Lot 1041
1863, 10¢ blue (12), bottom left corner single with four large to huge margins, tied by boldly struck "Due 6" circled handstamp on 1864 Prisoner of War cover from Camp Sorghum, Ga. to Biddeford, Me., endorsed from "Capt. S.H. Pilsbury, Prisoner of War", examiner's signature "Ex, Lieu Williams, 32 Ga" on reverse, "Old Point Comfort Va Dec 16" c.d.s., Very Fine, an unusual usage with the Confederate postage cancelled by the Union due handstamp.
Estimate 2,000 - 3,000
Expertization: 2001 P.F. Certificate.
Camp Sorghum was established in early October 1864 and due to a lack of any real security, prisoners weremoved in late December to Camp Asylum in Columbia. The examiner was a guard at Camp Sorghum from November to December 1864. The letter entered the Union mails at Point Comfort with the Confederate postage uncancelled, thereby using the Union due handstamp to do so.
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