1863, Turned and Reused: Jefferson Davis 10 c. blue tied to reused cover by LAKE CITY FLA DEC/3 cds. to Welaka Fla. The cover was turned and reused with WELAKA FLA DEC/16 full bold cds. matching straight line ´Paid´ handstamp and manuscript ´10´ rate, some light wear, otherwise fine. A choice strike and a scarce cover from ´Stephens´ correspondence, he must have received this letter Dec/9 and due to the shortage of paper, turned and reused...

1863, 10 cent blue. 3 covers with army target and barred cancels, various towns, few flaws, fine appearance.

1863, 10 cent blue. large margins, tied by ´Charleston, S.C. Nov/23 1863´ double-circle datestamp on adversity cover made from a pay order ‘Charleston received in a good order from A.Laffith & Brother at the…Depository’ addressed to Gourdins, S.C. Gourdins was a station on the North East Railroad in Williamsburg District. The P.O. there was discontinued by the US in 1860 and the Confederate Post Office re-established it in 1863. A scarce...

1863, Jefferson Davis 10 c blue, large margined example showing full outer framelines and apparent left sheet margin, tied by manuscript pen cancel on folded letter sheet from Bloomingdale to York District, South Carolina. The manuscript cancellation is clear and does not detract from the portrait, very fine.

1863, 10 c. greenish-blue with wide margins tied to envelope by MOBILE OCT/15/1863 cds. addressed to Lauderdale Miss. inside a four page letter to his sister about the wounded and dead. The letter sheet is embossed with a marine coat of arms and ships, fine and very attractive.

10 c. blue tied to selfmade cover by "CHARLESTON SC Jul/24" cds., showing inside print “The Petition of the City Council of Charleston State of South Carolina.....”, addressed to Camden S.C., fine and a very scarce usage.

1863, 10 cent greenish-blue, upper left sheet corner margin (large margin into bottom stamp and closed at right), tied by neat Amelia C.H. NOV/23 Va. cds. to envelope, very fine.

1861/62, two different postal stationery envelopes G. Washington 3 c. orange, each cancelled MOBILE ALA. FEB 1862 and MOBILE ALA. Mar/18/1861, addressed to Richmond Virginia., few spots, otherwise fine pair.

1861, Montgomery Ala., Mar/25 1861 good strike of cds. ties U.S. 1857, 3 cent dull red, rich color, on cover addressed to Jane H. Wilkinson at Southwick Mass.; tiny flaw on top and spots, otherwise fine. The Confederate States of America was formed on Feb. 4th 1861 at Montgomery Ala. The city remained the capital of the new nation until May 28, 1861, when the government was moved to Richmond, Virginia. The Confederate Post Office Department...

Postmasters` Provisionals: Milledgeville GA, 5 c black entire, Type I, provisional "Paid 5" marking at upper right with control marking at left, matching "Milledgeville Ga. Aug 13" datestamp at left on 1861 cover to Louisville Madison Cou, Georgia, on reverse embossed ‘EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT GEORGIA’, slightly toned, otherwise fine strikes and cover.

Coast Line Stage Company, six horse drawn stagecoach design, on cover franked with 3c green Bank Note, tied by cork cancel, postmarked San Jose (1 Apr), with original enclosure on matching illutrated letterhead,  (aside from the removal of "Coast Line Stage Co / F.B. & C." on the coach), datelined "San Jose, Mch 31, 1874", written by William Buckley, Superintendent of the company, to Dr. Thomas Flint, one of the firm's owners, roughly...

"VIA PANAMA" directive with illustrated sidewheel steamship design, 1860 (April 5), with imprint of Geo H. Bell, stationer, franked with 1859 10c green, tied by neatly-struck San Francisco c.d.s., to New York, reduced at top and sides and repaired in places, a few small edge tears, but a scarce illustrated route directive, with 1979 Philatelic Foundation certificate.