Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc. Sale

Confederate States Postal History continued...

**Flag-of-Truce and Prisoners’ Mail continued...**
Lot	Sym.	Lot Description
3067		Point Lookout Md. Light strike of large oval examiner's handstamp on orange cover to Morganton P.O. N.C., 3c Rose (65) tied by target, "Point Lookout Md. Jan. 28" datestamp, also neat "Richmond Va. Feb. 1" and "Due 10" markings for Confederate postage, with 1864 enclosure (dated Oct. 25 so may not be original), minor edgewear, Very Fine (Image)	E. 300-400
3068		Point Lookout. Prisoner's letter with 3c Rose (65) tied by target and by "Point Lookout Md. May 25, 1864" double-circle datestamp on cover to Halcombs Rock Va., Richmond circular datestamp also ties stamp, bold "Due 10" handstamp and ms. examiner's marking, missing part of top flap, Fine (Image)	E. 300-400
3069		Point Lookout Md. Inbound letter to a prisoner, bearing 3c Rose (65) tied by blue target and matching "Baltimore Md. Jun. 9, 1864" double-circle datestamp, with original contents, Very Fine (Image)	E. 100-150
3070		Rock Island Barracks. 3c Rose (65) tied by target and "Rock Island Ill. Jan. 28, 1864" double-circle datestamp on buff cover to Jacksonville Mo., clear strike of examiner's handstamp, stamp with rounded corner at top right, otherwise Fine, with 1974 P.F. certificate (Image)	E. 300-400
3071		Military District of Washington D.C. Red examiner's handstamp and censor's signature on cover to Greenwood Depot Va., U.S. stamp removed in transit and "Richmond Va. Nov. 16, 1863" circular datestamp struck in its place, "Due 10" straightline, endorsed "per flag of truce boat Via Fortress Monroe" at left, Very Fine (Image)	E. 500-750
3072		Jefferson Davis as Prisoner of War to his Wife. Cover addressed in the hand of the former President to his wife, "Mrs. Varina Davis, Augusta, Georgia," additionally Davis writes, "Favor of Hon. J. Speed U.S. Atty. Genl." in a tiny hand, Speed's signature is at upper right, "J. Speed Atty genl", which served as both free frank and censor's mark, datestamped Dec. 9, 1865, in Washington D.C., small piece out of back, expertly restored VERY FINE APPEARANCE. A REMARKABLE CIVIL WAR USAGE, SENT BY JEFFERSON DAVIS, FORMER CONFEDERATE PRESIDENT AND IMPRISONED LEADER OF THE SOUTHERN REBELLION. ONE OF ONLY THREE KNOWN POSTALLY USED LETTERS SENT BY JEFFERSON DAVIS AS A PRISONER OF WAR. A fourth example is known, but it was privately carried outside of the mails. Accompanied by CDV of Jefferson Davis, circa 1863, from Brady photographic negative. A similar example realized $8,500 hammer in our Robertson Sale 887 (Image)	E. 7,500-10,000
3073		Office of the Provost Marshal General, Armies Operating Against Richmond, Va., Official Business. Imprint on cover *addressed to Robert M.T. Hunter, a Confederate Senator, evidently as a prisoner on board the U.S. Gunboat Burnside,* no other markings, Very Fine, rare imprint and an even rarer usage, Hunter was a Confederate Senator (whose portrait is on a $10 Confederate bill) and was one of three members of the Confederacy who met with Lincoln and Seward at the Hampton Roads Peace Conference on Feb. 3, 1865, he was arrested by Federal forces later in 1865 and imprisoned without trial at Fort Pulaski until 1866, the General Burnside was built in 1862 and sold to the War Department in 1863, she became flagship of the upper Tennessee River Fleet where she patrolled the river to Whitesburg, Decatur, and Chattanooga, this letter was likely sent to Hunter as a prisoner on his way to Fort Pulaski (Image)	E. 750-1,000
3074		Robert M. T. Hunter. Thirteen covers addressed to former Confederate Senator Hunter as a prisoner at Fort Pulaski Ga., incl. nine with U.S. 3c Rose (65), one with "Steamboat" handstamp, one adversity cover made from illustrated envelope, several defective but still a worthwhile group, Hunter turned down the position of Secretary of State in Fillmore's administration, he was a U.S. Senator before joining the Confederate government, one of three Confederate commissioners at the 1865 Hampton Roads Peace Conference, he was imprisoned at Fort Pulaski later in 1865 and was released in 1866	E. 750-1,000
3075		Robert M. T. Hunter. 11 covers, mostly post-war usages to him or his wife at Layton's Landing or Baltimore, mixed condition, still some Fine	E. 200-300
3076		Confederate States, Navy Department, Official Business. Imprint on legal-size cover addressed to "Flag Officer Sam'l. Barron, Cmdg. Naval Forces, James River", missing part of top flap, cover tear at right and some edgewear, otherwise Fine (Image)	E. 300-400
3077		Confederate States, Navy Department, Official Business. Imprint on orange legal-size cover addressed to "Flag Officer Sam'l. Barron, Commanding Naval Defences of Va., Richmond Va.", missing top flap but with some notes on back possibly listing the number of ships he has at different locations, some edge faults, otherwise Fine, scarce usage, Barron held this position for only a very short time before being captured (Image)	E. 300-400

Flag-of-Truce and Prisoners’ Mail continued...

