CSA 10, 10¢ blue Frame Line with 3 complete frame lines at top, right and bottom - tied RICHMOND VA. cds on neat cover to Miss Priscilla Jones, Mebanesville, Alamance County, N.C., cover slightly reduced at left, Scarce $2,300.

CSA 10a, 10¢ milky blue Frame Line with full frame at left and a trace at top right, tied neat MOBILE / ALA // MAY / 29 double circle cancel on pristine homemade cover to R. L. Steele, Esq, McKinley, Ala, Very Fine. $3,000.

CSA 10a, 10¢ milky blue, Frameline with huge margin at right displaying complete frameline, partial framelines at top and bottom, tied by clear strike of MOBILE / ALA // JUL / 12 double-circle datestamp on fresh cover to Mrs. A. G. Duggar, Macon, Marengo County, Ala.,1983 CSA. certificate, SCV $3,250. $2,900.

Macon, Alabama, also known as Macon Quarters, is an unincorporated community in Calhoun County, not Marengo County. It was named after Macon, Georgia. There was a post office there from 1891-1903. This cover is clearly addressed to Macon, Marengo County, Alabama. The Duggar Family Letters (1861-1865) may be found in the Auburn University Digital Library. These are letters to and from the Duggar family, clearly stated as from Marengo County, Alabama, during the Civil War. There apparently were two small communities of this name in Alabama. Helbock lists Macon in Marengo County from 1833-1861 with Rarity 5 (from there, not to). Likely, the Marengo County town died and the Calhoun County one took hold afterward. To a scarce Alabama town.

CSA 10, 10¢ blue FRAMELINE with full frames at right and bottom as well as most at left, tied two partial strikes of RICHMOND Va.JUN 13 1863 CDS on fresh cover to Mrs. M.C. Bailieff (sic), Mobile, Ala., slightly reduced at left, 1993 CSA certificate 02492. Ex Robert W. Wiseman, who specialized in and plated the framelines. SCV $3,250. $4,000.

CSA 10a, 10¢ milky blue Frameline (full frames at top and left, letter file fold stamp crease) tied by MOBILE ALA JUN 2 1863 double-circle datestamp on folded letter to Hon. Jeremiah Morton, Mitchell’s Station, Culpepper County, Virginia. The 2-page letter salutation is to “Col. Jerry Morton” which begins by relaying the health status of various men by name, detailing a case of the pox and such. (Click for page 1 of letter / Click for page 2 of letter) He mentions being dissatisfied with the management of the negroes employed by the Quartermaster’s Department at Mobile. “Since the Troops left Mobile they have not work enough to keep them fully employed and I find them in all parts of the city … Idleness is the Mother of Vice and it is impossible to keep negroes out of mischief unless you give them employment.” Signed D.M. Prichard. Docketing notes that there is another letter enclosed (not present) in which Major Thomas B. Reed wants to buy Jeff, presumably an enslaved African-American, and will take $2,600. Upside down on front “Major Thomas B. Reed Care of Major Gen. M.L. Smith, Vicksburg, Miss.” Paper loss at three corners of the folded letter but not readily visible because of underlying letter pages. Click to see front and back docketing on outside of folded letter. $2,500.

Biographical info on linked page for Hon. Jeremiah Morton and Maj. Gen. Martin Luther Smith 

CSA 10, 10¢ blue Frameline with full frames at right and bottom as well as trace at left (bit of toning at right), canceled by two pen strokes with matching small-town manuscript postmark of Locust Dale (Va.) May 10^th on small darling lady’s cover homemade from earlier letter, addressed to Miss Lucy T. Gordon, Care Dr. Quarles, Gordonsville, Virginia. A charming and scarce use. SCV $3,500. $2,800.

More information on linked page.

CSA 10, 10¢ blue frameline with full frame at top, 95% at right and 55% at left, tied on cover by ADAM’S RUN SC JAN 15 circular datestamp; addressed to Mrs. Mary E. Wise Care of F. Plumer Hobson Esq. Dover Mills Goochland Co. Va. from Brig. Gen. Henry A. Wise with Jan 15th 1864 pencil docketing up left side. Wise was also 33rd governor of Virginia 1956-1860 – extensive bio easily found online. Penciled on the back is “Guaranteed Scott Gallagher,” as well as “Revel Smith 1923.” Ex Gallagher, Telep, and David Burton. $2,500. 

ADAM’S RUN, SOUTH CAROLINA history on linked page.

CSA 10a, 10¢ milky blue frameline with two full frames at left and bottom, natural pre-printing paper crease, tied MOBILE ALA. MAY 13 double circle cancel on blue adversity cover fashioned from printed Mobile business form, addressed to Mrs. R. T. Simpson, Care W L Lanier, Montgomery, Alabama, with PAID in circle at left, clean and extremely attractive use. Ex David Burton. $2,500.

ROBERT T. SIMPSON extensive bio on linked page. 

CSA 10, 10¢ blue Frameline with full frameline at top and partial at sides, tied by POLLARD ALA. FEB 20 circular datestamp on cover made from another cover by cutting it in half at the left and leaving enough paper for a new left flap, addressed to E.B. Vaughn, Esq. Tuskaloosa Ala. Click here to see back of cover for creative adversity use. SCV $3,750. $3,250.

Edward Bressie Vaughan, Jr. was born on 10 December 1840 in Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, to Edward B. and Maria Vaughan. He graduated from The University of Alabama in July 1861 and entered the Confederate Army in August of the same year as a first lieutenant in Captain N.N. Clements' Company (Tuscaloosa, Alabama). After the Battle of Shiloh (6-7 April 1862), Vaughan was elected Captain of the consolidated companies of Captains Long and John Clements of Tuscaloosa and Walker Counties, which were part of the then 26th Alabama Infantry Regiment, Gladden's Brigade, Army of Tennessee. (When it was discovered that there was already a 26th Alabama Regiment, the Tuscaloosa/Walker Counties 26th Alabama was renamed the 50th Alabama and is frequently referred to as the 26th-50th Alabama Infantry Regiment.) He participated in all of the battles and was wounded in the battle of Atlanta on 22 July 1864. At the battle of Franklin, Tennessee (30 November 1864), the 26th-50th was severely mauled by Union forces.  After the war, Vaughan returned to Alabama and engaged in the lumber and timber industries in Mobile. In 1865 he married Mary S. Jones of Kemper County, Mississippi, a niece of General E.W. Pettus. Later he married Mary E. Hale, daughter of Colonel Stephen F. Hale. Source: History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography, by Thomas McAdory Owen. Chicago: S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1921.