US 26, 3¢ dull red tied grid with matching beautifully struck CHARLESTON / S.C. // JAN / 12 /1 861 double circle datestamp on all-over beige CHARLESTON HOTEL advertising cover, wonderful Independent State Use addressed to Mrs. Jno C. McClenaghan, Marion C.H., S.C. SHOWY! $950.

Capt. John Charles McClenaghan is cited for bravery at First Manassas in the Official Records. He was Quarter Master of Co. E, Gregg’s First, 8th SCV, 21 SCV. He died of disease on Morris Island (Charleston Harbor) March15, 1863.

US U27, 3¢ star-die entire tied LYNCHBURG / Va // MAY / 4 / 1861 cds with blind embossed Grocers & Commission Merchant corner card of M. Hollins & Co. / No. 7 D Main St. / Lynchburg, Va.; addressed to Genl. James Hoge, Dublin, Va. with contents docketing up the left side, slightly reduced at top with back flap missing, horizontal fold across bottom. Ex Thayer. Scarce Independent State Use (only independent for 20 days). CCV $300 without regard to corner card. $325.

General James Hoge was commissioned Brigadier General of the 19th Brigade of Virginia Militia State Troops. Much more information on linked page.

US 26, 3¢ dull red tied partial NEW ORLEANS / LA. cds on cover with printed Duncan, Payne & Co., 18 Union Street, New Orleans corner card addressed to Col. John Duncan, Jackson, Miss. with docketing of contents as “L. A. Duncan, N.O. (New Orleans) Jany 8 / 61 J[ackson Jany] 11 / 61 thus received into Independent Mississippi which seceded January 9, 1861. $150.

Col John Duncan personally financed the Duncan Riflemen, a part of the 45th Mississippi Infantry. He was a personal friend of President Jefferson Davis. Much more info on linked page.

CSA 1, 5¢ green (gum stains) tied ATLANTA / Ga. // JUN / 28 / 1862 cds partly struck off top of advertising cover with printed corner card of ATLANTA HOTEL / Dr. J. Thompson, Proprietor. Addressed to Miss Ella Randle, Manassas, Ga. Care of T. H. Trippe Esq. The Atlanta Hotel was the largest and best hotel in town at the time and Thompson was known as a genial host. The hotel was destroyed after the Battle of Atlanta. $400.

CSA 6, 5¢ light blue used on cover with grid and matching FARMVILLE / VA // JUN / 5 / 1862 cds on pink illuminated FARMVILLE FEMALE COLLEGE illustrated with a picture of the college and Latin mottoes, addressed to John Kern, Jr. Esq, Richmond, Virginia. CSA Catalog VA-093 (CCV $1,500), light soiling, Very Fine choice use. $950

CSA 8, 2¢ brown red (tiny faults) tied by GREENVILLE / S.C. // JAN / ? cds on unsealed circular with "The Sunday School of South'n Bapt. Convention Greenville S.C." corner card, addressed to T. P. Lidi, Esq. Darlington C.H., S.C.; Scarce, accompanied by 1955 letter from Stanley B. Ashbrook to dealer Raynor Hubbell attesting the authenticity of the cover and opining that it is an 1864 use, ex Kohn, Matz, and Brandon. $2,300.

CSA 11-AD, 10¢ blue (small faults) pen canceled with matching manuscript Columbia April 23 written over Farmville Female Institute printed college corner card at left (CSA Catalog type VA-10), CV $750); addressed to Miss Lucie White, Care A. Preot (President of the school), Farmville, Virginia, ex Myerson and Morgan. $600.

CSA 12, 10¢ blue, four large even margins, tied light GRIFFIN / GA. cds used over Pugh, Bullock & McTyer of Eufaula Ala. printed corner card cover to Miss. E. A. Merrill, Clayton, Ala. Care of B. J. Hoole; cover tears at bottom edge and top flap. $250.

MILLEDGEVILLE / GA. // MAR / 12 cds with matching PAID and 5 rating handstamps, on Compton & Callaway, Family Groceries, Millidgeville (sic) Ga., blue embossed CAMEO CORNER CARD on cover addressed to John B. Lam, Macon Ga., slightly reduced at right. $800.

MACON / GA double circle with matching PAID 5 on Wesleyan Female College blue cameo college corner card (CSA Catalog type GA-16b) cover addressed to “James M. Robertson, Esq., Greenville, Ga,” Very Fine $900

LEXINGTON / Va. // DEC / 5 [1861] cds with matching PAID 5 used on an all-over gray attorney card card of Greenlee Davidson. These same markings were used both as stampless and postmaster provisional, the latter considered as provisional markings only when unused, under a postally used general issue, or mailed from another town. Top back flap missing, slightly reduced at top and couple tears at upper left; addressed to Mrs. J. D. Davidson Care Mason Matthews, Lewisburg, Greenbrier Co [West] Va. $350.

NORFOLK / VA. // JUN / 19 / 1861 blue cds with matching handstamped "PAID" in circle and "5" rate on attractive clean blind embossed merchant corner card cover to “John E. Morecock Esq., Weldon, N.C.”, Very Fine. $350

Charleston S.C., 5¢ Blue #16X1 with mostly large but irregular margins showing large parts of outer frame lines, slightly in where unevenly separated, tied by Charleston S.C., Nov. 5, 1861 cds on J. N. ROBSON COMMISSION MERCHANT'S CORNER CARD cover to Concord N.C.; Fine, a scarce corner card cover, the Calhoun census lists approximately fourteen examples on corner card covers, but many are embossed and do not clearly show the design. $1,500. 

