Adams Express Co. New-Orleans
Apr. Circular datestamp (with month only) ties 3c Dull Red (26) on gray
lithographed American Tract Society illustrated advertising cover to
Col. John Duncan at Jackson Miss., ms. "Paid 2/-" express charge (two bits,
or 25c), neatly docketed with April 25, 1861, origin date and April 26
arrival dateEXTREMELY FINE. ONE OF THE RAREST OF ALL EXPRESS COMPANY OFFICE MARKINGS, USED BEFORE JUNE 1, 1861, ON MAIL CARRIED WITHIN THE CONFEDERACY.
Illustrated in Chase book (p. 318). Ex Chase, Knapp, Emerson, Shenfield and Richey (Image)
Adams Express Company, Great
Eastern Western & Southern Express Forwarders, New-York. Well-struck
greenish blue oval handstamp on 3c Red Star Die entire to Athens Tenn.,
"Augusta Ga. Apr. 12" (1861) double-circle ds -- the day Fort Sumter was
fired upon -- Very Fine, a pre-June 1st express usage, choice condition and
desirable "key" date of the Civil War
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Adams Express Company, Great
Eastern, Western & Southern Express Forwarders, New-York. Blue oval hs
on 3c Red Star Die entire to Athens Tenn., Cleage correspondence, "Augusta
Ga. Jun. 19" cds - if 1861 then a thru-the-lines usage that entered the
Confederate mails in Augusta and was accepted as prepaid - Very Fine, with
1991 C.S.A. certificate stating that "the date could be Jan. 19 or Jun. 19"
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Adams Express Company, Great
Eastern, Western & Southern Express Forwarders, New-York. Large blue
oval hs on 3c Red Star Die entire to Athens Tenn., oval "Harnden's
Express Macon Ga. Jun. 6" hs cancels entire, barely reduced at
L.EXTREMELY FINE. A VERY RARE USAGE CARRIED ENTIRELY OUTSIDE OF THE MAILS AND SHOWING THE NAMES OF TWO EXPRESS COMPANIES. A GREAT SHOWPIECE.
The Harnden's name, owned by Adams Express, was retained at certain offices in Georgia. (Image)