Lot
4219 
Confederacy, "Strawberry via Monks Corner", manuscript local post directive on orange cover to St. John's Berkley S.C. bearing 5¢ blue (7) horizontal pair, four margins, tied by blue "Columbia S.C. Mar 18" cds; pencil 1863 docketing; small bit of flap missing, Very Fine and scarce. Estimate $300 - 400.
Realized: $375
Lot
4220
Confederacy, "Strawberry via Mouks Corner", express endorsement on cover with "Charleston S.C. Jan 12 1861" cds and matching circular grid canceling 3¢ red Nesbitt entire (U9) to Limerick, Berkley, Very Fine, a scarce Strawberry Local Post use. Estimate $200 - 300.
After 1801, a private local post was run by Upper Cooper River plantation owners in St. John's Parish, from Strawberry Ferry to Charleston. Charleston postmaster Huger was a member. In the 1850s, when the Northeastern Railroad arrived, mail was left at Strawberry Station, across the river from a Church of England 18th Century Chapel of Ease, although it had no post office. Several Ball family members belonged, and their mail is the chief source of today's covers. There are various routings recorded, but Confederate period letters usually include St. John's Berkeley and Strawberry in the address.
Realized: $170