Listed in both Provisional and Advertising 

U.S. 3¢ dull red #26 (double perfs at right, small faults) tied grid with matching dc postmark of CHARLESTON / S.C. // MAR / 16 / 1861 on all-over green illuminated Eberhard Faber Lead Pencil Manufacturer’s advertising cover, addressed to Annie R. Tuttle, Care Fisher Agnew, Columbia, S.C.; slightly reduced at left and tiny sealed upper left corner tear, Showy Confederate State Use of US Postage. $1,000

Charleston S.C., 5¢ blue #16X1, large margins to in where separated a bit roughly, uncanceled, neat strike of November 24, 1861, double-circle town cancel on ad cover to B. F. Brown, Esq, Anderson S.C., with J. N. Robson Commission Merchant's oval corner card, stamp with some toning, cover expertly repaired at top, otherwise Fine, perhaps 14 such are recorded in the Calhoun census and several are embossed and difficult to see clearly. Ex Calhoun with his owner backstamp. $500.

J.N. Robson & Son was established in 1839; Robson was a pioneer in introducing Western trade into Charleston. Much more information online from various sources.

Listed in both Provisionals, Section 3, and Advertising

US 26, 3¢ dull red (two singles slightly overlapping and with tiniest faults) tied together by CHARLESTON / S.C. // JAN / 21 / 1861 double circle cancel, Independent State Use on ALL-OVER ILLUMINATED WHARTON AND PETSCH CAR WORKS, CHARLESTON, S.C. AD COVER ILLUSTRATING A TRAIN CAR at upper left. A bit reduced at left with stain at center but this is a UNIQUE design, NEWLY DISCOVERED in the Plantation Collection. $9000

Wharton and Petsch Car Works produced rail cars from 1850-18??, according to online sources. Detailed information on linked page.

CSA 1-AB, 5¢ olive green, uncanceled but unquestionably belongs according to Hendershott who acquired it with other Kern correspondence. Stamps were usually canceled with a grid and it simply missed this step. Town postmark of FARMVILLE / VA. // DEC / 16 [1861] used on illuminated all-over college cover showing the college, Farmville Female College, CSA Catalog type VA-09e with catalog value of $1,500. Strongly addressed to J. Kern Jr. Capitol House, Richmond, Va., open 2 sides. Ex Littlejohn and Plantation Collection. $1,000.

Charleston S.C., 5¢ Blue #16X1 tied by neat Charleston, S.C., Oct. 2, 1861, double circle datestamp on cover to Mrs. A. L. Hershman in Camden, So. Ca., with "Office of the Fire Alarm and Police Telegraph, Main Guard House, Charleston S.C." red imprint; left edge of cover restored as well as the stamp, Extremely Fine appearance. One of the two recorded "Fire Alarm and Police Telegraph" imprint covers with the Charleston postmaster's provisional, both from the same correspondence. Ex Calhoun. $2,800

The Fire Alarm and Police Telegraph system history is recounted in detail on the linked page.

Listed in both Provisionals-3 and Advertising

US 26, 3¢ dull red with IMPRINT in the left margin (small faults) tied grid with matching CHARLESTON / S.C. // MAR / 13 / 1861 cds on advertising cover with green cameo of Geo. W. Williams & Co., Wholesale Grocers; top back flap missing and bit stained; CSA Use of US Stamps, to Bryce Smith, Greenville, S.C.  $400.

US 26, 3¢ dull red with IMPRINT in the left margin (small faults) tied CHARLESTON / S.C. // APR / 18 / 1861 cds on advertising cover with brown cameo of Geo. W. Williams & Co., Wholesale Grocers; top back flap missing, vertical crease and bit stained; CSA Use of US Stamps, to W. W. Renwick, Pomaria, S.C.  $350.

CSA 2-Y, 10¢ light milky blue (4 large even margins), tied neat KNOXVILLE / Ten. // OCT / 10 / 1862 cds on fancy printed Exchange & Deposit Bank, Knoxville, Tenn., to Col. O. P. Temple, Saltville, Virginia. slightly reduced at top and sealed flap tears. $950.

Oliver Perry Temple was a lawyer and a Unionist. Much more information on the linked page.

CSA 7-R, 5¢ blue pair tied RICHMOND / Va. // FEB / 10 / 1863 cds on all-over green illustrated SPOTTS & HARVEY Grocers & Commission Merchants ad cover to John Shearer, Forks, Va. Slightly reduced at top with part of top back flap missing, Ex Kohn and D.C. Warren. $550.

CSA 11, 10¢ blue (2 margins) tied double strikes ATLANTA / Ga. // JUN / 17 [1864] cds on cover with large green embossed illustrated cameo corner card of Dimick & Mix, Dealers in Boots & Shoes, Leather, Lasts, Shoe Pecs & Shoe Findings, Cherokee Block, Peach-Tree Street, Atlanta, Georgia, L.M. Dimick, Albert Mix with tiny “W. Eaves NY” (manufacturer of ad cover). Ad shows 3 varieties of footwear, minor edge wear.  To Ed. Hogshead, Esq., Gainesville Junction, Miss. with soldier endorsement of “Jn. M. Hogshead, Comp. “G”, 15th Regt. Miss. Vol.” At the time of mailing, this was Adam’s Brigade, Loring’s Division, Army of Mississippi. A charming and scarce use from a BRASS BAND musician. $800.

John M. Hogshead served in the Grenada Rifles, Capt. W. S. Statham.  as a MUSICIAN IN THE REGIMENTAL BRASS BAND. Much more information on the linked page.

