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
1703
c
Sale 1011, Lot 1703, Confederate States (Independent and C.S.A. Uses of U.S. Stamps)C.S.A. Use of U.S. Stamps. Four covers with U.S. stamps used in the C.S.A., three franked with No. 26, first a pair used on cover to Hon. Howell Cobb at the Southern Convention, Montgomery, with Charleston S.C. Feb. 5 double-circle datestamp (second day of Confederacy), other two Augusta Ga. Mar. 21 and Rome Ga. Feb. 12 datestamps, final cover is a 3c Star Die entire with "Richmond Jul. 18, 1861" circular datestamp and "Paid 5cts." two-line handstamp (the U.S. entire paid no postage), two of the No. 26 covers incl. the Cobb cover roughly opened at top, interesting group

E. 200-300
375