CSA 12-AD, 10¢ blue tied INDIAN SPRINGS / Ga (partly readable) cds partly under CSA #11b-AD, 10¢ dark blue postmarked MORGANTOWN / N.C. cds on cover initially addressed to Mrs. D. M. Key, Morganton (sic) N.C. which is crossed out and redirected to Fort Defiance; used on turned cover which also has inside forwarded use; inside stamp regrettably missing with Ga. pmk and double S/L DUE 10 to Wm Lenoir in care of Thos. Claig, Atlanta, Ga which has been crossed out and redirected to  Forsythe, Ga.; top flap missing. Wonderful Quadruple use of the same cover, Ex Morgan $450.

CSA 12-KBb, 10¢ dark blue (superb with large to huge margins) tied  MORGANTOWN / N.C. // MAR / 17 [1865] cds on pristine homemade cover addressed to Miss Mollie S. Jones, Mocksville, Davie Cty, N.C.; Choice late premium 1865 use, Ex Frederic Grant and Morgan. $400.

CSA 12-ADa, 10¢ milky blue (4 large margins, slight crease at LR and bit of gum staining) tied GORDONSVILLE / Va. cds on back flaps, addressed to Mrs. E. J. Humphris, Milledgeville, Georgia, bit reduced at right, Ex Kohn and Morgan. $180.

CSA 12-AD, 10¢ blue (lower right margin copy) tied neat RICHMOND / VA. // MAR / 20 cds on blue commercially made cover (small sealed tear at top) to Miss Lise G. Skinner, Care of Col. F. G. Skinner (1st Virginia), Richmond, Va.; while this is technically an overpaid drop use (local use would be 2¢ rate), this was not uncommon as soldiers often put stamps on envelopes and gave to other soldiers to drop in the mail for them. This is particularly pointed up by the different ink for the addressee and routing. Lt. Col. Frederick Gustavus Skinner was a colorful old war-horse whose exploits were legend. He isthe subject of a column in The American Stamp Dealer & Collector.  $250.

CSA 12-KBa, 10¢ bright blue tied MORGANTOWN / N.C.  on blue adversity cover fashioned from partially printed / written-in form letter; addressed to Maj. XXX Howell, Ashville, N.C.  $220.

CSA 12-ADc, 10¢ greenish blue with pre-printing paper wrinkle tied QUINCY / Fla // AUG / 12 cds on blue commercially made envelope to Mrs. James Shackleford, Cedar Spring, Early County, Ga. $275.

CSA 12-AD, 10¢ blue (4 margins) tied bold neat ROBERTVILLE / S.C. // MAY / 26 (in ms) cds on cover to Mr. John W. Heidt, Box 420, Savannah, Georgia; left side back flap missing.  $130.

JOHN W. HEIDT, DD, (1841-1909), graduate, Emory College, 1859; law-graduate, University of Georgia, 186l; practiced law but gave it up for the Methodist ministry; many years a trustee of Wesleyan Female College as well as former President

CSA 11-AD, 10¢ blue tied red PETERSBURG / Va cds on cover to Mrs. Francis C. Elder, Lunenburg Co. Ho., Virginia  $120.

CSA 12-ADc, 10¢ greenish blue (tiny corner crease at lower left) used with manuscript cancel of Morris (Va) March 8 1864 to Lynchburg; rarity 6 town; addressed to Mr. John C. Hillman, Lynchburg, Va; ex Tobias. $240.

CSA 12c, 10¢ greenish blue (4 large margins) tied neat bold RICHMOND / Va. // MAY / 22 cds on clean homemade cover to Floyd L. Whitehead, Esq., C. S. Collector for Nelson Cty, Va., Lovingston, Va.; tear at lower left as well as sealed flap tears otherwise lovely cover.  $150.

CSA 12a, 10¢ milky blue right sheet margin single tied upside down with bold neat CHARLESTON / S.C. // MAY / 8 [1863] cds on homemade cover to Miss Margaret Mouthie, Pendleton, S.C.; signed Brian Green  $250.

