Los 2186 Konföderierte Staaten Postmaster Ausgaben

Independence Tex., 10c Black on Buff, Small "10" Handstamp and "Pd" in Manuscript (41X3). Cut to shape with margins all around, very bold and clear handstamp impression with neat manuscript "Pd" above "10", uncancelled as always, tied by gum smear, partly clear "Independance Tex. Nov. 24" (with spelling error in town name) on buff cover to Capt. T. L. Scott, Terry's Regiment (8th Texas Cavalry), Shreveport La., left edge slightly clipped toward top (but clear of stamp), mended with paper VERY FINE. ONE OF THE FINEST INDEPENDENCE POSTMASTER'S PROVISIONAL COVERS AND THE CLEAREST IMPRESSION OF THE FOUR RECORDED stamps WITH SMALL "10" AND MANUSCRIPT "PD", SCOTT 41X3.Postal records show three different Confederate postmasters of Independence, Texas: William J. Hale (appointed Jul. 12, 1861, resigned); George R. Seward (appointed Dec. 28, 1861); and John McKnight (appointed Jan. 19, 1863). Four of the five recorded Independence provisional covers have not been reliably assigned yeardates, but the cover offered here (CWPS census no. IND-TX-A01-001) is postmarked July 31 and has a clearly written July 29, 1862, yeardate, which would position it during Seward's tenure. Two of the four covers with 41X3 have postmark dates of November 24 (offered in this sale as lot 2186) and April 29 (pencil docketing "1862").The CWPS census records one example of the Large "10" (41X1), offered in lot 2185, and four examples of the Small "10" with manuscript "Pd" (41X3):Large "10" (Scott 41X1):IND-TX-A01-001: Cut to shape, Jul. 31 (1862) circular datestamp, on cover to T. W. House, Houston, discovered by E. D. Dorchester in Jan. 1898 among the T. W. House correspondence, ex Ferrary, Hind, Brooks, Moody, Hall (Sale 840, lot 62) and Haub ("Erivan"), offered in this sale as lot 2185Small "10" and Manuscript "Pd" (Scott 41X3):IND-TX-A01-002: Cut to shape, Nov. 24 (186-) circular datestamp, on cover to Capt. T. L. Scott, Terry's Regt. (8th Texas Cavalry), Shreveport La., ex A. H. Schumacher (discoverer ca. 1919), Caspary, Weatherly, Kilbourne (Sale 815, lot 47) and Haub ("Erivan"), the cover offered hereIND-TX-A01-004: Cut square, town circle without date, on cover to Capt. T. L. Scott, Terry's Regt. (8th Texas Cavalry), Shreveport La., ex A. H. Schumacher (discoverer ca. 1919), Caspary, Flick (per Freeland), Lilly, Freeland, 1983 Rarities (Sale 618, lot 307), "Beverly Hills" collectionIND-TX-A01-003: Cut to shape, town circle with faint date (MO?/18), on cover to Capt. T. L. Scott, Terry's Regt. (8th Texas Cavalry), Houston Tex., ex A. H. Schumacher (discoverer ca. 1919), Hessel, Dr. Brandon (Sale 1073, lot 262)IND-TX-A01a*-005: Cut to shape, Apr. 29 (186-) circular datestamp, on cover to Capt. T. L. Scott, Terry's Regt. (8th Texas Cavalry), Sandy Point Tex., ex A. H. Schumacher (discoverer ca. 1919), Walcott, Lightner (?), Freeland, 1982 Rarities (Sale 596, lot 24), Haub ("Erivan") (*) this is the example previously listed without manuscript "Pd" but now thought to have a faded "Pd"The four covers with Scott 41X3 were found by August H. Schumacher, a Houston collector, sometime around 1919. They are all addressed to Captain T. L. Scott of Terry's Regiment, which refers to the 8th Texas Cavalry Regiment assembled by Col. Benjamin Franklin Terry, also known as the Terry Rangers. The regiment was mustered into service at Houston on September 9, 1861. Colonel Terry was killed in action at the battle of Woodsonville, Kentucky, on December 8, 1861. After a change in command, the Terry Rangers engaged in the battles of Shiloh (April 6-8, 1862), Perryville (October 8, 1862), Murfreesboro (December 31, 1862-January 2, 1863), Chickamauga (September 19-20, 1863), and Chattanooga (November 24-25, 1863); in the Atlanta campaign (May 1-September 2, 1864); and as raiders in Kentucky and Tennessee under Lt. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest. The covers are addressed to Captain Scott at Shreveport La., Sandy Point Tex. and Houston Tex.CWPS census no. IND-TX-A01-002. Illustrated in Deaton, The Great Texas Stamp Collection (plate 11). Ex Caspary, Weatherly (acquired privately by the Kilbournes), Kilbourne and Haub ("Erivan"). Scott value $20,000