Lot
3419 
Confederacy, Ballsville, Va. June 10th, rare manuscript pmk on pristine homemade cover franked with 1862, 5¢ blue, Archer & Daly printing pair of local prints (just touched at top), pen canceled "1864" to Oakville, Va., Very Fine and attractive. Scott No. 7 Estimate $150 - 200.
Realized: $100
Lot
3420
Confederacy, Bentivoglio (Va), manuscript postmark (upside down) tying 1863, 10¢ blue (large margins including bottom sheet margin) manuscript cancelled on homemade cover, light water stains, F.-V.F., Scarce cancel. Scott No. 11 Estimate $100 - 150.
Realized: $60
Lot
3421
Confederacy, Big Island, Va. Apr 21 (1862), cds tying franked with 1861, 5¢ green, large margins including top sheet margin (small margin tear at top), on homemade turned cover address to "Mr. James E. Page, Shanadore Mountain, Augusta County, in the care of lieutenant Arther"; inside use is a clean handstamped "Paid 5" of Monterey, Va. addressed to Big Island, bottom back flap missing, Very Fine, A key cover to the Camp Shenandoah story. Scott No. 1 Estimate $300 - 400.
This cover is central to the oft-studied case that Camp Shenandoah was a place to receive mail. Included with this lot is the Stamp Specialist Forest Green Book article by Van Dyk MacBride "Camp Shenandoah, VA., Were There TWO?" which explains the confusion of what appears to be both a logging camp and a military camp by that name in central Virginia. It has long been a subject of interest by Virginia postal historians and was also written up by the late Col. Harvey Sheppard. The camp had many interesting spellings created by the less educated soldiers.
Realized: $525
Lot
3422
Confederacy, Buckingham C.H., Va., Oct 17, red cds with matching handstamped "Paid 10" with value in manuscript, type I, slight edge wear, Very Fine. Estimate $100 - 150.
Realized: $45
Lot
3423
Confederacy, Cady's Tunnel, VA, brownish cds with handstamped arced "Paid 10", type II, on small folded letter to Richmond, docketed on back from "Dr. A.J. Wilson 3rd May 1864" - very late use, light file fold through postmark, Very Fine, Only 5 recorded, ex-Oswald. Estimate $150 - 200.
Realized: $150
Lot
3424
Confederacy, C(edar) G(rove) Mills (Va) April 25/63, manuscript postmark on small business letter franked with pair of 1862, 5¢ blue, Archer & Daly printing (large margins to just shaving frameline at top left), pen canceled & addressed to David C.E. Brady/Wm. Weaver of Saunders Store, small cover tear at top, Very Fine and scarce. Scott No. 7 Estimate $150 - 200.
Realized: $95
Lot
3425
Confederacy, Charlotte C.H., Va., bold blue socked-on-the-nose cds tying 1862, 10¢ rose (four clear margins) on fresh homemade cover to "Lieut Robt Shepperson, Co K 18th Va Regt. Richmond" (Army of Northern Virginia), top back flap and small piece at top expertly restored, Very Fine, a lovely cover, pencil notes of Van Dyk MacBride on verso. Scott No. 5 Estimate $400 - 600.
Realized: $250
Lot
3426
Confederacy, Charlotte C.H., Va., bold blue cds tying 1863, 10¢ blue (slightly cut in) on cover to "Captain E.R. Baird C.S.A., Care of Major Gen'l Pickett", F.-V.F., Baird was Pickett's Aide-de-Camp, Great address. Scott No. 11 Estimate $100 - 150.
Realized: $220
Lot
3427
Confederacy, Darlington Heights (Prince Edward County, Va.), manuscript postmark on homemade cover franked with pair of 1862, 5¢ blue, Archer & Daly printing (just in at left), pen canceled & addressed to Moore's Ordinary, Very Fine, thought to be the only known example. Scott No. 7 Estimate $150 - 200.
Realized: $95
Lot
3428
Confederacy, Dixie (Virginia) Aug 9, manuscript postmark on homemade cover to Surgeon L. W. Carmichael, Richmond franked with 1862, 10¢ rose (large margins), pen canceled, cover with top back flap missing & small ink erosions in postmark, Very Fine and scarce, great appropriate town name for a CSA cover collector, with 2000 C.S.A. certificate. Scott No. 5 Estimate $400 - 600.
Realized: $350