Lot
36 
Confederacy, Sandersville, Ga./Feb. 14. Blue cds with matching "Paid 5" handstamp on small cover with original embossed Valentine with hand written Valentine poem, datelined "Brookwood, Feb. 14, 1862" (plantation near Dublin, Ga.), cover with small hand colored seal on back flap showing early Steam Train with "Express", Extremely Fine and choice, a very scarce Confederate Valentine particularly used on Valentine's Day, featured in The Confederate Philatelist (Jan. - March 2010) (Pictured in Monroe Book, pg. 81). Estimate $500 - 750.
The addressee is Lt. Col. Charles Augustus Conn, 45th Ga. Regiment, who was later killed at Petersburg, Va. on March 25, 1865. When he was mortally wounded, his last words were, "Forward Boys, Forward!"
As there were only five Valentine days during the Civil War, Confederate Valentines are obvious rare and especially sought after.
Realized: $1,050