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Lot 513
Collection of Eight Confederate Turned Covers
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
As follows: 1) First usage, 1851 one-cent U. S. postage with Mobile, AL cds to Siloam, MS; Second usage a pair of light blue five-cent CSA #7s tied with a Tupelo, MS cds, July 19, 1862, to Mt. Hebron, AL. 2) First usage, five-cent CSA #6 (2nd stamp missing), manuscript Amherst, VA cancel, to Charlottesville, VA; Second usage ten-cent CSA #12 tied with Charlottesville cds, to Woodstock, VA. 3) First usage, missing stamp(s), Farmville, VA cds, to Pilot Mtn., NC; Second usage ten-cent CSA #12 with manuscript cancel to Salem, NC. 4) First usage ten-cent CSA #11 tied with manuscript cancel, to Goldsboro, NC; Second usage ten-cent CSA #12 tied with Goldsboro, NC cds, to Lt. Col. S. B. Evans, 63rd Reg't NC Troops, NC Cavalry Brigade, Hampton's Division, Richmond, VA. The recipient was taken prisoner in July, 1863. 5) First usage, a pair of five-cent CSA #7s, manuscript canceled, Bethany Church, NC to Holtsburg, NC; second usage ten-cent CSA #12 manuscript canceled Eagle Mills, NC, to Bethany Church, NC. 6) First usage, ten-cent CSA #12 tied with a Salem, VA (?) cds, to Lynchburg, VA; Second usage, ten-cent CSA #12 tied with Lynchburg, VA cds, to Staunton, VA. 7) First usage, three-cent 1851 U. S. stamp tied with Staunton, VA cds to Louisburg, NC; Second usage, ten-cent CSA #11 tied with Louisburg cds and DUE 10 handstamp, to Chapel Hill, NC. 8) First usage, missing stamps, to Macon, MS; Second usage, pair of five-cent CSA #7s tied by Macon, MS cds, to Lt. I.I. Sereben Smith, Van Dorn's Cavalry, Columbia, TN.

Stains, small splits to most of the covers. Fair to good condition.

$300 - 600