CSA 12-AD, 10¢ blue (4 margins) tied blue COLUMBIA / S.C.  cds on narrow commercially made cover to Miss Harriet Middleton, Flat Rock, NC with SMM initials (Sarah Middleton) embossed on the top back flap. Charmer.  $180.

CSA 12, 10¢ blue tied red PETERSBURG / VA cds on turned cover to Col. Jno G. English, Egypt Station, Mobile & Ohio R. Road, Mississippi; inside use franked with CSA 11c, 10¢ bluish green tied red PETERSBURG / VA cds addressed to Col. Comdg 11th Mississippi. Wonderful mixed franking with two red cancels. Soon after receiving this letter, Col. English was arrested for allowing the defection of his men without firing a shot.  $450.

CSA 12c AD, 10¢ bluish green (4 large margins) used with blue grid with matching nicely struck UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA // AUG / 1  blue double circle on cover to “Rev. H. P. R. McCoy, Farmville, Virginia”; Southern Historical Society papers show McCoy was from Union Theological Seminary at Hampden Sidney and served as a chaplain in the Confederate army; McCoy was likely at Farmville Female College when addressed; Ex Thacker.  $200.

CSA 12c AD, 10¢ bluish green  tied by lightly struck UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA // blue double circle on wonderful adversity cover to “Mr. Chas M. Phillips, Boydton P.O., Mecklenburg Co., Va.” which was fashioned from used Army rations form; Van Dyk MacBride pencil notes on verso, Ex Thacker.  $300.

CSA 12a AD, 10¢ milky blue tied by UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA blue double circle on slightly reduced cover to Mr. Chas M. Phillips, Boydton P.O., Mecklenburg Co., Va.; Van Dyk MacBride pencil notes on verso, lovely stamp, Ex Rosenberg and Thacker.  $250.

CSA 12a AD, 10¢ milky blue (slight pre-use crease) neatly tied blue grid with matching lightly struck UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA // SEP / 4 / 1863 double circle on cover to“Rev. H. P. R. McCoy, Farmville, Virginia”; Southern Historical Society papers show McCoy was from Union Theological Seminary at Hampden Sidney and served as a chaplain in the Confederate army; McCoy was likely at Farmville Female College when addressed;  slight cover abrasion along right side not affecting stamp, Ex Thacker.  $250.

CSA 12c AD, 10¢ bluish green tied scarcer black CHARLOTTESVILLE / VA // SEP / 20 / 1863 double circle on cover to Miss Virgie A. Paxton, Alone P.O., Rockbridge Co., Virginia; Ex Thacker.  $250.

CSA 12-AD, 10¢ blue top sheet margin and 4 large margins (small stain in margin and faint crease in margin) tied blue HOWARDSVILLE / VA. // AUG / 24 cds on pristine homemade cover to Mr. T. J. Dawson, Martion, Smythe  County, Va. with original enclosure from Bateman & Jones asking Mr. Dawson if he would like to work at their mill which should be ready for grinding in five weeks time. Ex Thayer and Thacker.  $250.

CSA 12-AD, 10¢ dark blue with four huge margins used on cover with manuscript cancel and blue HOWARDSVILLE / VA. // SEP / 24 cds on pristine homemade cover to Mr. T. J. Dawson, Martion, Smythe  County, Va. with original enclosure from Bateman & Jones saying they would like Mr. Dawson come immediately to work at their grist mill. Ex B. Green and Thacker. $250.

CSA 12, 10¢ blue used on cover with pen strokes and matching manuscript “Ivy Depot [Va] / Jany 30” on turned cover to renowned nurseryman Franklin Davis, Staunton Va.; with contents docketing “Dr. John R. Woods; inside use also with CSA 12-KB which has been partially ripped off with cds (likely Richmond) and ms “Office Commissioner Taxes / O.B.” (Official Business) to Dr. John R. Woods, Ivy Depot, Va.; Ex Thayer and Thacker.  $180.

