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Smuggled and Flag-of-Truce Mail
| Lot |
Sym. |
Lot Description |
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| 2476 |
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 Smuggled Thru-the-Lines Mail. 3c Dull Red, Ty. II (26) tied by "Louisville Jul. 7, 1861" double-circle datestamp and grid on cover and 3c Red Star Die entire (U27) with same Louisville datestamp
(Jul. 14), original letter from a daughter to her mother (Mrs. C. Waller) in Chicago, datelined "Airlie July 5th 1861" (Airlie Plantation at Pecan Grove La.) describes sending letters to and from Confederate Louisiana via private individuals
in Louisville and New Orleans willing to carry them, this letter was carried by a Mr. Overton in Lexington and mailed at Louisville, mentions the need to pay 5c or 10c postage on southbound letters, entire has small edge tear, Very Fine (Image)Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com |
E. 200-300
SOLD for $400.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 2477 |
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 Smuggled Thru-the-Lines Mail. Cover to Mrs. C. Waller in Chicago, same correspondence as lot 2476, sent to U.S. Dead Letter Office presumably because postage was not applied, bold "Dead Letter Office Mar.
5, 1862" circular datestamp, pencil "X", "Washington D.C. Mar. 6, 1862" circular datestamp and "DUE 6cts" straightline handstamp, blue "Chicago Ill 8 A.M." carrier datestamp on back, original letter datelined "Airlie La. Jany. 30th 1862"
(Airlie Plantation at Pecan Grove La.), Very Fine, smuggled thru the lines and either intercepted or sent to D.L.O. for non-prepayment of postage (Image)Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com |
E. 500-750
SOLD for $1,100.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 2478 |
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 Monroe La. Dec. 20 (1863?). Circular datestamp and ms. "Due 10c" on cover to Mrs. Catharine Carson, Tyler Tex., soldier's letter endorsement in pencil "Soldiers Letter, W W Carson, Co B, McNeils Batt.
Cav.", folded at left, one backflap added, otherwise Fine, accompanied by a letter from New York dated Nov. 8, 1863, which appears to be in the same hand as address and expresses sympathy to the writer's sister over the death of her husband, Mr.
Gunter described the cover and enclosure as "Through the Lines via Monroe" but we cannot confirm that the letter goes with this cover, nor is it clear how a letter from New York would be sent via Monroe with a soldier's endorsement (Image)Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com |
E. 300-400
SOLD for $160.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 2479 |
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 Monroe La. Apr. 8 (1865?). Circular datestamp and ms. "Due 10" on cover to Mrs. James G. Carson, Tyler Tex., soldier's letter endorsement in pencil "J. Carson, Co B, McNeils Regt", repaired flap
and cleaned, otherwise Fine, accompanied by a letter from Chicago dated Feb. 17, 1865, from the brother of the addressee, Mr. Gunter described the cover and enclosure as "Through the Lines via Monroe" but, as in the case of lot 2478, we cannot
confirm that the letter goes with this cover, nor is it clear how a letter from Chicago would be sent via Monroe with a soldier's endorsement, the letter mentions sending articles to the addressee and the uncertainty of letters reaching their
destination (Image)Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com |
E. 300-400
SOLD for $170.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 2480 |
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 Norfolk Va. Nov. 23, 1861. Blue circular datestamp and matching "Paid 10c." in circle on small flag-of-truce cover to Alexandria La., sender's notation "Postage inside" (10c for C.S.A.
postage), ms. "Exd/V" censor mark, Extremely Fine, an especially clean and attractive example of this scarce thru-the-lines use via Norfolk, this exchange point was only used for a brief period early in the war, the 10c C.S.A. rate makes this quite
rare (Image)Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com |
E. 500-750
SOLD for $950.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 2481 |
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 Smuggled Mail from New Orleans. 3c Rose (65) with wide straddle-pane margin showing part of stamp from adjoining pane, tied by brush stroke, bold "Summit Miss." dateless circle handstamp on
small cover to Berzelia Ga., ms. "from Orleans" and "due 10c", additional ms. "Pd WEL", receipt docketing "Recd 4 Feb/64"VERY FINE. AN EXTREMELY RARE COVER SMUGGLED OUT OF FEDERAL-OCCUPIED NEW ORLEANS AND PLACED INTO THE
CONFEDERATE MAILS AT SUMMIT, MISSISSIPPI. The manuscript "from Orleans" notation applied at the Summit post offices indicates that the postmaster was aware of the letter's origin and familiar with the practice of smuggling mail out of New
Orleans where Confederate sympathizers were under the governance of the U.S. military. Because of its location on the New Orleans, Jackson and Great Northern Railroad, the town of Summit, Mississippi, was an exchange point for thru-the-lines mail to
and from the western Confederacy. The U.S. stamp was affixed in New Orleans, but it served no purpose in the Confederate mail system. (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com |
E. 1,500-2,000
SOLD for $2,100.00
Will close during Public Auction |
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