Premier Auctions
Sat, May 16, 2020 09:00AM EDT
Lot 1431
Group of Confederate Covers, Stamps, Currency
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500
Bid Increments
| Price | Bid Increment |
|---|---|
| $0 | $25 |
| $100 | $50 |
| $1,000 | $100 |
| $2,000 | $200 |
| $3,000 | $250 |
| $5,000 | $500 |
| $10,000 | $1,000 |
| $20,000 | $2,000 |
| $50,000 | $5,000 |
| $100,000 | $10,000 |
41st Georgia Infantry soldier's cover with Atlanta postmark; Dudley DuBose House of Representatives cover; Major Hutson Lee cover with confederate 10 cent stamp; 1864 cover from Illinois to California with letter; 1865 Richmond to California cover with letter; confederate 10 cent stamp (stamp possibly a contemporary forgery) tied to cut down cover in shadowbox; currency, 50 cent CSA fractional, 1st series; $100 "Lucy Pickens" CSA note; five dollar Savannah GA banknote signed by Hugh Weedon Mercer (postwar exile to Germany); twenty dollar Milledgeville, GA note, 1864; 50 cent Savannah, Ga note, 1862; $100 interest-bearing note from St. Charles Parish, Louisianna signed by Richard Taylor (son of President Zachary Taylor, served under Stonewall Jackson); Bank of the Metropolis check signed by Daniel Sickles; Memphis, Clarksville & Louisville Rail Road Co. bond signed by William Quarles (wounded at Hood's Charge); certificate of deposit Citizens Savings Bank, Petersburg, VA signed by Davis Adams Weisiger; Farmers & Mechanics National Bank, Washington, D.C. check signed by William H. Chapman (Mosby's Second-in-Command); payment note written on Fauquier Bank in Alexandria VA and signed by Eppa Hunton (wounded at Gettysburg); Short Route Railway Transfer Company of Louisville bond endorsed on reverse by John Echols; Treasurer of the Republic of Texas note, 1838; Farmers & Mechanics Bank 1860 check˜Provenance: Private Collection, Newnan, Georgia
foxing, fading, creasing, some portions cut down or canceled, personal inspection is recommended˜
Condition
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