CSA 12-KB, 10¢ deep blue Keatinge & Ball printing used with manuscript cancel of North Garden Va / Feby 17 / 65 - LATE USE - on cover to E. R, Watson Esq., Charlottesville, Va.; Ex Thacker. $230.

CSA 12, 10¢ blue tied CHARLESTON / S.C. // DEC / 4 cds on neat narrow cover to Miss Harriott (sic) Middleton, Flat Rock, N.C.  $175.

CSA 12c, 10¢ bluish green with huge margins all around, tied neat CHARLESTON / S.C. // MAR / 22 cds on pristine homemade cover to Mrs. O. H. Middleton, Columbia, S. Carolina, Extremely Fine  $180.

Oliver Hering Middleton (1798-1892)  was born at Clifton, Gloucestershire, England; educated at South Carolina College; entered U. S. Naval Academy but resigned and retired to his estates and the life of an opulent planter.

CSA 12, 10¢ blue tied neat SELMA / ALA // OCT / 24 cds on cover to T. J. Anderson Esq, Eutaw, Ala; fresh clean homemade use. $150.

CSA 12-ADc, 10¢ bluish green tied beautifully struck red YANCEYVILLE / N.C. // DEC / 5 / 1863 cds on small folded business letter on brown lined paper from J. L. McKee to G[eorge] W. Simpson, Haw River, N.C. Lovely!  $250.

CSA 12-AD, 10¢ blue (pre-use wrinkle) tied balloon 37 mm CLINTON / S.C. / JAN / 15 cds on adversity cover made of an advertising circular by the firm of Spencer & Teague 266 King, advertising sale and repair of watches, marble clocks silver tea sets, goblets, cake baskets, tea and coffee urns, cutlery, scissors, spectacles, jewelry and other fancy good, addressed to Miss Jane Stewart, Pendleton, So Carolina, Care of Mr. Frank Glenns Mail (interesting routing!) Color photocopy of inside accompanies.$180.

CSA 12, 10¢ blue (4 huge margins) tied by CAMDEN / S.C. // JUL / 9 cds on turned cover to William Birnie Esq., Greenville CH, So Ca (Birnie was a blockade merchant), back completely separated from front. Inside late use of CSA 7, 5¢ blue pair tied double strike of CHARLESTON / S.C. // APR / 21 / 1864 double circle to Mrs. M. A. Coates, Camden, SC. Nice letter enclosed which references W. T. Walter, an agent with the Southern Express office in Columbia who is to handle Mr. Price’s trunks.  $250.

CSA 12c-AD, 10¢ greenish blue (small faults) tied BROWN LYNCHBURG / Va. // JUN / 21 cds on cover to Miss Lizzie Leftwich, Care of Mr. Alexander H. Rutherford, Amelia Court House, Virginia.Brown cancels are quite scarce. The CSA Catalog puts a 200% premium on a brown cancel on cover thus CCV $360. $220.

CSA 12c-AD, 10¢ blue lower right corner single tied RICHMOND / VA. // MAY / 14 [1864] on cover to Miss Elsie G. Skinner, Care of Col. F. G. Skinner, Richmond, Va. thus an OVERPAID DROP use. Col. Frederick Gustavus Skinner (1814-1894) was the Lt. Col of the 1st Va. Infantry when he was severely wounded in the chest at 2nd Manassas.  He never returned to active duty but was nevertheless promoted to Colonel in July 1863 and retired to the Invalid Corps.  A period notation on the reverse dates this cover to May 11 & 13, 1864.  Col Skinner’s son, P. Thornton Skinner, was a private in Co E 4th Va. Cav. at this time and is the one who most likely sent this cover home to his sister. Sealed flap tear. Ex Kohn   $200.

CSA 12-KB, 10¢ deep blue tied neat bold CHARLESTON / S.C. // FEB / 8 [1865] on clean cover to Mrs. Edgar M. Lazarus [Care of] Hon. M. C. Mordecai, Columbia, S.C.  Ex Werner. Used in the waning days of the war, but two months until Lee’s surrender.  $200.

