Sale 1260 — 2022 Rarities of the World
Sale Date — Tuesday, 28 June, 2022
Category — Civil War and Confederate States: General Issues, Flag-of-Truce, Blockade
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5c Olive Green, Stone 1 (1c). Full margins, tied by "Mobile Ala. Oct. 15, 1862" circular datestamp with matching "5" in circle due handstamp on small cover smuggled from New Orleans to Augusta Ga. via Mobile, addressed to Emile H. Reynes in Augusta, piece out of top and repaired, appears Very Fine, the Emile H. Reynes correspondence is famous for covers smuggled out of New Orleans and carried to their destination by various means, including by the Louisiana Relief Committee, the correspondence was discussed at length by Leonard Huber in a 1951 American Philatelist article (this cover pictured), ex Meroni, Weill backstamp
E. 1,000-1,500
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