Sale 958 — 2008 Rarities of the World

Sale Date — Saturday, 7 June, 2008

Category — Confederate States

Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
803
c
Sale 958, Lot 803, Confederate StatesAdams Express Co., New Orleans La., Jul. 2. Well-struck oval datestamp with day inverted and struck in green on turned adversity cover made from a printed form to Augusta Ga. and with part of blue receiving datestamp, inside bears 10c Blue, Die A (11) tied by "Greenville S.C. Aug. 30" circular datestamp to Macon Ga., neat "Advertised" handstamp, opened for display, Very Fine, rare and unusual, this is the only recorded example of this Adams Express marking, the Adams office in New Orleans used a circular handstamp early in the war

E. 2,000-3,000
4,750