Blockade-Run Mail:
| Lot |
Sym. |
Lot Description |
Est/Cat |
Realized |
| 552 |
 |
 5c Blue, Local Print on De La
Rue Paper (7 var). Large margins, cancelled by blue forwarder's oval
in Spanish, undoubtedly originating on a blockade-run cover, small
crease, still Extremely Fine and rare, ex Weatherley and Birkinbine, with
1972 P.F. certificate (identifies stamp as No. 6)
(Image) |
E. 400-500 |
550.00 |
| 553 |
|
 10c Gray Blue, "TEN" (9b).
Ample margins to touching, cancelled by London "W35" oval grid,
evidently used on blockade mail and cancelled in London, small thins, Very
Fine appearance, foreign cancellations on Confederate General Issues are
rare, but this "TEN" usage is the only reported example of its kind, ex
Weatherley and Birkinbine, with 1972 P.F. certificate
(Image) |
E. 750-1,000 |
1,300.00 |
| 554 |
|
 G. A. Hopley & Co. Charleston
So. Ca. Red oval handstamp on small cover addressed "Pour Monsieur
Petigru a Charleston" with blue ms. "S/C" added and July 1, 1861
receipt docketing at top, edges slightly worn, Fine, probably an early
blockade-run cover from France (blockade announced Apr. 27, 1861) (Image) |
E. 500-750 |
1,150.00 |