Sale 29: The Confederate Sale

Lot 3652 P   

Confederacy, 1862, 5¢ black, De La Rue Printing, Trial Color Die Proof on Glazed Card, with the following pencil notation on verso "Presented to August Dietz of Richmond, Va. in 1918 when he wrote De La Rue for information concerning the stamps. Mr. Dietz presented it to me in 1920. E. S. Knapp. He had 2 and gave W S Ahern the other.", Superb and rare, a wonderful item with great Provenance, ex-Dietz, Knapp.
Scott No. 6TC1    Estimate $1,000 - 1,500.

Realized: $800

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Lot 3653 P   

Confederacy, 1862, 5¢ light blue, De La Rue printing, large die proof on glazed card, Very Fine and rare.
Scott No. 6P1    Estimate $400 - 600.

Realized: $600

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Lot 3654    

Confederacy, 1862, 5¢ light blue, De La Rue printing, horizontal strip of four, large margin to in at left, tied by "Richmond, Va. (Sep) 8, 1862" cds's on large homemade manila cover to Tebeauville, Ga., with back pinned portion of original enclosure from Leesburg; strip with central crease between stamps and couple reinforced cover tears, otherwise F.-V.F.
Scott No. 6    Estimate $400 - 600.

Realized: $375

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Lot 3655    

Confederacy, 1862, 5¢ light blue, De La Rue printing, horiz. pair, large margins to close at bottom left, used over Corpus Christi, Texas Merchant corner card and tied to cover by Port Lavaca, Texas Mar 20, 186_ cds addressed to Seguin, Texas, an Extremely Fine gem, ex-Meroni, with 1997 PSE certificate.
Scott No. 6    Estimate $300 - 400.

Realized: $950

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Lot 3656    

Confederacy, 1862, 5¢ light blue, De La Rue printing, horizontal pair, tied part strike of (Courtn)ey, Texas Dec 10 cds on homemade cover to Mobile, Ala, stamps with small faults, Fine, Scarce Texas town.
Scott No. 6    Estimate $150 - 200.

Realized: $145

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Lot 3657    

Confederacy, 1862, 5¢ light blue, De La Rue printing, London print single, crease in left margin, tied bold Marietta, Geo Jun 24 (1862) cds shortly before the July 1 increase to 10¢, addressed to "Solomon Cohen, Esq., Savannah, Georgia", Extremely Fine.
Scott No. 6    Estimate $100 - 150.

Realized: $85

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Lot 3658    

Confederacy, 1862, 5¢ light blue, De La Rue printing, pair of four margin London prints tied neat Rapid Ann Station, Va. cds on cover to Turkey Cove P.O., N.C., Extremely Fine.
Scott No. 6    Estimate $100 - 150.

Realized: $70

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Lot 3659    

Confederacy, 1862, 5¢ light blue, De La Rue printing, horizontal pair, four margins, tied "Strawberry Plains, Ten." to Jonesborough, E. Ten. on homemade cover, Very Fine, Scarce town, signed Green.
Scott No. 6    Estimate $100 - 150.

Realized: $75

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Lot 3660    

Confederacy, 1862, 5¢ light blue, De La Rue printing, horiz. pair, large margins to just touched at top right, right stamp with light crease, tied by beautiful bold strike of Rogersville, Ten. Nov 8 with inverted month on clean cover to Blain's X Roads, E. Tenn., Very Fine, ex-Hall.
Scott No. 6    Estimate $100 - 150.

Realized: $130

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Lot 3661    

Confederacy, 1862, 5¢ light blue, De La Rue printing, large even margins, tied neat "Nelson Station, Va. May 13" (1862) cds on pristine cover to Petersburg, Extremely Fine.
Scott No. 6    Estimate $100 - 150.

Realized: $180

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