CSA 11, 10¢ blue (3 margins) tied RICHMOND / Va. // MAY / 24 cds on all-over green advertising cover of Harvey, Armistead & Williams, Tobacco Exchange Building, Wholesale Grocers, and Commission Merchants, Virgnia St., Richmond, Va. to Miley C. Wills Esq, Wilmington, Fluvanna County, Va. A Beauty! Ex Dr. D.C. Warren. $450.

CSA 11, 10¢ blue (4 margins) tied MARIETTA / GEO. // JUL / 20 cds on all-over gray-brown advertising cover of Denmead & Wright, Agents, City Bank of Augusta, Ga. / General Collectors, Marietta, Ga., addressed in bold ink to Saml. May Esq., Agt. Branch Bk. Tenn. at Memphis, Athens, Ga., top back flap missing, bit of light cover soiling and small erosion hole at top right, Showy, Ex Robert W. Werner and Dr. D.C. Warren.  Scarce design. ONLY TWO RECORDED IN BAUM AD CENSUS. $500.

CSA 11, 10¢ blue (3 margins) tied weakly struck cds of LYNCHBURG / Va. // ? / 18 cds on letterpress advertising corner card of Citizens Savings Bank at Lynchburg, Va., Established 1834, Deposits paid on Demand, Interest 5 percent per anum for Ninety days and upwards, and Four per cent for a shorter time. Capital Stock Permanent and pledged for Deposits $100,000, Surplus Fund, $5,000. to Asa Holland Esq, Hales Ford, Va. with “O.B.” at top. Scarce ad design. ONLY THREE OF THIS TYPE RECORDED IN BAUM AD CENSUS but this is the only one without a stamp on top of the ad design. Ex Daniel M. Telep and Dr. D.C. Warren. $550.

CSA 2-Pa, 10¢ light blue, tied AUGUSTA / Ga. // JAN / 7 cds on cover to Mrs. G. M. Dudley, Americus, Ga, large blue illustrated ad of Planter’s Hotel on verso, large repaired tear through front of exploded cover, slightly reduced at left. $700.

CSA 7, 5¢ blue vertical pair used with “Chula Depot” manuscript cancel on pale orange overall college cover of Richmond Female Institute (CSA catalog type VA-13, CCV $750) showing college buildings (tiny imprint at LR “Litho. by A. Hoen & Co. Balto”), to “Mrs. Charles H. Winston, Box 219, Charlotte, NC.” $350.

Charles Henry Winston was Superintendent of the Confederate Nitre Bureau, for which he was commissioned a major of cavalry. Much more information on linked page.

Adams Express Company, S. Western Division, Augusta, Ga., blue all-over illustrated shaded ad cover showing Street View of Office, addressed to Adams agent “J. P. Hawkins, Esq., Agent, Danville, Va.;” reduced at right, otherwise Very Fine, ex-Knapp, Emerson, Shenfield, Wiseman, Mayo and Hart. $900.

J.P. Hawkins worked for Southern Express from at least 1862 to May 1865. General Orders No. 77 exempted Southern Express employees from conscription. Much more information on linked page.

CHARLESTON / S.C. // DEC / 7 / 1861 cds with matching PAID 5 handstamp on gray all-over illuminated ad cover of Chambers, Barnes & Co., General Commission Merchants, Charleston, S.C., to A. B. Springs, Esq., Fort Mills, S.C.; Barnes crossed out in red crayon, original enclosure accompanies concerning difficult in cashing checks from one bank to another; small edge tear, otherwise Very Fine, Ex Littlejohn, Mayo. $550.

Major Andrew Baxter Springs enlisted in the Confederate Army, but because of age he was sent home. Much more information on linked page.

CSA 4, 5¢ blue used with FARMVILLE / Va. // MAY / 23 / 1862 cds and grid which barely ties the stamp, on all-over gray illuminated envelope of FARMVILLE Female College (CSA catalog #VA-09c, CCV $1,000) addressed to Mann Valentine, Jr. Richmond, Va., small sealed edge tears and top back flap faults not mentioned on 1977 CSA certificate, Ex Hall. $700.

Mann Satterwhite Valentine, Jr. biographical information on linked page.

CSA 1, 5¢ green tied grid with matching FARMVILLE / Va. // MAY / 23 / 1862 cds on all-over illuminated pink Farmville Female College cover (CSA Catalog type VA-09e, CV $1,500) addressed to John Kern, Jr., Treasury Department, Second Auditor’s Office, Richmond, Va. with second two linked crossed out, slightly reduced at right and light soiling. $600.

CSA 7-R, 5¢ dark blue vertical pair (4 margins) tied blue PETERSBURG / Va. // NOV / 16 cds on gray illuminated Smyth, Stone & Banks, Grocers, & Commission Merchants, Petersburg, Va. advertising cover, to Mess. McGee & Williams, Raleigh, N.C., top back flap removed, sealed tear at top and stain spots across top. $400.

Hand-carried (likely military courier) illuminated gray advertising cover of Jno. C. Whitner, Dealer in Gold and Exchange, Collector of Notes & Accounts, West Point, Ga.; addressed to Mrs. Howell Cobb, Athens, Georgia, by her husband HOWELL COBB AND THUS AN INDIRECT AUTOGRAPH, top flap removed and tiny sealed tear at upper right. $400.

Howell Cobb (1815-1868) was a founder of the Confederacy who served as president of the Confederate Provisional Congress (1861-62), as well as a major general of the Confederate army. His personal history is well-known and illustrious.  Listed in both Advertising and Miscellaneous-2 

CSA 1, 5¢ green (small faults) tied TUDOR HALL / Va. // DEC / 22 [1861] cds on pink illuminated advertising cover of John T. Ellis, Merchant, Amherst Court House, Va., to Charles Ellis Esq., Care Thos. & Chls. Ellis, Richmond. Light soiling a tiny bit of edge wear. $500.

