Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc. Sale

The Dr. Howard P. Green Collection of Confederate States Covers continued...

**Blockade-Run Mail:**
Lot	Sym.	Lot Description	Est/Cat	Realized
288		Charleston S.C. Mar. 19, 1864. Double-circle datestamp and "STEAM-SHIP" oval handstamp on cover to Jeffersonton Ga., pencil "12" cents due, ms. "Due 12" (10c plus 2c ship fee), minor toning and wear around edges, slight creasing, otherwise Very Fine (Image)	E. 1,000-1,500	1,200.00
289		Forwarded by Henry Adderley & Co. Nassau. N.P. Bahamas. Lightly inked but fully readable blue forwarder's handstamp on yellow cover to Paris, France, red "Nassau B Ja 19 63 Paid" circular datestamp, red "London Fe 13 63 Paid" transit datestamp and "PD" in oval, blue pencil "1", red pencil "1/3" rate, French receiving datestamps front and back, lightly cleaned, slightly reduced at top VERY FINE. A RARE OUTBOUND BLOCKADE-RUN COVER SENT TO FRANCE VIA ADDERLEY & CO. IN NASSAU. OUTBOUND COVERS ARE FAR RARER THAN INBOUND. This is the first of two blockade-run covers from the Wheat correspondence contained in our records. The other is offered in the following lot. Earl Antrim's notation on the back of this cover reads "I have another cover to this same man from the South in the same handwriting via Adams Express thru New York Jul. 9, 1861, with N.Y. Pkt. to Saxony, Germany." Ex Antrim. (Image)	E. 3,000-4,000	2,000.00
290		Nassau B Jy 25 63 Paid. Clearly struck red circular datestamp on yellow cover to Paris, France, red "London Au 17 63 Paid" transit datestamp and "PD" in oval, blue pencil "1", red pencil "1/3" rate, French receiving datestamps front and back, minor cosmetic improvement to edges EXTREMELY FINE. A RARE OUTBOUND BLOCKADE-RUN COVER SENT TO FRANCE VIA NASSAU -- FROM THE WHEAT CORRESPONDENCE. This is the second of two blockade-run covers from the Wheat correspondence contained in our records. The other is offered in the previous lot. (Image)	E. 3,000-4,000	1,700.00
291		Brownsville Tex. Apr. 20. Rimless circular datestamp with "Paid 10" straightline on folded cover from Matamoros, Mexico to Houston, blue "Droege, Oettling & Co. Matamoros" double oval handstamp, minor splits in folds, still Very Fine, scarce usage across Mexican border by private courier (Image)	E. 1,000-1,500	500.00
292		Prize Court Evidence. Blue folded letter in Spanish datelined "Pendleton 10 Setiembre 1861", blue "Pendleton S.C. Sep. 11" circular datestamp and matching "Paid" with ms. "10", addressed to "Emilio Puig, Care of Spanish Consul, Charleston S.C.", red New York Prize Court docketing at right with initials of Henry H. Elliott (New York Prize Court commissioner), some splits along folds, Very Fine and rare, ex Kohn (Image)	E. 750-1,000	750.00

Blockade-Run Mail:

Lot

Sym.

Lot Description

Est/Cat

Realized

288

Charleston S.C. Mar. 19, 1864. Double-circle datestamp and "STEAM-SHIP" oval handstamp on cover to Jeffersonton Ga., pencil "12" cents due, ms. "Due 12" (10c plus 2c ship fee), minor toning and wear around edges, slight creasing, otherwise Very Fine (Image)

E. 1,000-1,500

1,200.00

289

Forwarded by Henry Adderley & Co. Nassau. N.P. Bahamas. Lightly inked but fully readable blue forwarder's handstamp on yellow cover to Paris, France, red "Nassau B Ja 19 63 Paid" circular datestamp, red "London Fe 13 63 Paid" transit datestamp and "PD" in oval, blue pencil "1", red pencil "1/3" rate, French receiving datestamps front and back, lightly cleaned, slightly reduced at top

VERY FINE. A RARE OUTBOUND BLOCKADE-RUN COVER SENT TO FRANCE VIA ADDERLEY & CO. IN NASSAU. OUTBOUND COVERS ARE FAR RARER THAN INBOUND.

This is the first of two blockade-run covers from the Wheat correspondence contained in our records. The other is offered in the following lot. Earl Antrim's notation on the back of this cover reads "I have another cover to this same man from the South in the same handwriting via Adams Express thru New York Jul. 9, 1861, with N.Y. Pkt. to Saxony, Germany."

Ex Antrim. (Image)

E. 3,000-4,000

2,000.00

290

Nassau B Jy 25 63 Paid. Clearly struck red circular datestamp on yellow cover to Paris, France, red "London Au 17 63 Paid" transit datestamp and "PD" in oval, blue pencil "1", red pencil "1/3" rate, French receiving datestamps front and back, minor cosmetic improvement to edges

EXTREMELY FINE. A RARE OUTBOUND BLOCKADE-RUN COVER SENT TO FRANCE VIA NASSAU -- FROM THE WHEAT CORRESPONDENCE.

This is the second of two blockade-run covers from the Wheat correspondence contained in our records. The other is offered in the previous lot. (Image)

E. 3,000-4,000

1,700.00

291

Brownsville Tex. Apr. 20. Rimless circular datestamp with "Paid 10" straightline on folded cover from Matamoros, Mexico to Houston, blue "Droege, Oettling & Co. Matamoros" double oval handstamp, minor splits in folds, still Very Fine, scarce usage across Mexican border by private courier (Image)

E. 1,000-1,500

500.00

292

Prize Court Evidence. Blue folded letter in Spanish datelined "Pendleton 10 Setiembre 1861", blue "Pendleton S.C. Sep. 11" circular datestamp and matching "Paid" with ms. "10", addressed to "Emilio Puig, Care of Spanish Consul, Charleston S.C.", red New York Prize Court docketing at right with initials of Henry H. Elliott (New York Prize Court commissioner), some splits along folds, Very Fine and rare, ex Kohn (Image)

E. 750-1,000

750.00