Lot

Sym.

Lot Description

3067

Point Lookout Md. Light strike of large oval examiner's handstamp on orange cover to Morganton P.O. N.C., 3c Rose (65) tied by target, "Point Lookout Md. Jan. 28" datestamp, also neat "Richmond Va. Feb. 1" and "Due 10" markings for Confederate postage, with 1864 enclosure (dated Oct. 25 so may not be original), minor edgewear, Very Fine (Image)

E. 300-400

3068

Point Lookout. Prisoner's letter with 3c Rose (65) tied by target and by "Point Lookout Md. May 25, 1864" double-circle datestamp on cover to Halcombs Rock Va., Richmond circular datestamp also ties stamp, bold "Due 10" handstamp and ms. examiner's marking, missing part of top flap, Fine (Image)

E. 300-400

3069

Point Lookout Md. Inbound letter to a prisoner, bearing 3c Rose (65) tied by blue target and matching "Baltimore Md. Jun. 9, 1864" double-circle datestamp, with original contents, Very Fine (Image)

E. 100-150

3070

Rock Island Barracks. 3c Rose (65) tied by target and "Rock Island Ill. Jan. 28, 1864" double-circle datestamp on buff cover to Jacksonville Mo., clear strike of examiner's handstamp, stamp with rounded corner at top right, otherwise Fine, with 1974 P.F. certificate (Image)

E. 300-400

3071

Military District of Washington D.C. Red examiner's handstamp and censor's signature on cover to Greenwood Depot Va., U.S. stamp removed in transit and "Richmond Va. Nov. 16, 1863" circular datestamp struck in its place, "Due 10" straightline, endorsed "per flag of truce boat Via Fortress Monroe" at left, Very Fine (Image)

E. 500-750

3072

Jefferson Davis as Prisoner of War to his Wife. Cover addressed in the hand of the former President to his wife, "Mrs. Varina Davis, Augusta, Georgia," additionally Davis writes, "Favor of Hon. J. Speed U.S. Atty. Genl." in a tiny hand, Speed's signature is at upper right, "J. Speed Atty genl", which served as both free frank and censor's mark, datestamped Dec. 9, 1865, in Washington D.C., small piece out of back, expertly restored

VERY FINE APPEARANCE. A REMARKABLE CIVIL WAR USAGE, SENT BY JEFFERSON DAVIS, FORMER CONFEDERATE PRESIDENT AND IMPRISONED LEADER OF THE SOUTHERN REBELLION. ONE OF ONLY THREE KNOWN POSTALLY USED LETTERS SENT BY JEFFERSON DAVIS AS A PRISONER OF WAR.

A fourth example is known, but it was privately carried outside of the mails. Accompanied by CDV of Jefferson Davis, circa 1863, from Brady photographic negative. A similar example realized $8,500 hammer in our Robertson Sale 887 (Image)

E. 7,500-10,000

3073

Office of the Provost Marshal General, Armies Operating Against Richmond, Va., Official Business. Imprint on cover addressed to Robert M.T. Hunter, a Confederate Senator, evidently as a prisoner on board the U.S. Gunboat Burnside, no other markings, Very Fine, rare imprint and an even rarer usage, Hunter was a Confederate Senator (whose portrait is on a $10 Confederate bill) and was one of three members of the Confederacy who met with Lincoln and Seward at the Hampton Roads Peace Conference on Feb. 3, 1865, he was arrested by Federal forces later in 1865 and imprisoned without trial at Fort Pulaski until 1866, the General Burnside was built in 1862 and sold to the War Department in 1863, she became flagship of the upper Tennessee River Fleet where she patrolled the river to Whitesburg, Decatur, and Chattanooga, this letter was likely sent to Hunter as a prisoner on his way to Fort Pulaski (Image)

E. 750-1,000

3074

Robert M. T. Hunter. Thirteen covers addressed to former Confederate Senator Hunter as a prisoner at Fort Pulaski Ga., incl. nine with U.S. 3c Rose (65), one with "Steamboat" handstamp, one adversity cover made from illustrated envelope, several defective but still a worthwhile group, Hunter turned down the position of Secretary of State in Fillmore's administration, he was a U.S. Senator before joining the Confederate government, one of three Confederate commissioners at the 1865 Hampton Roads Peace Conference, he was imprisoned at Fort Pulaski later in 1865 and was released in 1866

E. 750-1,000

3075

Robert M. T. Hunter. 11 covers, mostly post-war usages to him or his wife at Layton's Landing or Baltimore, mixed condition, still some Fine

E. 200-300

3076

Confederate States, Navy Department, Official Business. Imprint on legal-size cover addressed to "Flag Officer Sam'l. Barron, Cmdg. Naval Forces, James River", missing part of top flap, cover tear at right and some edgewear, otherwise Fine (Image)

E. 300-400

3077

Confederate States, Navy Department, Official Business. Imprint on orange legal-size cover addressed to "Flag Officer Sam'l. Barron, Commanding Naval Defences of Va., Richmond Va.", missing top flap but with some notes on back possibly listing the number of ships he has at different locations, some edge faults, otherwise Fine, scarce usage, Barron held this position for only a very short time before being captured (Image)

E. 300-400