Sale 1155 — United States and Confederate States Postal History
Sale Date — Tuesday, 9 May, 2017
Category — Confederate States, Handstamped Paid thru Postmasters Provisionals
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
3001
Liverpool to Lynchburg Va. via Nashville. Folded letter datelined Liverpool, England, June 8, 1861, addressed to Lynchburg Va., likely carried by Cunard steamship to New York in another envelope, then from New York by through-the-lines express company (Adams or American) to Nashville Tenn., blue "Nashville Ten. Jun. 26, 1861" circular datestamp, matching "PAID" straightline struck overlapping datestamp and "10" in oval for C.S.A. postage, pencil "10" rate notation, Very Fine, scarce use from England into the Confederacy by express after the suspension of mails
E. 500-750
475