John Thomas Ellis helped organize and was elected Captain of the Southern Rights Guard in Amherst County, Company H, 19th Virginia Infantry, Army of Northern Virginia. Much more detailed information on linked page.

CSA 1c, 5¢ green (small faults) tied blue NASHVILLE / TENN. cds partially struck off edge on gray illuminated advertising cover of TERRASS Brothers, Wholesale Grocers, and Dealers in Fine & Domestic Liquors, Segars, Tobacco, Iron, Nails, etc. No. 7 South Market Street, Nashville, Tenn. to T. A. Warwick, Care of Gould Blakemore & Co., Memphis, Ten. On top back flap is imprint Manuf’d by W. Eaves, 295 Pearl St., N.Y. In pencil on bottom flap is docketed “Genl Putman Oct 16 /64” - likely sender. Possibly Holden Putman of 93rd Illinois Infantry but more research needed. $500.

CSA 2-Y (Scott 2e), 10¢ light milky blue, Stone Y (faulty) stamp replacement, unknown cds on orange illuminated college cover of Military College, University Nashville, Tenn. with illustration of the college. NOT LISTED in CSA Catalog. Addressed to Miss Kate Garrett, Gass (sic) Factory, Linc[oln] Co[unty] Ten., with soldier’s endorsement “Lt. Geo. [Washington] Garrett, 1st Tenn. Regt.” (Company K). Running under the stamp is “Care of Mr. Whithington, Layttsville, Tenn.” Edge worn and stamp added, but scarce design. $300.

LEXINGTON / Va. // JUN / 3 blue cds with matching “10” on illuminated gray advertising cover with oval corner card of Greenlee Davidson, Attorney at Law, Lexington, Va. Addressed to Greenlee Davidson, Care Gov. Letcher, Richmond, Va. Manuscript “Paid / Ch. Box 33” at lower left. UNLISTED in CSA catalog with this configuration. Ex Oswald.  $550.

Greenlee Davidson served as an Aide de Camp to Confederate Virginia Governor John Letcher with the Virginia state rank of Lt. Col. of Cavalry. More information on linked page.

CSA 4, 5¢ blue (4 huge margins showing part of adjacent stamp at right, small sealed tear at left) tied 1862 blue COLUMBIA / S.C. on gray illuminated Columbia Female College cover (CSA Catalog SC-03, CV $1,250) with 2001 PSE certificate 50994 stating stamp added, addressed to A. B. Springs, Fort Mills, S.C., Ex Littlejohn and Richard A. Hall. $250.

Andrew Baxter Springs was one of York County’s best known and respected men. He enlisted in the Confederate Army but, because of age, he was sent home. More information on linked page.

CSA 4, 5¢ blue lithograph (two singles) tied double strike RICHMOND / Va. // ? / 15 / 1862 cds on orange illuminated Spotts & Harvey, Grocers & Commission Merchants, Richmond, Va. advertising cover to Messrs Carroll Hoy & Co., New Orleans, La. Lower right of cover edge replaced. $250.

CSA 5, 10¢ rose used with manuscript cancel on cover to James Harris, 7 Islands, Fluvanna County [Virginia] with blind embossed CORNER CARD of W. D. Tompkins & Bro. / Commission Merchant / Basin Bank. / Richmond, Va. Period agricultural publications show Tompkins adjacent to the Packet Office in Richmond and handling the sale of flour, tobacco, lumber, grain and more. $400.

CSA 2, 10¢ light blue left sheet margin, roughly torn at right and added to cover on which it is “tied” blue COLUMBIA / S.C. // OCT / 28 (incorrect date), gray  illuminated Columbia Female College design (CSA Catalog SC-03, CV $1,250) with original April 17, 1862 enclosure of Exchange Bank of Columbia, S.C., from cashier to A. B. Springs, Fort Mills, S.C., Ex Littlejohn. $230.

Andrew Baxter Springs was one of York County’s best known and respected men. More biographical information on linked page.

STAUNTON / Va. // DEC / 18 cds with matching PAID and 10 handstamps on attractive overall illustrated ad of renowned nurseryman Franklin Davis, Fruit & Ornamental Trees, Evergreens, Shrubbery, etc.  Addressed to John B. Townley, Esq., North Garden, Albemarle County, Va., TURNED COVER with pair of CSA 7, 5¢ blue, tied on flap by CHARLOTTESVILLE / Va. // FEB / 1 / 1864 dcds, addressed to Franklin Davis, Staunton, Virginia; slight edge wear, open 3 sides for display, and missing back flap, Nice Showy Use! Ex Engstler. $1,000.

Nashville, Tenn., 5¢ violet brown #61X5 (in at right and bottom), tied by blue NASHVILLE / Ten. // SEP / 22 / 1861 cds on "Morgan & Co., Importers and Dealers in Foreign and Domestic Dry Goods" illustrated building corner card cover to Thomas H. Caldwell, Shelbyville Tenn.; large and detailed depiction of the building at 49 Public Square with horses and wagons on street. Stamp has tiny sealed pre-use tear at lower right and cover with small stain at bottom that could easily be cleaned by a professional. Only four advertising covers are recorded bearing singles of Nashville provisionals, as well as two with pairs. Ex Boshwit, DK Collections, and Schopp; 2012 CSA certificate. SCV for stamp on ordinary cover is $4,250. SPECTACULAR RARITY. $4,750.

