Sale 1291 — United States Postal History

Sale Date — Tuesday-Wednesday, 25-26 July, 2023

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Category — Flag-of-Truce and Prisoners' Mail

Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
714
c
Sale 1291, Lot 714, Flag-of-Truce and Prisoners' MailNorthern Prisons Group. Four covers from Union prisons, including Camp Douglas, Johnson's Island and Camp Chase (two), each franked with No. 65 and with appropriate censor handstamps or markings, what is most interesting about this group is that each cover is accompanied by a multi-page detailed history of the prisoner, battles where captured and other research, in a voluminous group of typed pages, a few minor and typical stamp or cover flaws, Fine and most interesting with all the background and research

E. 750-1,000
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