U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
September 15-16, 2020
Welcome to our September 15-16, 2020 Auction which will be held simultaneously via CherrystoneLIVE and Stamp Auction Network (SAN). This sale contains 1,353 lots of Rare Stamps and Postal History of the World, with United States and European countries, including Austria, France and Colonies, Germany, Italy, Poland, Russia, Spain, and others. Great Britain and British Commonwealth are well represented, covering all Reigns with many high values and sets from Aden to Zanzibar. Also featured is a collection of Imperial China, with Dowagers and extensive Red Revenues which include small 4c and inverted 2c and $5 overprints. This section is followed by solid selection from Republic of China (Taiwan) and PRC souvenir sheets. From Egypt (Kingdom), there is a fine showing of used and unused sets and postal history. This auction concludes with a strong selection of 250 large lots and collections ranging from single country albums to specialized collections (Postal History of Louisiana, British Commonwealth) and multi-carton worldwide properties and large cover lots.
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 | Lot #39 United States 1861-68 Issues 1865 3c rose, tied by a Circle of Wedges cancel on cover from New York City, addressed to a CSA Prisoner of War, James M. Morey, Harts Island, NY Harbor Prison Camp 27 (period docketing dates the cover to 1865). In 1865, as the Civil War was ending, the Federal government used the Island as a prison camp for Confederate soldiers, for four months in 1865. Of the 3,413 captured Confederate soldiers, 235 died. This final POW camp, located on Long Island Sound about twenty miles north of the city wasn't even used until April 1865, the month the Civil War came to an end. Within the four months of its operation, nearly 7 percent of the camp's POWs died. Only 22 covers are reported from this prison; all are from the Morey correspondence (James M. Morey (1844-1923), was captured at Orangeburg, S.C., sent to Harts Island Prison on April 10th and released on June 14th)  | Unsold |
