Elmira N.Y. Yellow prisoner-of-war cover to Petersburg Va., clear strike of "Prisoner's Letter Examined Elmira N.Y." censor's oval handstamp, mixed franking bearing 3c Rose (65) and 10c Blue, Die B (12), 3c tied by confounding "Elmira N.Y. Sep 19, 1865" double-circle datestamp, both stamps tied by "Richmond Va. Sep. 11" (1864) circular datestamp, manuscript "Flag of Truce via Fortress Monroe", tiny sealed tear at top edge of cover, Extremely Fine, an unusually fresh and choice mixed franking POW cover from Elmira Prison, the date in the Elmira town marking must be in error, but unusually the error seems to include both the year and the day -- as it both predates the Richmond marking and obviously cannot have gone through the CSA postal system in September 1865, research on the prisoner (included with lot) confirms that he was captured in June 1864 at Petersburg, sent to Elmira and exchanged in October 1864, with 1982 P.F. certificate not taking note of the date discrepancy

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