Moses Cohen Mordecai - an importer of fruit, sugar, tobacco, and coffee - was Charleston’s most prominent Jewish citizen in the decades before the Civil War. Much more information on the linked page.

CSA 12-KB, 10¢ deep blue tied neat blue TUSKEGEE (Alabama) cds on neat blue cover to Miss Eveline Jackson, Watkinsville, Georgia Via Athens (Georgia). Pencil docketing on back says 1865 which may or may not be contemporary. I can’t make out any date at all – may (or may not) be a dateless logo. $200.

CSA 12c-AD, 10¢ greenish blue tied well struck Army of Northern Virginia field cancel, CSA Catalog ANV-13 (used in 1863-65), on clean homemade cover to Miss T. Addie Cotton, Montgomery Co, N.C. On verso is endorsement of Lieut. B. T. Cotton, Co. K. 34 Reg. N.C. T. Richmond, Va.By this time, soldiers were not supposed to be endorsing their covers in order to cover troop movements – the reason for no town cancels. $150.

Burrel T. Cotton served as a 1st Sergeant in Co. K, 34th NC Infantry. Much more information on the linked page.

CSA 12, 10¢ blue affixed upside down on legal size envelope tied RICHMOND / Va. // JUN / 25 / 1863 cds, addressed to Rachel Stewart, Power’s Shop, Laurens Dist, S.C. with manuscript endorsement “Treasury Department, 2d Auditor’s Office” at upper left, file folds, sad back-story on Rachel. $150.

Rachel Gilliland Stewart saw eight sons go off to war. Much more information on the linked page.

CSA 12, 10¢ blue (3 margins) tied MONTICELLO / Fla. // NOV / 7 cds on cover to Mrs. M.E. Conoley, Shelby Springs, Shelby County, Alabama, Via Selma Ala.  Ex Roger Ballard. $170.

Shelby Springs, Alabama, was first developed as a resort in 1839. In 1862, the resort became a training ground for Confederate troops and was known as Camp Winn. Later in the war, it was converted to a hospital with 350 beds.

CSA 12c, 10¢ greenish blue tied 7-bar ARMY OF TENNESSEE grid (ATN-03, CV $175) on commercially made envelope to Miss E.C. Hall, Stockton, Baldwin County, Alabama. Central cover crease and bit reduced at left. Ex Roger Ballard. $100.

CSA 12, 10¢ blue (3 margins) tied MONTGOMERY / Ala. cds on cover to W. K. Simpson, Bradford, Coosa County, Ala. with “O.B.” at top to indicate Official Business. Ex Roger Ballard. $110.CSA 12, 10¢ blue (3 margins) tied MONTGOMERY / Ala. cds on cover to W. K. Simpson, Bradford, Coosa County, Ala. with “O.B.” at top to indicate Official Business. Ex Roger Ballard. $110.

CSA 12c, 10¢ greenish blue (3 margins, tiny nick at top) tied MOBILE / ALA // AUG / 9 double-circle datestamp on blue commercially-made envelope to Miss Dora Conoley, Shelby Springs, Shelby County, Ala. Ex Roger Ballard. $90.

CSA 12-Ada, 10¢ milky blue (close to huge margins all around) tied neat RAPID ANN STATION / Va. // MAY / 23 [1863] cds on fresh cover to Miss A. A. Hodge, Opelika, Ala., cover reduced at right, sent to sister by soldier brother George W. Hodge of 6th Alabama. Ex Roger Ballard. $120.

Sgt. George W. Hodge served in Company C, Alabama 6th Infantry. Much more info on linked page.

CSA 12-ADc, 10¢ bluish green (3 margins) tied neat MARION / Ala. cds on cover to Lewis Simmons, Jefferson, Ala., docketed “From John Moore.” Ex Roger Ballard. $150.

CSA 12-ADc, 10¢ greenish blue (3 margins) tied MOBILE / ALA // SEP / 18 double-circle datestamp on cover to Mrs. Mary Wyckoff, Lime Kiln, Shelby County, Ala. Ex Roger Ballard. $110.