Hon. Thomas H. Caldwell was a lawyer by profession. He was attorney general and reporter for the State of Tennessee. More info on the linked page. Listed in both Provisionals-2, and Advertising

CSA 1, 5¢ green with large margins to clear at left, tied by clear strike of CHARLESTON / S.C. // FEB / 24 [1862] cds on cover with Geo. W. Williams & Co., Wholesale Grocers, Nos. 1 & 3 Hayne St., Charleston, S.C. dark red embossed cameo corner card, to H. J. Douglas, Bennettsville S.C., inconsequential corner nick at bottom right, Very Fine, Choice, Ex Schopp. $650.

GALVESTON / TEX // JAN double-circle datestamp with matching [due] 10 on Texas Land Agency, Huntsville, Walker Co[unty] Texas gray illuminated advertising cover to Charles Vogelsang, Round Top, LaFayette County, Texas, at top is C. Mirhaëlis, Sergeant of Major Willson’s Light Artillery, interesting and attractive design with statement by CIVIL ENGINEER AND SURVEYOR JAMES CONVERSE describing his services, trivially reduced at right, Very Fine and Showy, Ex Bleuler and Schopp. $2,000.

CSA 1, 5¢ green (4 margins) tied by TUDOR HALL / VA. // NOV / 7 [1861] cds on illuminated bright pink ad cover of John & George Gibson, Carpenters & Builders, Corner of Cary & Sixth Sts., Richmond, Va., with illustration of buildings, to J. R. Bell, Orange C. House, Va., A. & G. McClement Phila. imprint on back flap, slightly reduced at left, Very Fine, rare and outstanding illustrated advertising design, Ex Tate and Schopp. $1,500.

CSA 2-Hb, 10¢ dark blue, Hoyer & Ludwig with large margins to in, tied by MONTGOMERY / ALA. // JAN / 29 / 1862 cds on illuminated Garrett & Pollard, Montgomery, Ala., advertising cover displaying anvil, plow and long sawblade, to Enoch Ward, Lumberton N.C., stamp with small flaws, otherwise Very Fine, Scarce, and Showy, Ex Brandon (where sold for $2,100) and Schopp. $1,500.

CSA 1, 5¢ green tied by RICHMOND / Va. // MAR / 11 / 1862 cds on TEMPERANCE illustrated propaganda cover to Jos. J. Hoyle, Esq, Knob Creek, Cleveland Co[unty] N.C. with "Intemperance is the Curse of the World" slogan. Stamp torn upon opening as often since few wanted to put the stamp over the design on the face, stamp subsequently rejoined and a portion of back cover cut out for display. Spectacular Confederate use of this desirable design. Most Temperance Movement envelopes were used in the North prior to 1861. 2018 PF certificate. $2,750.  LL

Lieut. Joseph J. Hoyle, a school teacher, enlisted at age 24 in Company F, 55th NC Infantry (State Troops) on 5/30/1862. He was promoted Sergt. 11/25/1862 and commissioned 1st Lt. 3/11/1863. He was wounded at Globe Tavern, Va., AKA Second Battle of Weldon Railroad during the Siege of Petersburg, 8/18/1864 and died of his wounds at a Richmond hospital 9/1/1864.

Charleston, S.C., 5¢ blue #16X1 (sealed tear at LL) tied by Sep 28 / 1861 double-circle town datestamp on cover with embossed corner card of Hayden & Whilden, 250 King Street, Charleston, SC., to Thomas H. Connors, Friendship P.O., S.C., restored section at top and back flap replaced, Dietz signature on back, Ex Northcutt. SCV $2,250. $600. Listed in both Provisional-2 and CSA 3 Sections

Hayden & Whilden was a mercantile firm. Company history on linked page.

CSA 11c, 10¢ greenish-blue (4 ample to enormous margins, small scrape at UR) tied neat RICHMOND / Va. // SEP / 29/ 1863 CDS on green all-over grocer advertising cover of Spotts & Harvey. $400.

CSA 7-R, 5¢ dark blue pair, local paper, tied double strikes RICHMOND / VA. // MAR / 4 / 1863 cds on all-over green Harvey, Armistead & Williams / Tobacco Exchange Building / Wholesale Grocers and Commission Merchants,  Virginia St[reet] Richmond, Va. advertising cover addressed to Miles C[ary] Wills Esq., Wilmington, Fluvanna County, Va. $450.

CSA 2-P, 10¢ light blue Paterson, (huge even margins all around) tied by RICHMOND / Va. // SEP / 7 / 1862 CDS on Harvey, Armistead & Williams Wholesale Grocers all-over blue-green lithographed advertising cover to Geo. C. Hannah Esqr, Care Mrs. C.E. Hannah, Mossingford, Charlotte County, Va. slightly reduced at left and small repair at lower right, Very Fine appearing cover. $700.

CSA 6, 5¢ light blue vertical pair (small pre-use fold on bottom stamp) tied blue COLUMBIA / S.C. // SEP / 13 cds on Tradewell & DeSaussure, Attorneys At Law, Columbia S.C., ALL-OVER SHADED ADVERTISING COVER, a bit reduced at left, addressed to J. T. Hershman Esq., Camden, So. Ca. Hershman was the publisher and editor of The Camden Confederate, a weekly which ceased in March 1865. $650.

US 3¢ dull red #26 tied grid with matching postmark of CHARLESTON / S.C. // MAR / 10 / 1861 CDS on blind embossed Hayden & Whilden Charleston corner card to Rev. James P. Boyce, Greenville C.H., So.Ca., Confederate State Use of US Postage. Ex David Kohn and Doug Baker. $350.

