CSA 6, 5¢ blue London bottom sheet margin (scuff in margin) and CSA 7-L, 5¢ local print (pre-use crease) on London paper tied together with CHARLESTON / S.C. // AUG / 11 / 186[2] cds on homemade cover to Miss Virginia C. Willis, No. 7 Line Street, Charleston, So Ca. and Care of W. S. Henry, Esq., 318 Meeting St. Although there is no absolute proof this was delivered by PENNY POST, both street addresses are local and more likely than not it was delivered that way. Original letter headed Camp Hagood, August 10th, 1862 from W. R. Willis to his sister with rather ordinary content. Letter file splits reinforced with archival tape. There are two listings for W. R. Willis, one in SC Washington Light Artillery and the other in SC 2nd Battn Sharp Shooters. Penny Post use catalogs $3,500 in CSA Catalog for local delivery. Ex Karrer. $350.

CSA 6, 5¢ light blue pair tied GREENVILLE / N.C. // SEP / 13 cds on back flaps of small homemade cover to Hellen Grimes, Raleigh, NC. Inside with a handwritten name but no address or evidence of postal use, light staining mostly on back. $100.  

CSA 6 & 7, 5¢ blue London and Richmond print MIXED FRANKING tied together by RICHMOND / Va. // AUG 20 / 1863 CDS on FOLDED LETTER written on lined paper addressed to Mrs. Louisa N. Nowlin, Hillsville, Carrol County, Virginia. London print has vertical pre-use crease and many of the file folds are breaking but FABULOUS LETTER CONTENT to “Lou” from “Mother” DESCRIBING BATTLE OF THE GUNBOATS, to wit, “They came up very audaciously several times near Chaffins Bluff, they were fired on, our men fixed some cannons at deep bottom & fired into one monitor, they then doubled quicked down to curls rock & then gave them Jipe, the torpedo man was absent and a green one fired off just as the boat goat near enough not to be blowed up; they have left the rivers by capturing one man that was fishing, we could not tell the extent of our success, but about twenty hats was picked up after the boat left, they carried of[f] more negroes than they ever did, I am told our pickets allowed themselves to be bribed by the darkies, and rarely ever stop a negro. Mayo bought three negroes to supply the places of the three that left. They just answer and that is as much, he bought the fourth one who professes to have been raised in the house as a dining room servant & cook, now old Claey is quick to him, and Marshall can clean the knives three times.” Photocopies of the letter are included so is unnecessary to keep opening to read. Most interesting and a nice mixed franking to boot. $300.

CSA 6, 5¢ light blue pair tied by DANBURGH Ga SEP 6 36mm balloon circular datestamp on small (109mm x 63mm) lady’s cover to Miss Eliza J. Arnett, Macon, Georgia, where it was handstamped ADVERTISED. CSA Catalog type L, CV $500 plus the premium of a balloon postmark made to look even larger by the small cover. Back flap opening faults and small edge tears. Scarce! $450.

Danburgh history on linked page.

CSA 6, 5¢ light blue pair (roughly separated at bottom) tied neat RICHMOND Va.. AUG 2 1862 CDS (type 3f) on cover to Miss Christina McArther (sic) glensprings spartanbrug Dist(rict) So. Carolina. $60.

CSA 6, 5¢ light blue single tied neat RICHMOND Va. MAY 3 1862 CDS (type 3a) on cover to Mrs. J. Johns Care of Revd F.H. McGuire Boydton Mecklenburg Co(unty) Va., tear at upper left. Used before July 1, 1862 (scarcer), SCV $150. $65. 

Rt. Rev. John Johns brief bio on linked page.

CSA 6, 5¢ light blue single tied neat RICHMOND Va. MAY 27 1862 CDS (type 3a) on small commercially made cover to Miss Maggie Kimmel Spartanburg C.H., So. Ca. Used before July 1, 1862 (scarcer), Charming metallic bird on tip of back flap which displays beautifully with flap up. SCV $150.

CSA 6, 5¢ light blue single with margins all around, tied by grid cancel, FARMVILLE VA JUN 26 (1862) circular datestamp on small darling lady's embossed cover to Mann S. Valentine Jr. Richmond Va.; lovely embossed flap edges. The top flap folds up beautifully and the back is fully intact, Choice little gem. Ex Frank Mandel. $300.

Mann Satterwhite Valentine, Jr. established the famous Valentine Museum. Brief bio on linked page.

CSA 6, 5¢ light blue vertical pair (4 margins) tied WYTHEVILLE VA. circular datestamp on cover to Miss Lucy Lee Keysville Virginia. $65.

CSA 6, 5¢ light blue vertical pair (scuffed at top) tied KNOXVILLE Ten. SEP 13 circular datestamp on cover to Mrs. Louisa Y. Jones Box 4 Cartersville Bartow County Georgia; reduced at left. $55.