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3070 – ERIVAN X
10c blue Steel Plate Issue, Type II, Sc. 11, right sheet margin single with large margins all around, tied to adversity cover by Augusta, GA c.d.s. (9 Sep, 1864), to Graniteville, South Carolina, a desirable franking on an innovative use of a printed form used to create an envelope.
10c blue, 1863-4, good to large margins on three sides, tied by "Richmond / VA. / May / 28 / 1863" c.d.s. in blue to all-over "Spotts & Harvey / Grocers & Commission Merchants" illustrated advertising cover, to Washington County, small scissor cut to lower left adhesive margin, a scarce coloured cancel and advertising cover from this stamp's first month of issue; ex Van Dyk Macbride, Jack Solomon.
10c greenish blue on thin paper, 1863-4, tied to 3c United States stamped envelope, which has been overprinted in black "Confederate States of America / Post Office Department", postmarked Richmond, Virginia, from the Chief of the Central Bureau of the CSA Post Office Department to the Chester Court House, an unusual private usage of this overprinted stationery cover, and rare and with tremendous visual appeal, ex Robert W. Wiseman, with his backstamp, Haas, and MacBride; with 2023 Civil War Philatelic Society certificate.
10c dark blue, 1863-4, used in combination with United States 1861-2 3c rose, tied by Andersonville, Georgia c.d.s. and segmented cork cancel, neatly-struck "Old Point Comfort VA / Aug 25" double-circle c.d.s. beside, from Prisoner of War R.D. Rowe held at Camp Sumter, to his wife in Hartland, Connecticut, endorsed "via flag truce / Prisoner of War Letter" at left, with contents, small piece trimmed from back flap, the 10c adhesive faulty, but a rare mixed-franking prisoner of war cover; ex Milgram, with 1980 Philatelic Foundation certificate.,
20c green, 1863, diagonal bisect used as 10c, margins just touching at right, large at foot, tied to cover by "Charleston S.C. / Jul / 11 / 1864" c.d.s., to Columbia, South Carolina, manuscript docketed "July 11th / 263" at upper left, reduced at left, a remarkably fresh cover and choice example of this rare usage; ex Baer, 1993 Confederate Stamp Alliance certificate no longer accompanies.
7-Star Confederate Flag, 5c blue, 1862, horizontal pair, large even margins all around, deep color, tied by Charleston, South Carolina c.d.s. (30 Nov) to C.S.A. Seven-Star Flag patriotic cover, to Aberdeen, Mississippi, cover with signs of cleaning, else a most attractive entire, and rare patriotic.
11-Star Confederate Flag, 1c green, 1861, tied to 11-Star Confederate Flag patriotic cover, by neatly-struck "Pensacola / Fla / DEC / 3 / -" c.d.s., to Prattville, Alabama, affixed to black card, still a most attractive patriotic cover and desirable Florida usage; with 1976 Confederate Stamp Alliance certificate.
11-Star Confederate Flag & "To arms! to arms!", 5c light blue, 1862, two singles, margins clear to large, tied by "Richmond / Va. / AUG / 1?" c.d.s. to patriotic "To arms! to arms!" Eleven Star Flag cover, to New Center Post Office, York District, South Carolina, various stains and tone spots, yet an uncommon Confederate patriotic cover.
12-Star Confederate Flag & "Fredonia Hards, Capt. A.J. Jones" Verse Confederate patriotic, 1861, handstamped PAID / 5 and twice postmarked "Broodhaven, Mississippi" on each of November 11 and 12, to Borelson, Alabama, slightly reduced at right and affixed to black backing card, some uniform aging, but a rare and attractive patriotic design; ex Everett. (Dietz F11-5)
12-Star Confederate Flag & "Run Yank or Die!", 1c green, 1861, tied to 12-Star Confederate Flag, Cannon and "Run Yank or Die!" patriotic cover by Corinth, Mississippi c.d.s., to Cushing, Alabama, the odd spot of soiling, scarce and attractive.
12-Star Confederate Flag, c. 1862, patriotic cover, endorsed "Soldiers' Letter / D.W. ? / Adams Battery" in manuscript at upper right, postmarked with neat "Fayetteville / Ark. / Jan / 26" c.d.s., to Pine Bluff, Jefferson County, small stains at top, adhered to black mounting card, else a remarkably fresh appearing patriotic cover used for soldier's mail.
Cannon Firing & Poem Confederate patriotic, postmarked with Leesburg, Virginia double-circle c.d.s. (22 Jan), indicating prepayment of postage, to Charlottesville, Virginia, two small corner tears at right, adhered to black backing card, the only recorded example of this design, a rarity of Confederate patriotic postal history.