CSA 8, 2¢ brown red tied RICHMOND / VA // JAN / 28 cds on homemade cover to "Floyd L. Whitehead, Assessor CS Tax, Roseland, Nelson Co., Va"'; Nelson County is in central Virginia bordered on the east by the James River and on the west by the Blue Ridge Mountains; scarce CIRCULAR RATE, SCV $1,500.

CSA 8a, 2¢ pale red tied by CHARLESTON /  S.C. // DEC / 21 cds on locally used cover to the State Bank. $900.

CSA 8, 2¢ brown red with minor double transfers in both TWO CENTS and POSTAGE, tied by neat CHARLESTON / S.C. // FEB / 9 / 186_ cds on local drop cover addressed to Assistant Surgeon G. W. Garmany, 1st S.C. Artillery, Half Moon Battery, Charleston, S.C. with manuscript "O.B." (Official Business) and “The P.O. Charleston SC” at top, [SC] Wonderful medical local drop use which comes with unpublished and very detailed bio courtesy of the F. T. Hambrecht & J. L. Koste biographical register of physicians who served the Confederacy in a medical capacity. SCV $1,500. $1,300.

CSA 8, 2 ¢ brown red (3 singles) and CSA 7, 5¢ blue single tied together on back flaps of cover which overpaid the 10¢ rate, addressed to William Crawford Esq., Mount Sidney, Augusta, Ga. This appears to be contemporaneously misaddressed to Georgia, as the only Mount Sidney was in Augusta County, Virginia. The 5¢ blue was damaged prior to use, two of the 2¢ stamps torn upon opening; open on 3 sides and slightly reduced with light vertical creases. 2001 CSA Certificate #04005. Very unusual and scarce use. Very unusual combination franking.  $950. Listed in both CSA 8 Covers and CSA 7, Section 2 

CSA 8, 2¢ brown red strip of 5 with right sheet margin at right used to sealed back flaps of cover tied with three strikes of SCOTTSVILLE / VA. // SEPT 1864 cds. Per the 1976 PF Certificate, “the third and fourth stamps are damaged by opening and are now mended and are genuinely used on cover.” A fourth strike of the postmark, dated Sept, is used on the obverse and is addressed to well-known nurseryman Franklin Davis, Staunton, Va. with content docketing indicating correspondent was Jno. O. Lewis. SCV $4,500. $3,000.

Mrs. Jno. O Lewis buried jewelry near their chicken house which went undiscovered while the Yankees stuffed hams in their knapsacks and strapped dead chickens to their saddles. More information on the linked page.

CSA 8, 2¢ brown red tied RICHMOND / VA. / Nov / 4 (1864) to Leatherwood, Virginia; part of homemade wrapper (most of back missing) made from a letter with significant historical content regarding the governor of Georgia. Rare adversity use to create a newspaper wrapper made from a portion of a handwritten letter that reads in part, "[we learned] this morning that Governor Brown has deserted the Confederate cause and gone with the Federals calling upon all Georgia Soldiers to throw down their arms and follow him. Of course I do not credit this in the least; but just mention it for the purpose of illustrating the great demoralization which has so recently & so unnecessarily seized the people ..." Great historical content, piece of lower left corner restored. Ex Cipolla. $1,000.

CSA 8, 2¢ brown red (small defects) tied MOBILE / ALA // AUG / 17 double circle datestamp on small cover to Master Henry Fonde (son of Charles Henry Fonde of Mobile), Care of Mrs. Mary Owen Dean, Spartanburg, South Carolina. Used with Mobile [DUE] 10 handstamp showing woeful UNDERPAYMENT OF POSTAGE Interesting use. $850.

CSA 8, 2¢ brown red tied by RICHMOND / Va. // SEP / 23 / 1863 cds on legal size semi-official cover with manuscript “Treasury Department C.S.A., Second Auditor’s Office, Official Business,” to Mrs. L. C. W. McDowell, Care of Capt. G. A. Barksdale, Richmond, Va., light water stain at left cover edge and slightly reduction.  $1,400.

George A. Barksdale served as Quartermaster in Field & Staff of the 16th Virginia Infantry.

Listed in both Imprints and CSA 8 Covers

CSA 8, 2¢ brown red tied by DANVILLE / VA. cds on unsealed envelope to “W(illiam). A. J. Finney, Esq., (Pittsylvania County) Museville, Va.” thus confirming that this is the SCARCE CIRCULAR RATE as opposed to local drop use. Few trivial edge faults. Ex Littlejohn and Cipolla. Civil War era Finney correspondence is in Duke University Library with many references to the slave trade. $950.

