Sale 1090 — United States, Possessions and Confederate States Stamps and Postal History
Sale Date — Wednesday-Friday, 17-19 December, 2014
Category — Confederate States: Prisoner-of War Mail
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
2479
(Point Lookout Md.) "Gravelton, Va., H. A. Camp P.M. Feby 27, 1865". Manuscript postmark ties 10c Dark Blue, Die A, Keatinge & Ball (11), large margins, used with 3c Rose (65), tied by quartered cork cancel, "Old Point Comfort Va. Mar. 25" double-circle datestamp on cover to a "Wounded Soldier" imprisoned at Point Lookout Md., sender's directive "Gen Ould Commissioner Exchange, Richmond Va.", notation in red indicates this might have reached Point Lookout after the soldier was released (or worse), cover with back expertly reattached, Very Fine appearance
E. 300-400
700