James Petigru Boyce (1827-1888) was an intellectually gifted Southern Baptist pastor, theologian, author, and educator who was a chaplain for a Confederate regiment of volunteers from Greenville Hayden & Whilden were importers of British jewelry and silverware. Much more detail on the linked page. Listed in both Advertising and Independent State Use, Section 1

CSA 1, 5¢ green jumbo right sheet margin single tied blue PETERSBURG / Va. // JAN / 12 / (1862) on embossed grocer cameo corner card of Martin, Tannahill & Co.; top back flap missing, slight reduction at top and repaired edge nicks, addressed to D.K. Glover, Townesville, No. Ca., Ex Hill. $300.

CSA 4, 5¢ blue upper right sheet margin tied clear bold ABINGDON / Va. // MAY cds on fresh blue printed advertising cover of “J. GODBEY, FLOYD C.H., VA:; Commissioner in Chancery for the Circuit and County Courts: and County Surveyor of Floyd County, Va.” MASONIC SYMBOLS at upper corners. Cover slightly reduced at left into corner card which is addressed to T. W. Williamson Esq., Indian Valley, Floyd Co. Va.  $550.

Jackson GODBEY personal and military bio on linked page.

CSA 11, 10¢ blue tied by AUGUSTA / Ga. // SEP cds on cameo corner card of J.A. Ansley & Co., Commission Merchants, Augusta, Ga., addressed to Mrs. W. C. Grasly, Care Grasly & Rison, Danville, Virginia; trifle reduced at top and top flap missing. $400.

CSA 11a, 10¢ milky blue tied by GROVE HILL / ALA // JUL / 13 cds on cameo corner card of DICKINSON & KILPATRICK, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, GROVE HILL, ALA, addressed to John S. Dickinson, Newtown Academy, Monroe County, Ala. Because most corner cards were manufactured in the North, the outbreak of the war eliminated most supplies of such envelopes, consequently this is a late use of a cameo-style corner card. $575.

CSA 4, 5¢ blue (gum stains) tied blue COLUMBIA SC APR 24 circular datestamp on printed advertising cover of SOUTHERN MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY to Lieut R.B. Waddell, Pal. Bat. Light A Charleston SC. (Palmetto Battalion Light Artillery), Very Fine. $500.

SELMA ALA NOV 15 circular datestamp with matching PAID 5 on overall pale orange advertising cover of CENTRAL WAREHOUSE CO. SELMA ALA GENERAL RECEIVING FORWARDING & COMMISSION BUSINESS across the face with WATTS WHITE LAPSLEY and HAGOOD at lower left; addressed to Phillip C. Booe Demopolis Ala. Ex Roger Oswald. THE ONLY ONE of this design recorded by Baum. $350.

Central Warehouse Company: Robert Hagood was in business with Clement White. These two, along with Edward T. Watts and John W. Lapsley, incorporated the Central Warehouse Company in Selma in February 1860. 

Charleston S.C., 5¢ Blue 16X1 with huge margins showing outer frame lines all around, rich color, tied by CHARLESTON S.C. DEC 19 1861 dcds on cover to Mrs. Susan Dukes, Rowe's Pump S.C. with EMBOSSED ADVERTISING CORNER CARD FOR REEDER & DESAUSSURE, FACTORS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS at upper left, Very Fine. Only 14 corner card covers with the Charleston provisional are recorded in the Calhoun census. This cover is postmarked one week after the Great Fire of 1861 decimated 15% of the city; with 1986 CSA certificate. Illustrated in the Calhoun Charleston book on p. 79. Listed in both Provisonal Covers, Section 2 and Advertising Covers. $2,800.

US 26, 3¢ dull red tied grid with matching CHARLESTON S.C. MAR 17 1861 on fresh laid paper envelope with Bank of Charleston printed ad on top back flap. CSA USE OF U.S. POSTAGE, Ex Ralph Swap. $200.

CSA 7-L pair 5¢ blue pair tied GREENSBOROUGH ALA NOV 15 circular datestamp on all-over illustrated college cover of Southern University. Greensboro (CSA Catalog type AL-04, CV $1,250), to Mrs. Eugenia L. Munnerlyn, Bainbridge, Decatur Co(unty) Georgia. Very Fine, 1997 CSA certificate not mentioning the tiny faults on stamps. Ex Ralph Swap. $1,500. 

Charles James Munnerlyn (Munnerlyn’s Cow Cavalry) biography on linked page.

CSA 11, 10¢ blue tied ATLANTA Ga. SEP  24 [1863] cds on letterpress advertising corner card of S.B. Robson & Co., Wholesale Grocers and Commission Merchants, Atlanta, Ga., to David Dickson, Covington, Geo. with small original business note from Robson to Dickson; sealed flap tears, Ex Dr. D.C. Warren. ONLY THREE AD IMPRINTS ARE RECORDED IN THE BAUM AD CENSUS. $300.

CHARLESTON S.C. OCT 8 1861 with matching PAID 5 (CC type E) on handsome all-over orange advertising cover of Charleston Hotel / D. Mixer (Proprietor) Charleston S.C. to Peyton G. Coles, North Garden, Albemarle Co(unty) Virginia with note at lower left “From W.A. Avent.” Signed J.M. Bartels, Jan. 1926. Tiny tear at upper right, W. Eaves N.Y. manufacturer imprint on back flap and lower right of front, sealed flap tears. Lovely ad use. Renowned for its opulence and grace, the Charleston Hotel was an iconic symbol of the city’s antebellum glory until demolished to put a motor lodge in its place in 1959 - I have no words. I actually have memories of staying in that motor lodge decades ago. And, as time marches on, today it is a bank (1989). Ex Raysor. $950.

