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TWO CIVIL WAR POSTAL COVERS ADDRESSED BY GEORGE

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1862 Confederate Postal Cover, Petersburg, CSA #4-2-Pa 5c: 1862 Confederate States Postal cover addressed to R.A. Cole, Carthage, N.C., CSA adhesive stamp 4-2-Pa, 5c light blue, tied by the dark bluish Petersburg, VA cancellation dated JUN 14. The blank margi

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Civil War Letter 11th Vermont- Wounded: Letter written by Frank E. Marsh of the 11th Vermont Heavy Artillery on April 6th, 1863 from Fort Slocum in New York. Four pages, postal cover addressed to Mr. Clarendon W. Tucker, East Calais, Vermon

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Civil War Letter 111th OH- Wounded: Letter was written by Sergeant Samuel Snyder of Co. F, 111th Ohio Infantry from a Cleveland hospital. Three pages with postal cover addressed to Lt. John W. Cleland of Co. F, 111th Ohio Infantry. T

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ABRAHAM LINCOLN CIVIL WAR PATRIOTIC POSTAL COVERS, LOT: ABRAHAM LINCOLN CIVIL WAR PATRIOTIC POSTAL COVERS, LOT OF TWO, each depicting Lincoln splitting rails and lettered for Lincoln and Hamlin, one J. A. Howells Publisher, Jefferson, Ohio. 1860-1865. 3 1/

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CONFEDERATE / CSA CIVIL WAR PATRIOTIC POSTAL COVERS,: CONFEDERATE / CSA CIVIL WAR PATRIOTIC POSTAL COVERS, LOT OF THREE, lithograph on paper, one with South Carolina flag above "WE ARE SEVEN", other two with first national flag, one with "DON'T TREAD ON

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CIVIL WAR PATRIOTIC / POLITICAL POSTAL ENVELOPES /: CIVIL WAR PATRIOTIC / POLITICAL POSTAL ENVELOPES / COVERS, LOT OF 15, postally unused, each with satirical depiction of Jefferson Davis or related figure, including two colored examples, the first dep

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Civil War Letter 140th PA- Captured at Gettysburg: Letter written on April 15th, 1865 by Lt. Colonel Thomas B. Rodgers of the 140th Pennsylvania Infantry while hospitalized. Two pages with postal cover bearing a “Soldiers’ Mission Massachusetts Un

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Civil War Letter 48th NY- Died of Disease: Letter written by Edward L. Smith of the 48th New York State Volunteers. Two pages with postal cover. Please see fourth listed picture for the scan of a full transcription. Private Smith writes that h

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Civil War Letter 13th New Hampshire- Died of Disease: Letter written by 20-year-old Henry A. Belcher of the 13th New Hampshire Infantry to his parents and siblings. Two pages with postal cover. Please see fourth photo listed for the scan of a full transc

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Robert E. Lee Signed Document: Two page letter, dated April 17th, 1851, written and signed by then Colonel Robert E. Lee from Fort Carroll in Maryland. The letter is addressed to George Proctor Kane, who at that time was the Collec

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Southern States Postal History [161459]: 34 Total: Includes Louisiana, Texas, Alabama. 1) One Civil War patriotic cover of drummer boy. Postmarked New Orleans. 2-3) Two letters tied to steamship transportation. 4) 1876 full face advertising

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1862 Confederate Cover, Petersburg, CSA #4-2-Pa 5c: 1862 Confederate States cover addressed to R.A. Cole, Carthage, N.C., CSA adhesive stamp 4-2-Pa, 5c light blue, tied by the dark bluish Petersburg, VA cancellation dated JUN 14. The blank margin of th

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[Civil War, Confederate] Jefferson Davis Signature : Clipped signature of Confederate President Jefferson Davis. [Civil War, Confederate, Covers, Postal History, Ephemera, Manuscripts, Signatures, Documents, Jefferson Davis]

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Postal Cover, Confederate States Cover, Richmond, VA 1862, Civil War: Antique Postal cover, Confederate States cover [front side and one flap only]; CSA adhesive stamp 2-Pa, 10c light blue Paterson with enormous balanced margins, tied by the Richmond, VA cancellation OC

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CUSTER TO MRS GEN'L CUSTER. Just after George and Libbie's marriage; February 1864, George would address his correspondence "Mrs General Custer". One dated May 1st 1864 and other on "HDQ THIRD DIVISION Cavalry Corps imprinted envelope, Martinsburg, W. VA", October 14th 1864. CONDITION: very good, torn edge on one. PROVENANCE: Spink Smythe May 2013, Martin Lane Historic & Western Americana Lifetime Collection. (02-21904/JS). $400-600.