Sale 1011 — United States Stamps & Postal History, Foreign

Sale Date — Tuesday-Friday, 21-24 June, 2011

Category — Confederate States (Independent and C.S.A. Uses of U.S. Stamps)

Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
1702
c
Sale 1011, Lot 1702, Confederate States (Independent and C.S.A. Uses of U.S. Stamps)3c Dull Red, Ty. III (26). Two covers, first cancelled by pen "X" (not tied), "Johnson S.C. May 20" (1861) manuscript postmark on 7-Star Confederate Patriotic cover to Longmire's Store S.C., stamp with couple tiny flaws and light soiling, otherwise Very Fine, a scarce Confederate use of a U.S. stamp on a Confederate patriotic cover, ex Mason, Kohn, Bleuler, second cover also pen-cancelled (stamp defective), "Greenwood Md. May 3, 1861" manuscript postmark on 7-Star Confederate Patriotic cover to Memphis Tenn., similar but slightly different design than first cover, light soiling, appears Fine, a desirable Confederate patriotic used from a southern sympathizer in a small Baltimore County, Maryland town, sent south at some risk as this was one week after Lincoln suspended habeas corpus in Maryland, with 1975 C.S.A. and 1984 P.F. certificates, a wonderful matched pair of Confederate patriotics

E. 750-1,000
1,000