CSA 8, 2¢ brown red—two copies—used with single CSA 7 tied by two strikes of CHARLESTON / S.C. // JUL / 14 double-circle datestamp on cover to Mrs. Arthur M. Lynch Care of Dr. Ogin, Newberne, No Ca, with no indication of postage due, small edge faults and repairs not mentioned on 1987 CSA certificate. RARE UNDERPAID USE AND MIXED FRANKING OF TYPOGRAPHED AND ENGRAVED ISSUES. Ex Brandon and Kilbourne. $1,900.

CSA 8, 2¢ brown-red tied bold SELMA / ALA // OCT / 22 cds on cover to Maj. W. T. Wallthall (sic), Comdg Post, Talladega, Ala, with O.B. at upper left (Official Business) and Chg [box] 65 above stamp which is overhanging edge of cover, stamp corner torn off and secured back in place; TURNED COVER franked with pair of CSA 12 and addressed to Mrs. Hamilton P. Snow, Gainesville, Sumter County, Alabama. Cover fully exploded to show both sides. The 2¢ rate is a bit of a mystery as it is not a local drop rate (towns > 100 miles apart) and does not appear to be a circular use. $700.

Major William T. Walthall commanded Company I, 12th Alabama Infantry, Rodes’ Brigade, D.H. Hill’s Division, 2nd Corps, Army Northern Virginia. Military records, which are numerous, earlier show him as captain and Recruiting Officer & Acting Assistant Quartermaster.

CSA 8, 2¢ brown red strip of five, slightly irregular margins, tied by PITTSYLVANIA / C.H. / Va. // NOV / 17 cds on TURNED COVER to George D. Wise, Esq., Care of Gen. H. A. Wise, Charleston, S. Carolina; inside bears defective CSA 11, 10¢ blue, tied by RICHMOND / Va. // NOV / 1? cds, some minor wear, addressed to Mrs. Geo. D. Wise, Pittsylvania C.H., Va. UNUSUAL TURNED COVER WITH EXTREMELY RARE COMBINATION FRANKING. Ex Keeling. 2005 PF certificate 0427991, Scott value for just the strip of 5 on cover $4,500. $3,750.

George Douglas Wise and Henry Alexander Wise brief biographies on linked page.

CSA 8, 2¢ brown red strip of five, tied by 3 strikes of ATLANTA / Ga. // MAY / 26 cds on adversity cover made from printed military form (Commutation of Rations) to Mrs. Dr. Jas Eugene Bell,  Anthony Shoals, Elbert County, Georgia; right stamp with small thin spot and light crease, cover repair at right and reduced all four sides. RARE USE OF CSA 8 STRIP ON ADVERSITY COVER, 2008 CSA certificate, SCV $4,500. $1,600.

CSA 8, 2¢ brown red (4 close margins) tied by AUGUSTA / Ga. CDS on cover to R.D.B. Taylor Esq., Athens, Ga. with ms. “circular” at upper left. Signed (pencil) Stanley B. Ashbrook guarantee on verso. 1997 CSA certificate 03126. Circular uses are far scarcer than drop uses. SCV $1,500. $850.

Richard Deloney Bolling Taylor served in Company F of Georgia 3rd Battalion State Guard Cavalry. More information on linked page.

CSA 8a, 2¢ pale red first printing with large to huge margins all around and tied neat blue target; no town postmark, used on long NEWSPAPER WRAPPER to I. Jarrett, Huntsville, N.C. with a couple vertical file folds, math figures, known correspondence, Ex Keeling, SCV $1,500. $650.

Isaac Jarratt information on linked page.  LE

CSA 8, 2¢ brown red (3 margins to just touching at bottom) tied by lightly struck CAMDEN / S.C. // JUL / 4 CDS on small drop cover to Mrs. Ann C. Salmond, Camden, S.C. SCV $1,500. $650.

Ann C. Cook Salmond was married to Dr. E.A. Salmond. They were residents and founding families of Camden, S.C., and related to the prominent Cantey family.

CSA 8, 2c brown red, second printing horizontal strip of five, large margins except left stamp that has two small nicks at top, tied by bold strikes of RICHMOND / Va. // OCT / 28 /1863 CDS on fresh cover to Miss S. W. Carmichael, Dixie P.O. Fluvanna County Va., 1991 CSA certificate. A Scarce Showpiece. SCV $4,500. $3,500.

