Auction Detail
June 2023
"Erivan" Collection Part IX and Canal Zone Stamps and Covers
Our June sales include Part IX of the "Erivan" Collection of United and Confederate States Postal History and a catalogue of Canal Zone stamps and covers featuring the collections of James W. Crumpacker and Paul F. Ammons.
margins large to close at top left, on United States 3c Nesbitt entire, tied by Madison Court House, Virginia handstamp, addressed to "Warren Moseley Esq, Co. H. 4th Geo. Regt. Phil. Cook's Brig., Rhodes Division, Richmond, Va", very fine
right margin single with four huge margins tied by "Richmond Va. Mar 18" datestamp to green all-over advertising cover for "Spotts & Harvey, Grocers & Commission Merchants, Richmond, Va.", addressed to Jeffries Store, Nottoway County, Virginia, Eaves imprint on flap, extremely fine and attractive, M. Hubert Judd notation on reverse
Provenance: Marc Haas
mint bottom right corner margin block of four, original gum, large margins all around, very fine and fresh (Scott $475)
mint left margin block of 12, original gum, margins large to clear at bottom, trivial wrinkle in margin, very fine (Scott $1,390 as blocks and singles)
captured Union patriotic design in black depicting George Proctor Kane, "Jackson Miss. Sep 23 1862" datestamp and arced "Due 10" (Type F), on cover addressed to Saltillo, Mississippi "Care of Capt. Hoskins, Co. A, 38th Regt Miss Vol", small faults including repaired edges and corners, affixed to black construction paper, very fine appearance, an unusual captured patriotic usage
As the Marshal of the Baltimore City Police Department, George Proctor Kane played a pivotal role in the Baltimore Riot of 1861. His strong and outspoken Confederate sympathies led to his arrest and imprisonment at numerous facilities including Fort McHenry and New York's Fort Lafayette. Upon his release in 1862 he moved to Montreal, before running the blockade and arriving in Richmond in 1864. It has been suggested that he was an acquaintance of John Wilkes Booth, and it was feared in 1861 that Kane might have involvement in an assassination plot against Abraham Lincoln upon his inauguration. Despite his checkered past, in the 1870s he served as both Sheriff and Mayor of Baltimore.
red and blue patriotic design of tent and 11-star flag, Reynolds imprint, addressed to Williamsburg, Virginia, "Richmond Va Aug 31 1861" datestamp and matching two-line "Paid 5Cts" (Type F), cover lightly cleaned and affixed to black construction paper, very fine and attractive, the "Davis Invincibles" name was used by Company D of the 18th Infantry Regiment from Dougherty County, Georgia
red and blue patriotic design with hand holding 11-star flag, franked with horizontal left margin pair of 1861 5c Green (1) tied by bold "Tudor Hall Va. Feb 24 1862" datestamp, addressed to Griffin, Georgia, very fine and fresh, a gem
Francis S. Bartow was a two-term member of the United States House of Representatives prior to the outbreak of the Civil War, after which point he became an inaugurating member of the Confederate Provisional Congress. It was in Savannah on May 21, 1861 that he delivered his most famous phrase, "I go to illustrate Georgia", to a group of soldiers assembled to travel to the frontlines in Virginia. Bartow would be killed at the First Battle of Bull Run.
dramatic Confederate patriotic design showing Abraham Lincoln hanging by his feet with his rail tie and axe hanging from his neck as Winfield Scott looks on, franked with 5c Green (1) tied by blue "Nashville Ten. Jan 4" (1862) datestamp, addressed to Camden, Mississippi, imprint at bottom left reads "Copyright claimed, HM&WC, Box 417 Nashville Tenn.", small repairs along right edge, very fine, one of just 12 recorded examples of the famous "Hanging Lincoln" patriotic cover which is the most famous of all Civil War patriotic designs, only two of which are franked with 5c Green general issues, an extraordinary rarity
verse on patriotic cover bearing two mounted dragoons, Bonitz imprint at left, 1862 5c Blue (4, margins cut in) tied by "Goldsborough N.C. Apr 28" datestamp, addressed to Knob Creek, North Carolina, very fine and scarce
soldier with 11-star flag in oval, design in black on gray cover, 10c Blue (12) tied by "Chattanooga Tenn. Jul 20 1863" datestamp, addressed to Conwayboro, South Carolina, very fine, a scarce design (SN-4)
mint single (position 36), lightly hinged with tropicalized gum as usual, still very fine, 1995 Philatelic Foundation certificate (Scott $650)
mint single (position 80), bright color and attractive centering, very fine and choice, 1992 Philatelic Foundation certificate (Scott $650)