CSA 12c, 10¢ bluish green (3 margins) tied MOBILE / ALA // DEC / 14 /1863 double-circle datestamp on cover to W.H. Fitzgerald Esq., Aberdeen, Miss; reduced at left. Ex Roger Ballard. $120.

CSA 12-Ada, 10¢ milky blue (4 margins including large left sheet margin) tied neat COLUMBUS / Ga. // NOV / 10 cds on fresh cover to Mrs. Dr. W. T. Abrahams, McKinley, Marengo County, Alabama. Ex Roger Ballard. $140.

William Thomas Abrahams (1834-1898) was a 31-year-old physician from McKinley, Ala., when he enlisted at Perry, Ala., as a private 25 April; 1861, but did daily duty as a physician. He was mustered into Company D, Alabama 43rd Infantry but discharged for promotion on 10 May 1862. He was promoted to Surgeon and commissioned into Field & Staff, Alabama 43rd Infantry. He attended UVA 1851-53 and received his medical degree from New York Medical College 1855. 12/31/1862 - Chief Surgeon, Gen. Archibald Gracie's Brigade, Dept of E. Tennessee; 08/24/1864 - Member, Board of Examining Surgeons, 3rd Congressional. Much more at Find-A-Grave memorial 85804416

CSA 12-ADc, 10¢ bluish green used on back flaps of adversity cover fashioned from lined paper with Blue Mt Ala manuscript postmark on obverse, addressed to Mrs. A. F. Smith, Care M.R. Burt, Prattville, Ala. Sent from Thomas W. Smith, a correspondence researched by Galen Harrison and with accompanying paperwork. Smith was married to M.R. Burt’s daughter, Margaret. Stamp is not torn and looks like it a flap could (operative word) be carefully turned to display both from the front with bottom flap turned down. Ex Roger Ballard. $250.

Thomas W. Smith served in the Prattville Dragoons, Co. H. 3rd Alabama Regiment Cavalry. Much more info on linked page.

CSA 12-AD, 10¢ light blue—almost milky (4 margins) used on cover with Blue Mt [Ala] November 10 manuscript postmark (day date on stamp) to Mrs. H.A. Ratcliffe, Clifton, Wilcox Co[unty] Ala. Correspondence researched by Galen Harrison and with accompanying paperwork. Ex Roger Ballard. $250.

Hamilton A. Ratcliffe served in (Old) Company C, 6th Regiment Alabama Infantry. Much more info on linked page.

CSA 12c, 10¢ greenish blue (4 margins, pre-use crease) tied ST MARKS / FLA // ? / 17 cds on cover to Col. D. C. Barrow, Athens, Geo. Ex Briggs and illustrated in his Florida book, p. 228. $450. 

David Crenshaw Barrow, Sr. was invested in a Florida salt works during the Civil War. More information on linked page.

CSA 12c (AD), 10¢ greenish blue (4 large margins) tied WYTHEVILLE / VA. // JUN / 1 double-circle datestamp on fresh cover to James H. Reid, Esq., Lynchburg, Va. The double-circle Wytheville cancelling device is much rarer than the single-rim. Choice. $225.

James Henry Reid, Sr. served in 1864-1865 as a private in Co. A, 13th Battalion Virginia Light Artillery. More info on linked page.

CSA 12, 10¢ blue tied CHATTANOOGA / Ten. // OCT / 6 (1863) used as ROVING ARMY FIELD CANCEL on cover to Capt. Saml A. Enholm, Mobile, Ala. The Chattanooga canceling device was taken from the city post office after evacuation and used as an army field office marking from September 1863-January 1864. Ex Walske and Doug Baker. $350.

Capt. Samuel A. Enholm, Jr. served in Co. A, 24th Alabama Infantry. See linked page for more information.

CSA 12, 10¢ blue tied with pen strokes on cover to Lieut J. C. Purdy, 1st Louisiana Artillery, Mobile, Ala., with docketing dating the contents to Aug. 30th, 1864; stamp and cover faulty but highly unusual with contemporary pin closure of the back flaps (left side flap replaced). Cover open on 3 sides to display and closure difficulties evident from the heavy smearing of mucilage along the flaps. Highly unusual adversity cover. Ex Doug Baker. $350.

