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5c Blue, Local (7). Horizontal pair, cancelled by partly clear strike ...mehr
5c Blue, Local (7). Horizontal pair, cancelled by partly clear strike of "Galveston Tex. Aug. 10" (ca. 1863) double-circle datestamp (traces of tying ink at top and bottom) on cover with red and blue Camp Scene with Soldier Standing Next to 10-Star Confederate Flag and Tents design (TF-4), addressed to "Mr. A. S. Thornton, Comm [?] P. Woods Regiment, Brownsville, Texas" and "from Mother [?]", slight wear and scattered soiled specksVERY FINE. AN EXTREMELY RARE CONFEDERATE PATRIOTIC cover—ONLY TWO examples of THIS SOLDIER AND CAMP DESIGN ARE KNOWN TO US, BOTH WITH IDENTICAL HANDWRITING AND ADDRESSED TO DIFFERENT INDIVIDUALS IN BROWNSVILLE AND KING'S RANCH, TEXAS.This design is listed in the C.S.A. Catalog as TF-4, using a portion of the cover offered here as the illustration. However, the catalog listing errs in describing the number of stars. It states "eleven stars arranged as a circle of ten and one in the center." The correct count is a total of ten stars arranged as a circle of nine (not ten) with one in the center. The Milgram-Kimbrough book does not list this design.We have searched for other examples of this distinctive design, but found only one other. It is the cover with the Goliad 10c Black on Rose (29X5) provisional stamp, addressed to "Col. D. Hardeman, Santa Gertrudis, Kings Ranch, Texas" in the same handwriting (ex Ferrary, Hind, Caspary, Lilly, Boker and Haub).Without other examples or a publisher's imprint, it is impossible to identify the printer responsible for producing this patriotic stationery. The fact that the only two examples we have seen were used within Texas suggests that its distribution and duration of use was limited. 10-Star Confederate Flag covers are generally scarcer than 11-Star or 12-Star designs.Illustrated in Wishnietsky, Confederate Patriotic Covers and Their Usages, where described as "two known."
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10c Greenish Blue, Die B (12c). Two horizontal pairs, each with large ...mehr
10c Greenish Blue, Die B (12c). Two horizontal pairs, each with large margins to just touched, each cancelled by three pen strokes, pair at left tied by "Henderson Texas Dec. 6" (1863) circular datestamp on black-bordered mourning envelope to Mrs. Lucy Thornton, Port Royal Va., sender's directive "Express Mail Via Shreveport", prepaid 40c for Trans-Mississippi Government Express rate, pencil note on back indicates there was a letter dated 1863, but alas it is no longer with the coverEXTREMELY FINE. A BEAUTIFUL AND EXCEEDINGLY RARE USE OF A BLACK-BORDER MOURNING ENVELOPE TO SEND A LETTER BY TRANS-MISSISSIPPI GOVERNMENT EXPRESS. ONE OF THE FINEST TRANS-MISSISSIPPI EXPRESS COVERS WE HAVE ENCOUNTERED.On May 1, 1863, the C.S.A. Congress once again considered the question of the Trans-Mississippi mails. It authorized the C.S.A. Postmaster General to establish an "Express Mail" along post routes and at rates to be designated by him. Under this authority, the PMG Reagan established an express mail rate of 40c per half ounce, and hired a contractor to carry the express mails twice weekly on October 20, 1863. An August 1, 1863, a C.S.A. Post Office advertisement placed in newspapers on the western side of the river gave directions for the routing of Trans-Mississippi mails. All eastbound communications were to be addressed to their proper destination, care of the postmasters at Shreveport, Louisiana, or Camden, Arkansas. The mails were to be forwarded by carriers designated by the Post Office Special Agents.This cover is one of three we have located that were addressed by the same person, whose distinctive feminine handwriting undoubtedly belongs to a prosperous Texas lady. The two other covers have the same Soldier and Camp with 10-Star Confederate Flag patriotic design. One is the cover with a pair of 5c Local stamps postmarked at Galveston and addressed to "Mr. A. S. Thornton, Com(?) P. Woods Regiment, Brownsville, Texas" (offered in this sale as lot 2159). The other cover bears an uncancelled Goliad 10c Black on Rose (29X5) provisional stamp and is addressed to "Col. D. Hardeman, Santa Gertrudis, Kings Ranch, Texas" (ex Ferrary, Hind, Caspary, Lilly, Boker and Haub).Ex Finney, Birkinbine and Walske
1861 April—Steamer and Stage to Tucson via Confederate Texas, ...mehr
1861 April—Steamer and Stage to Tucson via Confederate Texas, Lathrop’s Buckboard Mail to Tubac. 3c Dull Red, Ty. III (26) pair and single tied by “New-York Apr. 8, 1861” duplex datestamp and grid on cover to Raphael Pumpelly in Tubac, red docketing with note “Newspapers enclosed”, sender’s directive “Via St. Louis & Overland Mail” but the Southern Route was closed, so this traveled by steamers to New Orleans and Indianola, by stage through Confederate Texas and on to Tucson in seceded Arizona Territory, then by Lathrop’s Buckboard Mail to Tubac, stamp faults, small tear, still Fine, this cover traveled across dangerous territory—newspapers were carried free, so examples with first-class postage are rare, the four covers offered in Sale 1189 (lots 1075-1078) are addressed to Raphael Pumpelly, a geologist, engineer, author and later a professor at Harvard, who was associated with the Salero Mining Company, headquartered in Tubac from 1858 to 1861, Pumpelly was recruited to improve the company’s performance, but constant attacks by Apache Indians eventually led to the company’s demise, as well as the death of one of its principals, Horace C. Grosvenor
Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries
Los 2159
SC
7
3000.00 USD
(ca. 2585 EUR)
25.03.2026 11:30 EDT
(ca. 2585 EUR)
Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries
Los 2207
SC
12c
3000.00 USD
(ca. 2585 EUR)
25.03.2026 11:30 EDT
(ca. 2585 EUR)
Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries
Los 2148
750.00 USD
(ca. 646 EUR)
25.03.2026 11:30 EDT
(ca. 646 EUR)
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