Lot 1923
"Immortal 600" P.O.W. cover, addressed to "L.t. L. Horace Hawes, Prisoner of War, Page's Artillery Battalion, Hilton Head, South Carolina", bearing U.S. 3¢ rose (65) tied by grid cancel and postmarked "Newark, N.J., Jan 24, 1865" c.d.s., manuscript "Ex-d", receiver's docketing "19th Jan'y 65; small tear at top, Fine.
Estimate 500 - 700
Samuel Horace Hawes was captured at Spotsylvania C.H., Va., May 12, 1864. He died in 1922 at the age of 84.
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