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Prisoner of War Covers, Northern Prisons

Union Civil War Postal History

LotNo.

Symbol

CatNo.

Lot Description

297

Chattanooga Type 1-3

Chattanooga Straightline Union Army Provisional Field Cancel Types 1-3, balance of the Cate collection consisting of nine Type 1, six Type 2 and ten Type 3, Type 1 -- Dec. 13, Dec. 14 with two horizontal lines, Dec. 15, Dec. 18 with straightline "Due 3" (no stamp; only reported example of the straightline Due 3 with a field cancel), Dec. 19 with "Due 6" in circle, Dec. 20 with "Due 3" in circle (no stamp), Dec. 20, Dec. 21 with "Due 3" in circle (no stamp), Dec. 22 (last day), Type 2 -- Dec. 24 (2nd Day), Dec. 26 with "Due 3" in circle (no stamp), Dec. 27 (with period after "Tenn" absent), Dec. 28 (with "Pass" written across the top), Dec. 29 and Dec. 31 (last day) and Type 3 - Jan. 1 (first day), Jan. 3, Jan. 5, Jan. 7, Jan. 9, Jan. 11 with one inverted "1" in "11", Jan. 11 (normal), Jan. 12. Jan. 15 with "Due 3" in circle (no stamp), Jan. 17 (last day), and Jan. 17 with the USPOD issued canceling device that arrived during the day and was immediately placed into use (the finer of the two known), generally Fine to Very Fine strikes and covers, Type 1 cancellation was used from Dec. 9 to Dec. 22, 1863, and features "italics" style printing of the date and the "D" in "December" below the "N" in "Chattanooga". It is 44mm long without frame. Type 2 cancellation was used from Dec. 23 to Dec. 31, 1863, and features the "D" in "December" below the "HA" in "Chattanooga". It is without frame. Type 3 cancellation was used from Jan. 1 to Jan. 17, 1864 and is framed., ex-Cate (with his green "JCC" backstamp) and on his exhibit pages.

Shipping charges apply - weight 1.6 lbs.
Jim Cate's covers are the finest attainable quality as he often replacing inferior quality examples over his 35 years of searching. Accompanied by Cate's census of these cancels and some extra bits of information. Please be sure to see them all online. (PDF for this Lot) (Image)

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Estimate $2,400-3,000
SOLD for $1,400.00
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298

Georgia Savannah Fort Pulaski

Fort Pulaski - near Savannah, Ga., Cover from Lt. J.W.A. Ford, [20th Va. Cavalry], one of the Immortal 600, who were in prison at Fort Pulaski after their removal from Morris Island; endorsed "By Flag of Truce" and examiner's "Ex" with Charleston, S.C. c.d.s., Jan 7 (1865) and handstamped (due) "10"; to Capt. C.L. Davis, Greenville C.H., S.C., Very Fine. Illustrated in the American Philatelist, May 1946. (Image) (Image2)

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Estimate $400-600
SOLD for $200.00
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299

Georgia Savannah Fort Pulaski

Fort Pulaski - near Savannah, Ga., Cover from Lt. J.L. Haynes, 14th Ala. Infantry, one of the Immortal 600, who were in prison at Fort Pulaski after their removal from Morris Island; endorsed "Via Flag of Truce" and red examiner's "Ex" with Charleston, S.C. c.d.s., Jan 7 (1865) and handstamped (due) "10"; to the Hon. R.K. Cruikshanks in Richmond, Very Fine. (Image) (Image2)

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Estimate $400-600
SOLD for $325.00
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300

Maryland Point Lookout Camp Hoffman

Camp Hoffman - Point Lookout, Md., South to North cover to F.M. Alley, a P.O.W. at Point Lookout; franked with a pen-canceled sheet margin 10¢ blue type I (K&B) and postmarked manuscript "Falltown NC, Feb 11 (1865), the stamp then canceled again at Old Point Comfort with an Apr 7 c.d.s. alongside a handstamped "Due 6" for U.S. postage (3¢ x2); with Point Lookout Examiner's manuscript "G"; worn but still Fine. (Image) (Image2)

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Estimate $400-600
SOLD for $425.00
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301

New York Harbor Castle Williams

Castle Williams - Governor's Island, New York Harbor, Flag of Truce over from P.O.W., Pvt. J.L. Rowntree [1st Ga. Infantry], to his mother in Lowndes Co. Ga.; 3¢ rose tied by two strikes New York target duplex, May 1 (1862); entered the C.S.A. mails at Petersburg, Va. with a blue May 23 Petersburg c.d.s. and matching "DUE" & "10" (types H/K) for Confederate postage for over 500 miles; stain at the bottom, Fine. Only 17 Castle Williams P.O.W. covers are recorded, signed J.M. Bartels. (Image) (Image2)

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Estimate $400-600
SOLD for $650.00
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