Sale 1206 — United States Stamps and Confederate States
Sale Date — Tuesday-Thursday, 23-25 July, 2019
Category — Confederate States: Prisoner-of-War Mail
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
1069
Charleston S.C. Prison. Prisoner-of-war cover from an unidentified prison in Charleston S.C. to Clark County O., endorsed "Prisoners Letter Charleston S.C." at left and with "Exd. HHR" examiner's marking (Capt. Hugh Hamilton Rogers, Provost Marshal), entered mails with "Port Royal S.C. Aug. 20, 1864" double-circle datestamp and "Due 3" handstamp, Very Fine, research by Galen Harrison (his letter accompanies) failed to pinpoint which prison held the writer, L. Paris Horney, who was a member of the 110th Ohio Infantry; while he may have been one of the so-called "Union 600" there were about 1,800 Union prisoners sent from Macon Ga. through Charleston in three different batches, with 2008 C.S.A. certificate
E. 500-750
600