Lot 312
Camp Asylum, S.C., cover bearing 20¢ green (13) faults, uncancelled but tied by mucilage stains on cover to Dennysville, Me., "Old Point Comfort Va. Oct. 17" c.d.s. and circled "Due 6" handstamp for U.S. postage due, prisoner's endorsement "Lieut. John Sheahan, Prisoner of War" and "Care of Hon. R. T. Ould, Commissioner of Exchange, Richmond Va.", Fine, an extremely rare usage of the 20¢ green on a prisoner of war cover.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,500
Expertization: 1969 P.F. Certificate.
Provenance: Hall
The official prisoner of war records show that John P Sheahan of the 31st Regiment Maine Vols. was captured at Petersburg, Va. on July 30, 1864 and was confined at Camp Asylum Columbia, S.C. He escaped and reported for duty March 25, 1865.
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