Confederate States of America. Navy Department. Semi-official imprint (ND-11 var., without "Official Business") on cover addressed to Col. Northrop, Commissary General, Richmond, slight staining at lower left edge and few tiny edge tears, otherwise Very Fine, Lucius B. Northrop was Commissary General of the Confederacy, responsible for logistics and supply chain

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Confederate States of America, Office of Orders and Detail, Navy Department (ND-13). Imprint on cover addressed to famed Confederate naval officer "Commr. Wm. L. Maury, C.S.N., Richmd. Va.", slightly reduced at right, Very Fine and extremely scarce, Maury served in the U.S. Navy for over 32 years, assisting Charles Wilkes' exploration of the Pacific Ocean and Matthew C. Perry's 1854 mission to Japan, he served as a Captain in the Confederate Navy during the Civil War

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5c Blue, Local (7). Horizontal pair, margins to just in, tied by well-struck "Richmond Va. Jul. 9, 1862" circular datestamp on Treasury Department corner card cover to Greenville S.C., addressed in the hand of Confederate Treasury Secretary Christopher G. Memminger, Very Fine, accompanied by a second stampless wrapper to Memminger from Houston Tex., was used to send banknotes, edge faults and some splits, otherwise Fine

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5c Olive Green, Stone A-B (1c). Horizontal pair, large margins to just barely in at bottom, cancelled by smudged manuscript marks (iron gall ink ties thru to envelope, which is visible on the inside), paying required C.S.A. postage on cover to Col. Tennant Lomax (future general), 3rd Regt. Ala. Volunteers, Norfolk Va., blue "Southern Express Co. Montgomery Ala. Dec. 12" (1861) double-circle datestamp and bold matching "Montgomery Alabama Southern Express" in circle, faint toning

VERY FINE. ONE OF FIVE RECORDED COVERS FROM THE SOUTHERN EXPRESS COMPANY IN MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA, OF WHICH FOUR BEAR THE UNUSUAL "MONTGOMERY ALABAMA SOUTHERN EXPRESS" HANDSTAMP.

This cover was carried by the Southern Express Company to Colonel Lomax's regiment in proximity to Norfolk, Virginia. We record five Southern Express Company covers from Montgomery -- all from the Lomax correspondence -- including four with the distinctive "Montgomery Alabama Southern Express" circle, which is unlike any other marking used by express companies throughout the Confederacy. Two have 10c Hoyer & Ludwig stamps (Dec. 18 and 22 express datestamps), one has the Montgomery postmaster's handstamped provisional (Oct. 25), and the other two have 5c Green Lithograph stamps (Nov. 29 without the smaller circle and Dec. 12 -- the cover offered here). The presence of post office markings on these covers, including datestamps dated the day before the Southern Express datestamp, indicates that the Southern Express agent (D. H. Brooks) made arrangements with the post office to carry mail after it had been properly prepaid and postmarked.

Ex Frank J. Engel (realized $3,000 in 1976 sale) and Dr. Brandon. With 1973 P.F. certificate

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Southern Express Co. Telegram dated Feb. 27, 1862, manuscript "5/coll 125" at bottom indicating an inflationary 25c per word charge for the telegram (up from 5c), accompanied by adversity envelope made from re-used ledger paper, matching handwriting and addressee as on the telegram but states the charge as "Coll 2.10", cover with typical edgewear, Very Fine and scarce, accompanied by a Susquehanna River and North and West Branch Telegraph Company illustrated imprint cover, some slight waterstaining

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E. H. Cushing Express. Black on white newsprint label, C.S.A. Catalog Type B (without date) and Special Routes book Ty. II, affixed to back of cover with five-line military address to "Cap. John R. Kennard, Co. A. 10th Regiment Tex. Vol. Infantry, Deshlers Brigade, Army of Tennessee, Chattanooga, Tennessee", without town marking, "Paid" straightline handstamp at upper left and space at right where a stamp has been removed, label partly eaten away but most of text is intact, trimmed slightly on three sides and opened for display, soiled but presentable and very rare with a good military address

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5c Blue, Local (7). Eight stamps comprising strip of three, two pairs and single, margins to slightly in, rich color, uncancelled and affixed to back of eastbound Trans-Mississippi Express cover with comprehensive address for routing: "Capt. J. A. Formwalt, Comds. Co. In 6th, 10th, and 15th Texas Regiments, Smith's Brigade, Cleburn's Division, Hardee's Corps, Johnson's Army" and routing "Via Shreveport La.", confirmation of 40c prepayment "Postage on opposite side", opened for display, minor wear, Very Fine, an unusual cover from the Formwalt correspondence, franked for government Trans-Mississippi Express but carried by Anderson's private express -- the letter from Mrs. Formwalt that was contained in this cover (which no longer accompanies) is datelined at Lonely Cottage, Texas, on March 31, 1864, and states that she is sending this letter and $1.00 to Mr. Anderson, who is waiting at Fairfield, Texas, for letters to take east -- illustrated in Krieger book (No. W7) and shown on the back cover of that publication, ex Corwin and Walske, accompanying 1974 C.S.A. certificate notes "Probably carried privately rather than by C.S.A. postal system"

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20c Green (13). Horizontal pair, slightly irregular but mostly large margins all around, tiny tear at lower left, tied by "Richmond Va. Nov. 15" (1864) circular datestamp on oatmeal cover to "1st Engineer B. S. Herring, Confederate States Navy, Shreveport, Louisiana", carried by express to Shreveport, then forwarded to Herring at Mobile (he served on the C.S.S. gunboat Morgan), receipt docketing "Received at Mobile, March 13th 1865", backflap removed, lightened stains and some modest cosmetic edge improvements, Fine appearance, rare east-to-west Trans-Mississippi Express cover that was carried back east to a naval engineer at Mobile -- the addressee, Benjamin Simms Herring, served as the second Engineer on the C.S.S. Virginia, better known as Confederate iron-clad Merrimac, during the battle with the U.S.S. Monitor at Hampton Roads on March 8-9, 1862; following the Union naval victory in the Battle of Mobile Bay in August 1864, the port of Mobile was closed to Confederate blockade-runners; on March 24, 1865, Maj. Gen. Dabney Herdon Maury and the remnants of his army evacuated Mobile, and the city surrendered on April 12; his cover reached Mobile just before Confederate forces evacuated; Herring served on board the C.S.S. gunboat Morgan. -- illustrated in Krieger book (No. E37), ex Walske

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