Peyton Skipwith Coles, Sr. detailed bio on linked page.

Charleston S.C., 5¢ blue (16X1) with large even margins and framelines almost complete on four sides, tied by bold CHARLESTON S.C. OCT 3, 1861 CDS on advertising cover to J.A. Broady, Greenville S.C.., Hamilton & Smith’s Grocery corner card, pencil docketing, light wrinkles and slight wear, Very Fine, with 1956 P.F. certificate. Ex Ferrary, Kilbourne and Raysor. $2,000. Listed in both Postmasters' Provisionals Covers, Section 2, and Advertising.

U.S. 26, 3¢ dull red (tiny UR corner perf fault) tied neat ALEXANDRIA VA APR 17 1861 double-circle datestamp on the FIRST DAY OF VIRGINIA INDEPENDENCE cover with spectacular blue advertising cover of Green’s Mansion House on verso, addressed to Miss Mary F. Kagey, New Market, Shenandoah Co. Virginia. Virginia was only independent for a few short weeks before she joined the Confederacy May 7, 1861. This cover will be featured in my column in the September 2023 issue of the American Stamp Collector & Dealer. $3,000. Listed in both Independent-2 and Advertising

Green’s Mansion House was converted to a Union hospital during the Civil War. Alexandria was captured very early on May 24, 1861, and remained in the Union the remainder of the war. It was the largest hotel in Alexandria; in early November 1861, Green received notice stating he had three days to vacate. On December 1, 1861, Mansion House Hospital was opened as a General Hospital. Parts of nearby buildings were also used as part of the hospital. The facility could hold up to 700 patients, sick and wounded soldiers. In 2016, PBS broadcast a miniseries, Mercy Street, set in the hospital in 1862. Baroness Mary Phinney von Olnhausen (1818–1902) was an American nurse, abolitionist, and diarist who served as a nurse there. She also served as a nurse in the Franco-Prussian War for which she was awarded a Cross of Merit for Women and Girls in 1873 by Kaiser Wilhelm I (similar to an Iron Cross). It was torn down in 1973 due to deterioration and to reveal an unobstructed view of the historic Carlyle House. Mary F. Kagey (1832-1911) had a brother, David Franklin Kagey (1834-1923), who served as a hospital steward with the 25^th Virginia Infantry. Their wartime correspondence is archived at the Library of Virginia.

PETERSBURG VA. JUL 25, blue CDS with matching PAID and 10 handstamps on cover to Mess. Carroll Hoy & Co. New Orleans La., with allover green R.A. Young & Bro. Grocers & General Commission Merchants, Petersburg Va. shaded ad design, a Very Fine and scarce ad cover, Ex Baum. $700.

CSA 1, 5¢ green, large margins to in at lower left, "Richmond Factory, Ga., June 4/62" manuscript postmark on cover to Mrs. Elizabeth Frazier, Crawfordville, Ga., with fancy boxed Printed Circular, Free., A.K. Holt, Agent. corner card, Very Fine, Ex Baum. $500.

CSA 2-Y (Scott 2e), 10¢ light milky blue, Stone Y (4 margins, couple small scuffs at bottom right), manuscript canceled with ANDERSON C.H. S.C. NOV 10 postmark on fresh cover to Jas. E. Hagood, Esq., Pickens C.H., S.C. with boxed England & Bewley, Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Dry Goods, Hardware, Groceries, &c., Anderson, S.C. corner card, Very Fine, Ex Baum. $800.

CSA 2-Y (Scott 2e), 10¢ light milky blue, Stone Y (light margin crease at top left) tied AUGUSTA GA DEC 30 (1862) CDS on cover to Mrs. Lamar Cobb, Athens, Geo. with large blue illustrated Planters' Hotel, Augusta, Ga. ad showing hotel view and street scene, cover slightly reduced at sides and some soiling, Fine-Very Fine, Ex Baum. Click here to see the front of the cover. $650.

CSA 5, 10¢ rose tied by KNOXVILLE, TENN., AUG 14 (1862) CDS on cover to R.I Lowry, Atlanta, Ga., with green all-over illustrated University of East Tenn., Knoxville, rare shaded college cover showing University campus view, docketing at left, Very Fine, Ex Baum. The listing example in the CSA Catalog. Very desirable with this stamp. $1,800.   

CSA 7, 5¢ blue pair tied by neat AUGUSTA GA MAR 28 cds on fresh cover to Mrs. R.A.E. Beauchamp, Chattanooga, Tenn., Care of Major Beauchamp, reverse with showy large blue illustrated Wood & Perot, Ornamental Iron Works, Augusta, Ga. cameo corner card, Very Fine, Ex Baum. Click here to see front of cover. $550.

CSA 7, 5¢ blue vertical left sheet margin pair tied by CHARLESTON S.C. MAR 31 cds on cover to Charles E. Baker, Yorkville, S. C., with green Lockwood & Johnston, Iron Founders, Builders of Steam Engines, Mill Work, Boilers &c. Charleston, S.C. cameo corner card on back flap; minor staining, Very Fine, a rare ad not listed in CSA Catalog, Ex Baum. Click to see front of cover. $400.

CSA 11, 10¢ blue horizontal strip of three and a single in different shades, small flaws, manuscript canceled and tied by light blue PETERSBURG VA postmarks on cover to Capt. F. P. Leavenworth in Shreveport, La. with manuscript "Via Meridian" manuscript directive, with colorless embossed Collegiate Seminary for Young Ladies, Petersburg, Virginia, Rev. A.J. Leavenworth, Principal corner card (Dietz Type I) at top left. A RARE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI EXPRESS COVER USE ON AN ADVERTISING COVER.  Ex Baum. $1,800. Listed in both Advertising and Miscellaneous, Section 1.

