Sale 1262 — United States Stamps and Postal History
Sale Date — Tuesday-Thursday, 26-28 July, 2022
Category — Blockade, Trans-Mississippi, Flag-of-Truce, Balances
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
522
20c Green (13). Horizontal pair, small margins to cutting in, just tied by partial "Mobile Ala. ? 5" double-circle datestamp on westbound Trans-Mississippi Express buff cover to "Col. Ben Austin/Gen. Kirby Smith's staff/Shreveport La./Trans Miss Department", reduced at left and without backflapVERY FINE APPEARANCE. AN EXTREMELY RARE EAST-TO-WEST TRANS-MISSISSIPPI EXPRESS COVER, BEARING A PAIR OF THE 20-CENT GENERAL ISSUE, AND ADDRESSED TO THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT.
No more than 20 covers with a pair of the 20c Green paying the 40c Trans-Mississippi Express rate are known. A majority of the known covers are heavily stained and damaged. This cover is one of several known from the Col. Ben Austin correspondence, each paying the 40c Trans-Mississippi rate
Ex Felton. Scott value $4,500.00
E. 2,000-3,000
1,000