Part 1: Alejandro de Quesada, Jr. Collection

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2025-11-22 09:00:00 2025-11-22 09:00:00 America/New_York Fleischer's Auctions Fleischer's Auctions : Part 1: Alejandro de Quesada, Jr. Collection https://bid.fleischersauctions.com/auctions/fleischers-auctions/part-1-alejandro-de-quesada-jr-collection-20329 This exclusive catalog presents a select offering from the personal collection of Alejandro "Alex" de Quesada Jr., renowned historian, author, and collector. The catalog features exceptionally rare swords, historically significant belt buckles and military insignia, original Civil War flags, and a wide range of ephemera representing pivotal moments in military history. Fleischer's Auctions info@fleischersauctions.com

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Lot 85

[CIVIL WAR] Rare Confederate Cover to Federal-Occupied Florida

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Cover with manuscript address to Mrs. E.C. Benton, Care of Judge (E.C. Burrit). Lake City, Florida, 13 May [1863]. With Lake City cancel and "PAID 10" Confederate handstamp 5 5/16 x 3 1/8 in.

ENCLOSED WITH Autograph document signed by Asst. Adjutant General Wilkinson Call to Mrs. E.C. Benton. Headquarters, District E. Florida, Lake City, Florida, 13 May 1863. 1 page, 4to, 7 1/16 x 9 13/16 in.

Publications: Deane R. Briggs. Florida Postal History During the Civil War. Confederate Stamp Alliance, 2018, p. 120.

Provenance: Frank Hart; Dr. Deane Briggs.

ONE OF ONLY TWO RECORDED, RARE COVERT ACROSS-THE-LINES COVER FROM CONFEDERATE TO FEDERAL-OCCUPIED FLORIDA.

A very rare cover written from Confederate Florida to Federal-occupied Florida, with an enclosure granting permission to Mrs. Benton "To go into enemy lines via Fernandina."

[Civil War, Union, Confederate] [Manuscripts, Documents, Letters, Ephemera, Signatures, Autographs] [Postal History, Covers, Philately]

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Part 1: Alejandro de Quesada, Jr. Collection

[CIVIL WAR] Rare Confederate Cover to Federal-Occupied Florida

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