Fort Delaware, Delaware City. Bright orange-buff cover addressed to Fayetteville N.C., clear strike of "Prisoner's Letter Examined, Fort Delaware Del." (Ty. I) oval handstamp, 3c Rose (65) with small corner crease tied by grid and by "Delaware City Del. Aug. 10" circular datestamp, used with 10c Blue, Die A (11), enormous margins to just in at lower right where separated roughly, tied by "Richmond Va. Aug. 21" circular datestamp and by the Delaware City datestamp, manuscript "By Flag Truce via Ft. Monroe" and "care of" notation at bottom, fresh and Very Fine, wonderfully choice quality for a mixed-franking flag-of-truce cover, with 2000 P.S.E. certificate

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