CSA 8, 2¢ brown red (4 margins) with socked-on-the-nose RICHMOND Va. SEP 9 1863 circular datestamp on on Office Commissioner of Taxes imprinted legal size cover drop use to Wm. Green Esq Tax Collector Richmond Va. Matching letterhead from Thompson Allan, Commissioner who returns the duplicate report of Collections of War Tax which has several errors and Allan asks to Green to make the necessary corrections and return the same. Slightly reduced at right, covers creases and some back flap repairs. Handsome use.  Ex Ralph Swap. LL  $1,400.

CSA 8, 2¢ brown red (light horizontal crease) tied RICHMOND VA MAR 30 CDS on adversity cover fashioned from 1864 State of Virginia Executive Department circular, 1997 CSA certificate 03029, addressed to Messr. Magruder & Bro. Union Mills Fluvanna Co. Va. Ex Ralph Swap. $1,250.

CSA 8, 2¢ brown red (small faults) tied CHARLOTTESVILLE VA October 3 circular datestamp drop use on fresh TURNED COVER locally addressed to George Carr Esq. Charlottesville, Va. Inside use CSA 7, 2 singles of 5¢ dark blue pen canceled with manuscript “Junction Va Mar 26th/63” to Mrs. Wm. T. Early, Charlottesville, Va. Ex Engstler Charlottesville collection and Ex John Vagnetti. Listed both in CSA 8 Covers and CSA 7, Section 1. $700.

George Carr was a prominent Charlottesville attorney. Short bio on linked page.

CSA 8, 2¢ brown red strip of 5 (close to large margins all around) tied by triple strike of FAYETTEVILLE N.C. MAR 18 circular datestamp on neat cover with boldly penned addressee Mrs. Susan Holland, Hillsboro, N. Carolina. Penciled note on verso from Ezra D. Cole stating it was in the Judge Emerson collection 11-20-(19)37 as well as dated signature of (August) Dietz 12-8-37. Lovely showpiece with great provenance. SCV $4,500. $5,000. 

CSA 8, 2¢ brown red (4 large to enormous margins showing parts of two adjacent stamps, bit of gum staining) tied neat RICHMOND VA. SEP 8 on unsealed cover to James Newman, Orange C Ho (Court House) Va, indicating scarcer circular use; bit of cover staining. More likely than not, this may have been James F. Newman of Virginia Orange Light Artillery. SCV $1,500. $750.

CSA 8a, 2¢ pale red FIRST PRINTING, tied RICHMOND Va. SEP 18 1863 circular datestamp on cover to Miss Sue T. Holt, Richmond Va. Care of Mr. I.T. Heath, with 1997 CSA certificate 03026 which does not mention the light pre-use crease in the stamp Very Fine. SCV $1,500.  $650.

CSA 8a, 2¢ pale red drop use tied by SUMTER S.C. FEB 13 CDS on locally addressed dark blue cover to Miss Martha Barttlett Sumter So Ca penned in charming floral flourishes. Very Fine and Showy, possibly a Valentine use. SCV $1,500. Ex Sam Zimmerman. $1,200.

CSA 8, 2¢ brown red tied RICHMOND Va. JAN 24 (1864) cds (type 6) on drop cover to G. T. Box No 955 Richmond Va which could plausibly be G. T. Beauregard. 1997 CSA Certificate 02951 says “lower right corner of stamp missing” but I find that a bit harsh – “rounded corner” would be a kinder description. Ex Harry Muldrow. SCV $1,500. $700.

CSA 8a, 2¢ pale red (4 margins) tied RICHMOND Va. JUL 6 (1864) cds (type 5f) on drop cover to Miss Julia ? Care Dr Blair Bushnell Corner of Leigh & Sixth Streets Richmond Virginia and Kindness of Mrs. Hooper. The cover may have been dropped in the PO before it could be hand delivered by Mrs. Hooper. Ex Harry Muldrow. SCV $1,500. $850.

CSA 8, 2¢ brown red vertical strip of 5 paying the 10¢ rate tied RICHMOND Va. OCT 22 1863 cds (type 5d) on cover to Capt. H. F. Browns Drane Lynchburg Va. 1988 CSA certificate 01735 which states “cover repaired and stamp edges all damaged” which is overly enthusiastic. The stamp strip was irregularly separated but not “damaged;” part of left top edge of cover replaced. Ex Peter Powell and Harry Muldrow. SCV $4,500, CCV $5,000.  $1,750.