Jacob Carman Purdy served with Companies B, E, and G, 1st Louisiana Heavy Artillery, Army of Northern Virginia. More info on linked page.

CSA 12, 10¢ blue (4 margins) tied JACKSON (Mississippi) STRAIGHTLINE cancel (scarcer type SL-07A early state with ball on J intact, CCV $1,500) on clean cover to Mrs. Sol. A Browne, Care L. L. Fraser Sr., Mechanicsville P.O., Sumter Dist(rict) So Ca, 2017 CSA certificate. The large Jackson SL was used from late May 1863 to July 1863 (EKU May 29, 1863). This is one of the few that can be definitively dated with the docketing of May 29, 1863, up the left side – VERY EARLY USE, Ex Doug Baker. $1,200.

Ladson Lawrence Fraser, Sr. (1804-1889) was a wealthy slave-owning planter. More info on linked page.

CSA 12a, 10¢ milky blue left sheet margin with gum stains, manuscript canceled “H.S. College Va / Nov 10/64” on fresh cover to Miss Wood, Farmington, Charlottesville, Virginia. Most unusual in that the stamp is sealed on the front of the cover with a wax seal with what seems to be the "all seeing eye" in the center; the text in the seal partially reads "---- WATCH OER YOU." Perhaps the wax seal was used to help affix the stamp, thus an adversity use, as perhaps the gum wasn’t doing the job (not uncommon). Or perhaps it was just decorative but one would more often see that to seal back flaps. A former owner speculated the wax was perhaps struck with a fraternity signet ring. A most unusual and attractive use. $250.

Biographical data on THE ESTATE OF FARMINGTON and Warner and Lucilla Wood on the linked page.

CSA 12, 10¢ blue (4 margins) tied light blue COLUMBIA / S.C. CDS to Mrs. I.D. Witherspoon, Yorkville, So. Ca., on cover fashioned from unused sheet of Charleston bank checks. She was the wife of Lieut. Isaac Donnom Witherspoon (1833-1901) who served in Co. A., 12th South Carolina Infantry, Army of Northern Virginia. Ex Oswald. $180.

CSA 12a, 10¢ milky blue (3 margins with 4th barely touching) tied light ORANGEBURG / S.C. CDS on small cover fashioned from unused printed Charleston form. Addressed to Mrs. M.G. Reid, Maysville, S.C. $180.

CSA 12a, 10¢ milky blue (4 margins) tied CHARLESTON SC JUN 29 1863 circular datestamp on cover to Rev. James P. Boyce, Greenville S.C. from C.L. Burckmyer with colorful docketings across face in black, magenta ad purple. Ex Raysor. $150.

The Burckmyer correspondence detailed information on linked page.

CSA 12-KB, 10¢ deep blue (4 margins and gum toning) tied blurry blue COLUMBIA S.C. CDS on cover with C.S. Locomotive Shops imprint crossed out. Business letter enclosure (Addressed to. A.B. Shepperson, Esqr., Salisbury No Ca. Ex Raysor. $150.

CSA 12, 10¢ blue (4 enormous margins including left sheet margin, gum toning) tied neat blue COLUMBIA S.C. NOV 8 CDS on cover to Mr. T. Holeman, Smith Grove, Davie County, NC, with manuscript “Missent” at top – no indication to where missent, Very Fine, Ex Raysor. $275.

CSA 12, 10¢ blue (4 margins) tied beautifully struck scarce Goodson (Va) straightline postmark with month removed (CC type SL-033, CV $1,000) on cover to Mrs. Carrol Jameson, Arnol(d)s Mills PO Pickens District So. Ca. Ex Raysor. $700.

CSA 12, 10¢ blue, pen canceled with bold manuscript Tappahannock (Essex County, Va) on cover to Dr. Henry Gresham, Member of Examining Board 6th Congressional Dist(rict) Danville Va. with docketing as Recd 16th Sept 1864. List of what appears to be a contemporaneous working list on back flaps. Ex Harrison. $180.

