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Lot 322



Salisbury, N.C., manuscript examiners marks "Ex. NK" and "W B Haslett" (Postmaster Army of the Potomac), bearing 10¢ rose (5) with full upper left corner sheet margin, tied by "Salisbury Jul 10, 1862" on cover to Gray, Me., endorsed "From a prisoner of war", manuscript "Due 3" for U.S. postage due, original 1862 letter mentioning that conditions were good at the camp; stamp with light pre-use crease and gum soak, Very Fine.
Estimate 4,000 - 5,000

POSSIBLY ONE OF ONLY TWO RECORDED PRISONER OF WAR COVERS WITH THE 10¢ ROSE LITHOGRAPH.

The other 10¢ rose lithograph prisoner of war cover we have noted is illustrated in Earl Antrim's
Civil War Prisons and Their Covers on page 154. It is used from Salisbury Prison on July 17, 1862 to Philadelphia, Pa. Antrim noted this 10¢ rose lithographed stamp as perhaps the most desirable of all the Confederate prisoner of war covers.

Literature:
Illustrated in Prisoners' Mail from the Civil War, Galen D. Harrison, p. 41.

 
Realized $6,500



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