CSA 6, 5¢ blue London bottom sheet margin (scuff in margin) and CSA 7-L, 5¢ local print (pre-use crease) on London paper tied together with CHARLESTON / S.C. // AUG / 11 / 186[2] cds on homemade cover to Miss Virginia C. Willis, No. 7 Line Street, Charleston, So Ca. and Care of W. S. Henry, Esq., 318 Meeting St. Although there is no absolute proof this was delivered by PENNY POST, both street addresses are local and more likely than not it was delivered that way. Original letter headed Camp Hagood, August 10th, 1862 from W. R. Willis to his sister with rather ordinary content. Letter file splits reinforced with archival tape. There are two listings for W. R. Willis, one in SC Washington Light Artillery and the other in SC 2nd Battn Sharp Shooters. Penny Post use catalogs $3,500 in CSA Catalog for local delivery. Ex Karrer. $350.

CSA 6, 5¢ light blue pair tied GREENVILLE / N.C. // SEP / 13 cds on back flaps of small homemade cover to Hellen Grimes, Raleigh, NC. Inside with a handwritten name but no address or evidence of postal use, light staining mostly on back. $100.  

CSA 6, 5¢ light blue pair (roughly separated at bottom) tied neat RICHMOND Va.. AUG 2 1862 CDS (type 3f) on cover to Miss Christina McArther (sic) glensprings spartanbrug Dist(rict) So. Carolina. $60.

CSA 6, 5¢ light blue single tied neat RICHMOND Va. MAY 3 1862 CDS (type 3a) on cover to Mrs. J. Johns Care of Revd F.H. McGuire Boydton Mecklenburg Co(unty) Va., tear at upper left. Used before July 1, 1862 (scarcer), SCV $150. $65. 

Rt. Rev. John Johns brief bio on linked page.

CSA 6, 5¢ light blue single tied neat RICHMOND Va. MAY 27 1862 CDS (type 3a) on small commercially made cover to Miss Maggie Kimmel Spartanburg C.H., So. Ca. Used before July 1, 1862 (scarcer), Charming metallic bird on tip of back flap which displays beautifully with flap up. SCV $150.

CSA 6, 5¢ light blue single with margins all around, tied by grid cancel, FARMVILLE VA JUN 26 (1862) circular datestamp on small darling lady's embossed cover to Mann S. Valentine Jr. Richmond Va.; lovely embossed flap edges. The top flap folds up beautifully and the back is fully intact, Choice little gem. Ex Frank Mandel. $300.

Mann Satterwhite Valentine, Jr. established the famous Valentine Museum. Brief bio on linked page.

CSA 6, 5¢ light blue vertical pair (4 margins) tied WYTHEVILLE VA. circular datestamp on cover to Miss Lucy Lee Keysville Virginia. $65.

CSA 6, 5¢ light blue vertical pair tied bold well-struck bold dateless blue RICHMOND VA postmark on cover to Wm. Summer, Pomaria P.M. Newberry District S.C. with note on face “I send you a letter which I rec’d from Geo. Temple.” Top back flap missing. $350.

CSA 6, 5¢ light blue tied CHARLESTON S.C. JUN 13, Welch type A25, on commercially made English envelope to Louis Manigault Esq Agusta (sic) Georgia. Scarce single use with small-sized pre-war circular datestamp seldom found used during the war, although used 1862-64, Choice. Signed Brian Green. Ex David Burton. $200.

Louis Manigault bio on linked page.

CSA 6, 5¢ light blue tied CHARLESTON S.C. MAY 20 (1862), Welch type A25, on pristine cover to Andrew P. Calhoun Esq. Pendleton SC. Ex David Kohn, Rick Calhoun, and David Burton. Scarce single use with small-sized pre-war circular datestamp seldom found used during the war, although used 1862-64, opening flap tears, nonetheless Choice. $190.

Andrew Pickens Calhoun was son of John Calhoun, seventh Vice President of the United States. Bios on linked page.

SA 6, 5¢ light blue pair (crease across top) tied by blue PETERSBURG Va. OCT 11 CDS used over US U10 entire; addressed to Mrs. B. F. Little, Little's Mills, Richmond County, N.C.. Sent by Captain B(enjamin) F. Little of the 52nd Regiment of North Carolina Troops, well known for his wounding and capture at the Battle of Gettysburg. Military bio included. Choice cover. Ex Thayer and Burton. $450.

Benjamin Franklin Little bio on linked page

CSA 6, 5¢ light blue single tied by blue 7-bar Army grid on cover to Genl. Joseph R. Anderson, Head Quarters Massaponax Hill, near Fredericksburg, Va.; manuscript "Via Richmond" at upper left, the field marking is scarce in blue. Ex-Walske and Burton. $400.

Gen. Joseph R. Anderson owned the Tredegar Iron Company. Bio on linked page.

CSA 6, 5¢ light blue pair tied by blue GREENSBROUGH NC JUL 23 circular datestamp on cover to Mrs. Spottswood W. Carmichael Dixie Post Office Fluvanna Virginia. Small tear at top of fresh cover and couple tiny tears at left edge. Signed Brian Green, Ex Burton. $80.

Dr. Spottswood Wellford Carmichael (1830-1904) was born in Fredericksburg and received his M.D. degree from Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia in 1852. He served as Asst. Surgeon 2nd Battalion, 1st Brigade, Virginia Volunteers in 1861 until appointed Surgeon in charge of General Hospital #2 at Danville. He also had service at Hospital Chaffin’s Bluff, Va; Stuart Hospital Richmond; and Pratt Hospital Lynchburg. He married Frances “Fannie” Tucker Bryan in December 1861.

CSA 6, 5¢ light blue singles tied by blue LYNCHBURG Va NOV 22 circular datestamp on cover to Joel W. Haden (Care of Capt. A. Jordan) Co. E 4th Regt. Va. Heavy Artillery, Richmond, Col. J.T. Goode. Note on verso in same hand asking for immediate reply and directing mail to Pigeon Run (now Gladys, Va.) and signed J.G.H. Signed WGB (Wm G. Bogg) and Brian M. Green, Ex Burton. $100.

Dr Joel Watkins Haden was born on 21 April 1841, in Evington, Campbell, Virginia, his father, Dr Madison Henry Haden, was 32 and his mother, Maria Louisa Watkins, was 24. He died on 22 August 1926, in Otter River, Campbell County, Virginia, at the age of 85, and was buried in Pleasant Grove House Cemetery, Palmyra, Fluvanna, Virginia. Military records included that show he enlisted at 20 years old as a private and mustered into Company K, Virginia Second Cavalry. He was wounded early in the war but returned to duty, then hospitalized several times for various ailments and ultimately took the Oath of Allegiance on June 1, 1865, at Columbia, Va.