2¢ brown-red horizontal pair, bright rich color, three huge margins, close to just in at top, canceled bold RICHMOND VA. JUL 2 1863 cds paying double the 2¢ drop rate on a homemade envelope addressed to Alexander H. Stephens, Vice President, Richmond Va.; faint address, Very Fine and showy; 2010 CSA certificate. $1,200.

CSA 8, 2¢ brown red strip of 5 (margins all the way around, stained) tied over 1¢ blue star-die entire (scarce) by triple strike of ATLANTA Ga. MAY 31 circular datestamp, addressed to Mrs. Dr. Jas. Eugene Bell, Anthony Shoals, Elbert County Georgia. Cover open on 3 sides and left third of cover completely severed, including the left-most stamp – then the whole thing reattached. (I have no words). Ex David Burton. SCV $4,500. $750.

James Eugene Bell served on the Confederate States Army Medical Staff. Bio on linked page.

CSA 8a, 2¢ pale red, tied neat CHARLESTON S.C. APR 27 (1864) CDS on clean local drop use. Folded letter on blue lined paper addressed to Genl James Simons, Charleston, SC regarding the title to a local property sold by Misses Smith to Mr. Trenholm. Letter is on one side and his much smaller space-saving reply is on the other side ending with his signed “JS” visible along the left side of the face of the cover. Included with the lot is a printed copy of the report of Brig. Gen. James Simons made to Gen. Beauregard regarding operations against Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor from his Head Quarters on Morris Island April 23, 1861 (from an online source). Simons was in command of the Fourth Brigade of Charleston State Militia in active service and under the orders of the governor since December 20, 1860 when SC seceded. The 4th SC Militia was the backbone of the Army in SC until the official CSA Army was formed after the Battle of Fort Sumter. A lovely pristine cover with great history accompanied by 2003 CSA certificate incorrectly calling the shade brown red instead of pale red, Ex Katz and Burton. $1,600.

CSA 8, 2¢ brown red tied bold CHARLESTON S.C. DEC 22 186- CDS on fresh drop cover to Col. R. B. Rhett, Charleston, So Ca.; opening tear at top right, otherwise Very Fine. $900.

Robert Barnwell Rhett bio on linked page.

CSA 8, 2¢ brown red with large to huge margins on three sides, tied by CHARLESTON S.C. Paid Nov 11 186 RARE USEof Welch/Calhoun cds type AN-18a with integral “Paid” cds without last digit of year; on cover addressed to Major Joseph Abney, 27th Regt. S.C. V., Charleston SC; bottom edge mended but could be improved, reduced slightly at left, PREPAID 2¢ DROP RATE USE, ex Lemley, Karrer, and Burton; signed Dietz. $800.

Col. Joseph Abney (1819-1870) was a lawyer who fought for the U.S. and was wounded in the Mexican War under General Winfield Scott. Following the secession of South Carolina in December of 1860, the state began raising volunteers for service against the North. As part of these volunteers, Joseph Abney organized the “Edgefield Blues” in December of 1861 and was promptly elected as the Captain of the Company. The company joined with others in Charleston, and they were formed together in a regiment designated as the 22nd South Carolina Infantry Regiment. On January 29, 1862, Captain Abney was elected as Colonel of the regiment. Abney was with the regiment until May 16, 1864, when he was severely wounded in action at Drewry’s Bluff, Virginia. He remained in Virginia until March of 1865 when he was officially retired to the Invalid Corps as a result of his wounds. He died at age 48, a victim of a meningitis epidemic. Much more about Abney may easily be found online.

CSA 8, 2¢ brown red with 3 margins, tied by CHARLESTON S.C. JAN 4 circular datestamp on adversity cover made from a South Carolina Militia military form addressed to Col. Julius A. Blake Gaillard ‘s (27) Regt Legare’s Point James Island (Charleston Harbor), repaired across the top with upper left of postmark drawn in. Ex Burton. $550.

CSA 8a, 2¢ pale red, uncanceled on fresh commercially made cover addressed to Hon. Wms. C. Wickham, Member Confederate Congress, Richmond, Va. Top back flap unsealed with embossed “C” on tip. Ex Burton. $400.

Williams Carter Wickham bio on linked page.