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Lot of 62 postal covers. Most are used; four are unused, two Confederate, two anti-Confederate. Many were collected for philatelic interest, and some retain descriptions clipped from catalogs from which they were purchased. Highlights include: Confederate patriotic cover with 10-star flag in red and blue. This letter, addressed to a woman in Jefferson, Jackson Co., GA, was hand-carried, and thus has no stamp or postal cancel; Confederate cover with stamp, hand-cancelled. Top marked "Examined." Addressed to Col. Levin Gayle. We find a Levin Christopher Gayle, a 28-year-old brick mason, enlisting in the 9th VA Infantry in late April 1861. He is listed as POW at Gettysburg, confined at Point Lookout and paroled in June 1865. This cover was evidently checked at the prison camp; Confederate cover addressed to "Leaven Gayle," Warrenton, NC. Stamps on back, used like a seal to hold the flap closed; Confederate cover addressed to Q.H. Fensz, Col. Commanding H.G. (Home Guard), Randolph Co., NC. Deep blue stamp, hand-cancelled. With note to forward to Franklinville; Confederate cover, postmarked Richmond, VA, Feb. 3, 1863, "Due 10" (no stamp). Cancel listed as Dietz's Type #7, generally not seen before June 13, 1863. Addressed to Mrs. J.H. Pendleton, Tolersville, VA, from Maj. Pendleton, "Camp near Rappahanock," 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 2nd Corps, ANV. Major Pendleton is listed in the database as CS Field & Staff. Confederate Cover, stamped "Paid 3 Cts." (no postage stamp). Addressed to Lieut. Chas. D. Fontaine, Care of Cap. H.R. Miller of the Pontotoc "Minute Men." Charles DeLaBoula Fontaine, Sr. enlisted as a 33-year-old 2nd. Lieut. in the Mississippi 2nd Infantry 3.2.61. He was surrendered at Appomattox Court House 4.9.65. He was in for the duration. A number of covers addressed to Col. James Amis (or to Mary Scott care of James Amis), Granville, Co., NC. Amis enlisted in the 1st NC Cavalry in August 1861 and was discharged 15 months later when he "furnished substitute." He was captured at Malvern Hill in August 1862 and exchanged/paroled about 3 weeks later; Confederate cover made from a shipping bill with "10 cent blue tied by Charleston, SC postmark"; cover turned, "Forwarded" and "Due 10" in green ink, with Raleigh postmark and "printer's waste" stamp CS #2, and Auburn, NC cancel. Inside is a pair of CS #7's 5 cent blue Jeff Davis stamps tied with Georgia postal markings. A cover that went through many hands to reach its present destination! Rare cover with postmark of Williamston, SC, "Paid" in box, "5" in circle. Addressed to Private Barkley, Orr's Regt., S.C. Vols., Sullivan's Island; cover addressed to Miss Sarah McDonald, purportedly written by Neill McDonald of the 26th NC Vols, KIA Bristoe Station, VA, (10/14/63). The 26th was one of the hardest fighting infantry regiments of the Confederacy; handmade cover, Scott #11, crude cancel, and another with manuscript cancel of Brownsville, NC, June 3, 1864 (unlisted town cancel). Scarce, unused patriotic Confederate cover with two 11-star flags flanking a shield with 11 stars, below is a 2-line rhyme: "Southern men with Southern might / Will shed their blood for Southern right." One cover has a pair of Scott's #7's, with cancel of Spring Place, GA (Jan. 7). Another has a pair of Scott #4's, Jefferson Davis 5 cent royal blue. One cover has a Postmaster's provisional stamp, red, Raleigh, NC, "paid 5" in center; plus a blue Raleigh NC, Oct. 28 postmark. One cover has "Albany, GA Feb. 1 1862" postmark and "Albany Ga. 5 paid" stamp (damaged a bit in opening letter). Patriotic cover with 11-star flag, this one a line drawing, with "Sold by J.W. Randolph, Richm'd" below flag. Four-line poem upper center. From a soldier in Co. A, Cane Brake Legion (2nd MS Cav.), Richmond, VA. Stamped "Due 10." Blue cover with #11 stamp, posted in Richmond and Addressed to Col. Alfred Rives, Engineer Bureau, War Department, Richmond. "Overpaid Drop Letter." Cover with Scott #12, blue cancel, large marg