Lot
1820 
Confederacy, (Naval) 1862, 5¢ blue, Archer & Daly printing, 1862, 5¢ blue, Archer & Daly printing horizontal pair, faulty, tied by partial "Spartanburg S.C. Feb 18" cds on homemade cover to Lt. John Grimball on the C.S. Ram Baltic, Mobile Ala., F.-V.F. Scott No. 7 Estimate $750 - 1,000.
The CSS "Baltic" was a former sidewheel towboat that was fitted out in 1862 with iron and cotton cladding. She operated in Mobile Bay and on the Tombigbee River until reporting unfit for service in February 1863. She was dismantled in 1864 for her armor.
Realized: $1,300