Dr. Henry Gresham was a Brigade Surgeon in and around Tappahannock, Va. Bio on linked page.

CSA 12a, 10¢ bright milky blue (4 large margins) tied scarce small-town (population 28 per VPHS) manuscript postmark of White Gate Va June 16 (used as the illustration for the VPHS Catalog, Giles County) on cover to Miss Julia A. Hale Blewston (Blue Stone) Tazewell County Va. (population 27) ONE TINY TOWN TO ANOTHER. White Gate today is simply called a “cultural feature” in Giles County. The Blue Stone post office reported opened in 1828 and closed in 1904, apparently vanished from existence.  Ex Harrison. $200.

CSA 12-AD, 10¢ light blue (4 margins with large left sheet margin) tied MARION ALA JUL 12 (1864) circular datestamp on cover to Col. Ro. B. Waller, Greensboro, Alabama, with contents docketing of Jul 8/64. Ex Harrison. $180.

CSA 12c, 10¢ greenish blue (4 close to large margins) tied light ORANGE C.H. VA. OCT 7 1863 CDS on cover to Mrs. Susan A. Walker Vernon Springs Marion County Alabama on adversity cover fashioned from numerical table. Ex John Vagnetti. $150.

CSA 12c, 10¢ bluish green tied RICHMOND Va. JAN 27 on cover to Mr. Maria H. Garnett, Loretto Essex Co. Va. with endorsement at upper right of MRH Garnett M.C. (Member of Congress). While he lacked the free franking privilege, sometimes congressmen signed envelopes to potentially hasten delivery. He could have legally mailed it postage due without payment but few took advantage of that. Sealed tear across top. Ex John Vagnetti. $250.

Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett bio on linked page.

CSA 12, 10¢ blue (4 close to huge margins) tied neatly struck HARRISONBURG Va. OCT 12 CDS on cover to H. Clay Krebs New Market Virginia. Cover bit reduced at right. Ex John Vagnetti. $100.

Henry Clay Krebs served in Company H, 13th Virginia Infantry, Pegram’s Brigade, Ewell’s / Early’s Division, 2^nd Corps, Army of Northern Virginia. Brief bio on linked page.

CSA 12-KB, 10¢ deep blue right sheet margin with awesome margins, used with Army of Northern Virginia field cancel, type ANV-11, on brown paper envelope to Capt. E.D. Oliver, Aspen Grove, Pittsylvania Co, Va. Superb. $300.

Elisha D. Oliver bio on linked page.

CSA 12-ADc, 10¢ greenish blue (4 margins) tied neat scarce neat 3-line ARMY OF TENN on cover to Miss Susan Kennedy, Mt. Olive, Coosa County, Alabama. Superb use. $600.

CSA 12, 10¢ blue (4 large even margins) tied RICHMOND Va. JUL 16 1864 circular datestamp on narrow commercially-made blue cover to Mrs. A.L. Rives, Cobham Depot, Va.C.R.R. Albemarle Co. Virginia, with docketing up left side 15 July 1864. Small tear at top and back flap faults but lovely stamp/cover. $130.

Alfred Landon Rives bio on linked page.

CSA 12-ADc, 10¢ bluish green tied ATLANTA Ga. MAR 6 circular datestamp on cover to Mrs. N.N. Hanks, Cuthbert, Ga. $135.

CSA 12-KB, 10¢ deep blue OVERHEATED PLATE variety used with pen cancel but no postmark, docketed as “Rec’d Sept 3 1864 ans. the same day.” Addressed to Mr. James Galt, Columbia, Fluvanna Co. Va. Point of Fork Plantation is a historic farm located near Columbia, Fluvanna County, Virginia. The main house was built about 1830, and is a two-story, five-bay, brick dwelling in the Greek Revival style. The house is a twin of Glen Arvon, as they were built by brothers William and James Galt. In March 1865, Federal troops under General Philip Sheridan occupied the plantation and Sheridan set up headquarters in the house. $90.