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Spring 2022
June 22-24, 2022 in New York City
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LOT# :92 - Military - General
"Adams Express Co. Baltimore, Md. Jul. 11, 1861"
Date: June 24, 2022
"Adams Express Co. Baltimore, Md. Jul. 11, 1861", attractive strike on 3c Red Star Die entire (U27), "Baltimore, Md." unobscured, two strikes of straightline "Paid" alongside, southbound cover to "Mr. W.W. Fife, Newbern, North Carolina", endorsed "per Express" at top left, blue "Adams Express Co Augusta, Ga Jul 18" oval, entered the Confederate mails with "Augusta Ga. Jul 18" double circle postmark and straightline "Paid 10", small sealed tears do not detract, lightened stained spot at lower left, very fine appearance, one of seven examples of the Adams Baltimore office handstamp and one of just three datestamped at the Augusta office, a spectacular combination of markings, Special Routes Census No. S-AD-20 and illustrated on page 43, 2022 Philatelic Foundation certificate
Provenance: Steven C. Walske (R.A. Siegel Sale 988, 2010)
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Starting Price: $1,000
Hammer Price: $6,000
LOT# :93 - Military - General
"Cannot Be Forwarded"
Date: June 24, 2022
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"Cannot Be Forwarded", framed straightline handstamp with on cover to Bayou Goula, Louisiana, 1861 3c Rose (65) tied by segmented cork, red "Boston Mass. Sep 28" double circle postmark, additional "Mails Suspended" in oval applied at the Dead Letter Office in Washington, DC, reverse with receiving occupation postmark "New Orleans La. Free Oct 23, 1862", small tear at right, very fine, atttractive cover with a rare combination of markings, see previous lot for further discussion, 2022 Philatelic Foundation certificate
Provenance: Milton Mitchell (R.A. Siegel 859, 2003)
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Starting Price: $300
Hammer Price: $3,000
LOT# :94 - Military - General
"No Mail Service"
Date: June 24, 2022
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"No Mail Service", crisp strike of straightline handstamp from Memphis, Tennessee, with additional "Mails Suspended" in oval applied at the Washington, DC Dead Letter Office, "New-York Nov 20 1862" double circle datestamp on cover to Holly Springs, Mississippi, sender's "via Memphis Tenn." at top, "Memphis Tenn. Dec 2" duplex backstamp, small tear at left edge due to opening, otherwise very fine, the only recorded example of the Memphis "No Mail Service" handstamp, 2022 Philatelic Foundation certificate
Specific handstamps were used by the post offices in Memphis, Nashville, and New Orleans to indicate the suspension of mail service during and after the Civil War. Mail was then sent to the Dead Letter Office in Washington, DC, where an additional "Mails Suspended" handstamp was sometimes applied. These markings are discussed in more detail in Benjamin Wishnietsky's 1983 article "Thoughts On 'Mails Suspended'" in the Confederate Philatelist (Vol. 28, No. 4).
Provenance: Rarities of the World (R.A. Siegel 596, 1982)
Milton Mitchell (R.A. Siegel 859, 2003)
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Starting Price: $500
Hammer Price: $3,000