Lot
3205 
Confederacy, Blockade-Run Usage from Savannah Ga. to Rome, Italy, via Nassau, Bahamas. Buff cover from the "Locke" correspondence (#47), originating in Savannah on Dec. 29th, 1862 (docketed) & carried under separate cover, addressed to Rome in care of Baring Bros. in London, carried from Charleston to Nassau by blockade runner, delivered to Baring Brother forwarders in London & posted with red London Paid transit, French transit & Italian arrival postmark, flap torn, Very Fine and scarce usage, subject of an article in the Confederate Philatelist; with 2007 C.S.A. certificate. Estimate $1,000 - 1,500.
Realized: $1,250
Lot
3206
Confederacy, Charleston S.C./Mar. 17, 1863. Double circle postmark & "Steam-Ship" oval on inbound cover from Lt. W. L. Maury in England to Mrs. Maury in Milton N.C., manuscript, manuscript "Ship" endorsement and pencil "12" rate (10¢ plus 2¢), trimmed across top & small repair at lower right corner, portion of original top back flap reattached out of original alignment., Very Fine, ex-Seacrest; with 2004 C.S.A. certificate. Estimate $1,000 - 1,500.
Carried by the blockade-runner Ruby (I), leaving Nassau Mar. 13, 1863, arriving in Charleston on Mar. 17 -- Lt. Maury was assigned to the commerce raider C.S.S. Georgia, which left England on Apr. 1.
Realized: $1,400
Lot
3207
Confederacy, Incoming Blockade Cover from the Burckmyer Correspondence. Hand carried cover from Paris to Charleston, S.C., Confederate States of America with lengthy original enclosures datelined "Paris, March 29, 1864" written by Cornelius Burckmyer's wife (letter with edge splits), Very Fine, one of the few incoming Blockade covers from this famous correspondence. Estimate $500 - 750.
Realized: $425
Lot
3208
Confederacy, Outbound Blockade Cover to New York. Originating in Charleston, S.C. where "5" in circle rate handstamp was applied & sent through the Bahamas with "Bahamas JY 3, 1864" backstamp, signed under flap, "Approved by order, H.W. Feilden", a piece of the cover is missing at the upper right (repaired) where a stamp was removed, otherwise Fine; with 2004 C.S.A. certificate. Estimate $400 - 600.
Colonel Henry Wemyss Feilden (1838-1921) was a British citizen and the son of a baronet. He served in the Indian Mutiny Campaign of 1857-58 and in the campaign of 1860 in China. Retired by sale of commission in 1861, and joined the Army of the Confederate States of America. Served in 1862 to the close of the American War as Assistant Adjutant-General on the Staff of General Beauregard in the campaigns in Virginia, Georgia, South Carolina, etc., and surrendered along with the Army of General J. E. Johnson to General Sherman in North Carolina, April 1865, the termination of the War. Re-entered the English Service as Adjutant of Reserve Forces in 1866, and subsequently joined the Army Pay Department. Selected by the Royal Society and appointed Naturalist to the Polar Expedition of 1875-76 under Captain Sir George Nares. Served in the Transvaal War of 1881. Fellow of the Geological, Geographical, Zoological, and other Societies.
Realized: $850
Lot
3209
Confederacy, U.S.S. New Ironsides. 1864 inbound cover from Germany addressed to "Dr. Edward Kerschner, United States Iron Frigate 'New Ironsides', Charleston Harbor South Carolina, United States of America", endorsed "via Bremen", German datestamp, "New York Feb. 3" depreciated currency datestamp, Frigate New Ironsides crossed out in pencil & forwarded to the navel vessel "Passaic", Very Fine. Estimate $750 - 1,000.
A remarkably rare usage from Europe to a doctor aboard the U.S.S. New Ironsides, according to www.history.navy.millésime "SS New Ironsides, a 4120-ton broadside ironclad, was built at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The last, and largest, of the initial group of three 'salt-water' armored warships begun in 1861 in response to meet the needs of the Civil War, she was commissioned in August 1862. Following a lengthy fitting-out period, she joined the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron in January 1863. For the next year, she operated in support of the blockade of Charleston, South Carolina, and took part in several attacks on the Confederate fortifications defending that city.".
Realized: $2,600
Lot
3210
Confederacy, Wilmington, N.C./5 Paid/Feb. 12. Fully struck integral-rate cds converted from 3¢ rate postmark with matching "Ship" straightline and manuscript. "12" rate (10¢ plus 2¢) on incoming cover to Petersburg, Va., very slightly age toned, most of backflap removed and slightly reduced at top, Fine and scarce, carried on the blockade-runner Mary Ann arriving from Nassau on Feb. 10, 1864, ex-Lehman and Everett. Estimate $750 - 1,000.
Realized: $1,250