Lot
3075 
Confederacy, 1863, 10¢ blue, Archer & Daly printing. Four margins, light crease, tied by the pre-war "Charleston S.C." smaller single rim postmark on yellow cover to Camden, S.C., cover with a little overall foxing & wear, F.-V.F. Scott No. 11 Estimate $150 - 200.
This postmark was only very occasionally used in the Confederate period. The postmarks more commonly used were the small double circle or the large single rim with yeardate and missing digit. This pre-war mark differs from the other more commonly used C.S.A. single rim device in that it is somewhat smaller than the C.S.A. mark, has a different style of lettering, and has no yeardate within the postmark. Only about 40 covers are recorded where this pre-war Charleston postmark was used from mid-1862 to mid-1864. A very good example of this not commonly seen Charleston postmark.
Realized: $105