Sale 1090 — United States, Possessions and Confederate States Stamps and Postal History
Sale Date — Wednesday-Friday, 17-19 December, 2014
Category — Revolutionary War
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
2022
Georgia to Scotland via British-Occupied New York, 1779. "Mount Pleasant Georgia Jan. 18th 79" dateline on folded letter from Charles Campbell to his father, Patrick Campell, in Inverary, Scotland, manuscript "1N" packet rate crossed out, re-rated with handstamped "In all" and ms. "1N6" (1sh6p) rate, "26/FE" London Bishop's mark on back, interesting one-page content mentions 71st Regiment (Fraser's Highlanders), also refers to the "fall" of Charles Cameron of the Light Company, Very Fine, a rare transatlantic letter from a British soldier in Georgia to Scotland (presumably via New York), this was carried through the American reverse blockade
E. 1,000-1,500
1,600