Lot
4202 
Confederacy, Charleston S.C. Mar 15 1861, clear strike of cds with handstamped "24" cent due rating on folded letter to Edinburgh, Scotland, blue Tobias Sons company oval, "Boston B. Pkt. '5' 20 Mar" exchange debit cds, carried as endorsed by Cunard Line Niagara from Boston Mar. 20th to Queenstown arriving Apr. 2nd, handstamped "1/" shilling packet due rating, Edinburgh (4.4) arrival backstamp; vertical file folds, F.-V.F., A rare Confederate use to Scotland. Estimate $500 - 750.
This is the next letter in the correspondence and mentions, "…There is no change in political affairs, as the Commissioners from Confederacy not yet received by United States Government at Washington…".
Realized: $400