Lot 1932
Pensacola, Fla. 20 May (1862), c.d.s. tying 5¢ green, stone 2 (1), four margins, on small mourning cover with black edged flaps to Columbiana, Ala.; small stamp and cover faults, Fine.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,500
THE EARLIEST OF ONLY FOUR RECORDED FLORIDA EVACUATION COVERS.
Expertization: 2001 C.S.A. Certificate.
This cover is dated 10 days after the fall of Pensacola to the Union. The Pensacola postmaster evacuated north with the Confederate army toward Pollard Ala., and took his postmarking device with him. He serviced army mail only for a short period of time in late May 1862 along the evacuation route. The other recorded examples are dated 24, 25, and 28 May 1862.
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