Point Lookout, Md. Clear strike of "Prisoner's Letter Examined" double-line octagonal handstamp on orange-buff cover to Nelson Station Va., 3c Rose (65) tied by target, used with 10c Blue, Die B (12), margins to in at top and tied by partly clear strike of Point Lookout circular datestamp and also by "Richmond Va. Aug. 18" circular datestamp (which also ties the 3c stamp), manuscript "By flag of Truce boat Via Fortress Monroe", tiny tear at top not worth mentioning but noted on accompanying certificate, Very Fine and attractive mixed-franking flag-of-truce cover, particularly nice when the U.S. and Confederate stamps are tied together and each cancelled by the opposing side's postal markings, with 2000 P.S.E. certificate

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