breakwater near Ft. Moultrie, trying to return to the harbor.
Lot
2486
Confederacy, (Naval) Naval Addressed Covers, two covers; one a hand carried cover addressed to "Lieut. John Grimball, C.S. Str. Baltic, Mobile, Ala.", other addressed to "Mr. F.A. Smythe, C.S. St. P(almetto) State, Charleston, S.C." on cover with Richmond, Va. cds (stamp missing), Fine.Estimate $200 - 300.
John Gimball was at the firing on Ft. Sumter and was a naval officer on the CSS Shenandoah, which surrendered in 1865. "Gus" Smythe was in the CSA army corp and after the war became a prosperous attorney in Charleston.
Lot
2487
Confederacy, Charleston S.C., Oct. 20 (1862), bold strike of circular datestamp and "STEAM-SHIP" oval handstamp on small blue inbound blockade-run cover to H. Tutwiler, Havana Ala., Confederate States, pencil "12" rate (10¢ plus 2¢ ship fee), manuscript "J. F. & Co." (John Fraser & Co.) initials, docketed on back "J. Ling Oct. 26", one flap removed revealing a humorous note by sender "Do not wonder at my damaged letter. It has not been bombarded by the Emperor Lincoln's men. My parrot got hold of it, while I was looking in a different direction", minor edge wear & few light bleach spots, Very Fine and rare, ex-Brandon.Estimate $1,000 - 1,500.
Carried from Bermuda on the Minbo, a scarce cover initialed by the firm of Fraser & Co., Special Routes Census No. BI-Ch-12.
Lot
2488
Confederacy, (Charleston) Incoming Blockade Cover to Charleston, S.C., clear "6" in-port ship fee handstamp on cover to Charleston, pencil date "Aug. 31, 1863", missing top flap, Very Fine and rare, ex-Zimmerman; with 1995 C.S.A. certificate.Estimate $1,000 - 1,500.
A RARE INCOMING BLOCKADE-RUN COVER TO CHARLESTON S.C. WITH A BOLD IN-PORT RATE MARKING.
Lot
2489
Confederacy, Charleston S.C., Dec. 2 (1864), bold double-circle datestamp and "STEAM-SHIP" in oval handstamp with pencil "32" rate (30¢ triple rate plus 2¢ ship fee) on blue cover to Col. James H. Burton, Superintendent of Armories in Macon Ga., pencil docketing "Recd. Dec. 10th 64 J.H.B.", Very Fine and rare, ex-Walske.Estimate $1,500 - 2,000.
A RARE BLOCKADE COVER FROM THE BURTON CORRESPONDENCE AND THE ONLY TRIPLE RATE COVER IN WALSKE'S LISTING OF INBOUND MAIL THROUGH THE BLOCKADE VIA CHARLESTON.
The original letter is contained in the Yale University archives. It is datelined Liverpool Oct. 22, 1864, from Fraser, Trenholm & Co. to Burton regarding a shipment.
Carried on Cunarder Persia, departed Liverpool Oct. 22, 1864, arrived New York Nov. 2; then Cunarder Corsica, departed New York Nov. 7, arrived Nassau Nov. 11; then blockade-runner Kate Gregg, departed Nassau Nov. 27, arrived Charleston Dec. 1. The Kate Gregg was owned by the Atlantic Steam Packet Company of Charleston; active Aug. 1864 to Jan. 1865, 4 for 4 in successful trips and survived the war.