Captain Frederick Peabody Leavenworth bio on linked page.

CSA 11, 10¢ blue tied RICHMOND, VA. cds on all-over gray shaded James Woodhouse & Co., Dealers in Books, Stationery, Piano-Fortes and Music, Richmond, Va. ad cover to A. Donnan, Petersburg, Va.; faint horizontal cover fold, a lovely and rare illustrated design, with only five recorded in Baum ad census, Ex D.C. Warren and Baum. $900.

CSA 11, 10¢ blue tied by RALEIGH N.C. CDS on turned cover to W. W. Fife Esq., Thomasville, N.C., with blue oval ornamental-bordered ad corner card The Illustrated Mercury, Great Southern Literary Weekly, Raleigh, N.C.; inside posted from Charlotte to the Mercury's proprietor (stamp missing), Very Fine, Ex Judd and Baum. $750.   

CSA 11, 10¢ blue (small scuff and margin nick) tied by blue SANDERSVILLE GA. cds on ad cover to Mrs. J. H. Parsons, Care of Mr. E. J. Punte, Savannah, Ga., affixed over E. Parsons & Son, Jasper Spring Nursery, Savannah, Ga. corner card; stamp placed to the right to show design, Very Fine, Ex Baum. $350.

US 26, 3¢ dull red (few minor perf flaws) tied on cover by AUGUSTA GA APR 11, 1861, double-circle postmark to Isaac W. French, Esq., Care E.S. Mills & Co., New York City, with scarce large showy blue illustrated Planters' Hotel, Augusta, Ga. advertisement on back flaps; Very Fine, Confederate Use of U.S. Postage. The small double-line Augusta postmark was used starting late in 1860, which reliably dates this cover to 1861; 2008 CSA certificate. $500.  

RICHMOND Va. AUG 24 (1861) CDS with matching PAID 5 Cts on blind embossed Edwin Wortham & Co. merchant corner card to Lieut. W.L. Brown, Williamsburg, Va. with original letter order 1 bundle stirrups to be sent by Steamer Shultz, sealed tear at top through charge box notation. $100.

LITTLE ROCK ARK MAR 20 1862 double-circle datestamp neatly struck with manuscript “Due 5” on green all-over Cole & Dyer advertising cover for Foreign & Domestic Liquors, Tobacco, Cigars, Etc. from Memphis, Tenn.; soldier’s cover with mandated endorsement of “Wm. W. Jacobs Private Captin (sic) Robersons Co” and addressed to Mrs. Sarah M. Jacobs, Dewitt Arkansas. William W. Jacobs was a private in Company E of Arkansas 18th Infantry. Listed on Dr. Bruce Roberts Arkansas Postal History website. Ex Roger H. Oswald. $950.  Listed in both Advertising and Arkansas Stampless

CSA 11c, 10¢ greenish blue with large even margins all around, tied MADISON C.H. VA. dateless circle handstamp on pristine college cover bearing Roanoke College, Salem, Virginia, illustrated corner card, addressed to Miss Annie E. Wynant, Bridgewater, Rockingham County, Virginia. Superb – a spectacular cover. Ex Haas, Birkinbine, and Gabriel. $3,500.

CSA 11, 10¢ blue (4 large balanced margins) tied blue CHARLOTTESVILLE VA AUG  15 1863 double-circle circular datestamp over brown illustrated cameo advertising cover of S. R. Sullivan Carriage Manufacturers, Charlottesville, Va.; addressed to Mrs. Wm. A. Roberts, Yanceyville, N. Carolina; could easily be moved to the side to better show the lovely cameo. Ex Engstler. $750.

William Anderson Roberts served in Company A, 14th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry. Brief bio on linked page. 

CSA 12c, 10¢ greenish blue (4 margins) tied by SPARTA Ga. Mar 20 circular datestamp on cover to T.P. Ashmore Esq., Americus Geo. with Montour Cotton Mills etc. ornate cameo advertising design, Very Fine, scarce advertising design. $950.

Thomas Peter Ashmore brief bio on linked page.

CSA 12c, 10¢ greenish blue pair (4 margins) tied by indistinct Feb. 21 circular datestamp on cover with ornate McCorkle & Co., Grocers and Commission Merchants corner card, to Mr. A.L. Fogus, Glasgow Station, O& A R Rd Ga of the Oglethorpe & Augusta Railroad, missing top flap, Very Fine double-rate use. $800.

CSA 11, 10¢ blue (3 margins, tied by blue COLUMBIA S.C., JAN 12 cds to Col. W.C. Butler (later General), Chappells Depot (Michlans Mail - ?) S.C. on Southern Mutual Life Insurance Company, Columbian, S.C., fancy scrolled corner card with original matching letterhead See letterhead page 1 and page 2 (the blue underlined links) dated Dec. 27, 1864, and additional letterhead certificate, shown with the cover. Very Fine.  The "Michlan's Mail" - if that is how it should read - is a conundrum. Presumably this is a private carrier, but I could find no information on it. It is a worthy project for the ambitious postal historian. $275.

CSA Brig. Gen. Matthew Calbraith Butler (1836–1909) was a Confederate soldier, a U.S. military commander (Maj. General of U.S. Volunteers during the Spanish American War), attorney, politician, and slaveholder. He served in the cavalry in the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia. Lots more info available online.