Sale 29: The Confederate Sale

Lot 3190    

Confederacy, Calhoun's Mills, S.C., cds with handstamped "Paid 10" (type II) on cover to "Smith's Turn Out, York Dist, S.C.", slight edge wear and tiny erosion hole at top right clear of markings, Very Fine, ex-Kohn.
Estimate    $150 - 200.

Realized: $95

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Lot 3191    

Confederacy, Calhoun's Mills, S.C., July 11, 1863, neat cds tying 1863, 10¢ blue (large margins) on cover "care of Capt. Bower, Company (B) 62 Ga. Regt. Greenville, S.C.", Very Fine and attractive.
Scott No. 2    Estimate $100 - 150.

Realized: $230

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Lot 3192    

Confederacy, Camden, S.C., Apr 23 (1862), wonderful strike of neat red double circle postmark tying 1861 5¢ green, Stone 2 (large margins) on turned cover; inside use with stamp missing, cover with minor edge wear, Very Fine, a lovely & scarce red cancel.
Scott No. 1    Estimate $200 - 300.

Realized: $350

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Lot 3193    

Confederacy, Camden, S.C., Nov. 3, neat double circle postmark beautifully struck tying 1862 5¢ blue (London print pair, huge margins to just in at bottom left) on fresh homemade cover to a doctor in Collinsburgh, La., Very Fine and choice.
Scott No. 6    Estimate $150 - 200.

Realized: $110

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Lot 3194    

Confederacy, Camden, S.C., Jan 17 (1863), double circle postmark tying 1862 5¢ blue pair (just touched top left otherwise large margins) on long folded letter on lined paper from husband to wife in Charleston, Very Fine.
Scott No. 7    Estimate $100 - 150.

Realized: $120

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Lot 3195    

Confederacy, Camden, S.C., double circle postmark on fresh yellow turned cover apparently a drop use to/from Camden without the "2" rate noted-only the charge box, inside from Camden to Pocotaligo franked with 1863, 10c milky blue (large margins) tied double circle postmark, Very Fine, ex-Zimmerman.
Scott No. 11a    Estimate $300 - 400.

Realized: $160

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Lot 3196    

Confederacy, Campobella, S.C., postmark tying 1862, 5¢ blue pair (four nice margins) on long literate folded letter to Montgomery, Ala., mainly family chat, Extremely Fine and attractive, Scarce town cancel.
Scott No. 4    Estimate $300 - 400.

Realized: $375

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Lot 3197    

Confederacy, Cane Creek, S.C., Nov 23, manuscript postmark on cover franked with manuscript cancelled 1863 10¢ blue (upper right sheet margin copy with enormous margins, lightly creased) on cover with manuscript "Paid" to Salem, S.C., flap tears, small nick at top & cover aging, F.-V.F., Rarity 10 town.
Scott No. 12    Estimate $100 - 150.

Realized: $80

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Lot 3198    

Confederacy, Cedar Spring, S.C., Sept. 26, manuscript postmark on cover franked with pen cancelled 1862, 5¢ blue pair of local prints (touched at left) to a physician in Charleston, Very Fine.
Scott No. 7    Estimate $100 - 150.

Realized: $100

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Lot 3199    

Confederacy, Chappells, S.C., 3 covers all bearing 1863 10¢ blue types I or II tied by army field cancels and addressed to members of the Peterson family in Chappells P.O. G.& C.R.R. South Carolina. All 3 covers have routing notations at lower left "Care of Peterson Package" or "Peterson Mail". Enclosed 1980 correspondence from CSA students Richard Krieger, Sam Zimmerman and J.V. Nielsen discuss this in detail and consensus was that Peterson was a mail carrier (probably stagecoach operator) who met the train and carried mail to post offices which were not on the railroad., F.-V.F., Most interesting and scarce grouping worthy of far more study.
Scott No. 11+12    Estimate $500 - 750.

Realized: $350

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