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Union Civil War Postal History Prisoner of War Covers, Northern Prisons Maryland
Sale No: 770
Lot No: 100
Symbol: C
Cat No: Point Lookout Hammond Hos
Hammond Hospital - Point Lookout, Md., Cover from Capt. John J. Miller [12th Regt. Mo. State Guard Cavalry] to his future wife in St. Louis; 3¢ rose canceled by Point Lookout target duplex, May 8, 1864; included is a photocopy of a portion of the original letter [not present] dated May 2, which Miller described Ward No. 2 of the hospital as follows:
"The hospital buildings fifteen in number are arranged in a circle with a covered walk connecting them. Each building has 80 little iron cots each supplied with comfortable mattresses, sheets, pillowcases, tables, & chairs. The walls are ornamented with woodcut engravings of the different battles etc. We have the privilege of walking almost where we want down by the shore and No Yank with loaded gun in sight." [only a part of this description is visible in the copy], Very Fine. (Image)
Estimate $600-800
Opening US$ 300.00
Closed..Jun-14-2022, 13:51:44 EST
Sold For 0
Sale No: 770
Lot No: 101
Symbol: C
Cat No: Point Lookout Hammond Hos
Hammond Hospital - Point Lookout, Md., Cover sent through Old Point Comfort, Va. with a 3¢ rose canceled May 19 (1865); to Stephen W. Southall, "Co. A, 19th Va. Battalion, General Custis Lee's Command, A.N.Va.", a prisoner in "Ward No. 8, [Hammond] Hospital, Point Lookout, Maryland"; the cover contained $2 for the prisoner as indicated by the censor's "16 [letter no.?]/$2.00, ACP", Very Fine. One of only ten recorded covers to Hammond Hospital prisoners. (Image)
Estimate $600-800
Opening US$ 325.00
Closed..Jun-14-2022, 13:52:01 EST
Sold For 0
Sale No: 770
Lot No: 61
Symbol: C
Cat No: Antietam Creek Field Hosp
Field Hospital - Antietam Creek, Md. (Near Sharpsburg), Cover from A. J. Smoot [Co. H, 53rd Ga. Regt.], a wounded prisoner in the field hospital near Antietam Creek, to his wife in Griffin, Ga.; it entered the C.S.A. mails at Winchester, Va. with an Oct 5 (1862) c.d.s. and handstamped "Due" & "10". Also included is another cover sent two months earlier from Private Smoot to his wife, postmarked Richmond, Aug 1862, and "Due 10"; the first cover is reduced slightly at the top, the latter slightly at the right, Fine. One of just two recorded covers from this field hospital.
Smoot died in the hospital eight days after the second letter was mailed . (Image)
Estimate $750-1,000
Opening US$ 1,000.00
Sold...US$ 1,000.00
Closed..Jun-14-2022, 13:35:27 EST
Sold For 1000
Sale No: 770
Lot No: 62
Symbol: C
Cat No: Baltimore Fort McHenry
Fort McHenry - Baltimore, Md., Inner envelope of Flag of Truce mail from Col. William. H. Forney [10th Ala. Infantry], a P.O.W. at Fort McHenry; sent through Richmond with a mostly complete May 7 (1864) c.d.s. and handstamped "Due 10", to Jacksonville, Ala., Very Fine.
Forney was wounded on four different occasions and captured twice, the first time being exchanged. He was left on the field at Gettysburg, with multiple wounds, remaining a Union P.O.W. from July 5, 1863 until August 4, 1864, when he was paroled. In February 1865, he was promoted to Brigadier General. After the war he was a successful politician, serving in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1875 until 1893 . (Image)
Estimate $500-750
Opening US$ 300.00
Closed..Jun-14-2022, 13:36:06 EST
Sold For 0
Sale No: 770
Lot No: 63
Symbol: C
Cat No: Baltimore Fort McHenry
Fort McHenry - Baltimore, Md., Cover to Capt. B.F. Little, P.O.W. at Fort McHenry, franked with a 3¢ rose tied by one of two strikes of a blue Baltimore c.d.s, Dec 9 (1863); Examiner's "Ex GW P(ost) A(djutant)"; docketed as being from a "Lt. Campbell", Very Fine.
Capt. Little was wounded and captured at Gettysburg. (Image)
Estimate $750-1,000
Opening US$ 425.00
Sold...US$ 425.00
Closed..Jun-14-2022, 13:36:29 EST
Sold For 425
Sale No: 770
Lot No: 64
Symbol: C
Cat No: Baltimore Fort McHenry
Fort McHenry - Baltimore, Md., Small cover from Capt. B.F. Little [52nd N.C. Infantry], a P.O.W. at Fort McHenry, franked with a 3¢ rose tied by a neat blue Baltimore target duplex, Nov 28, 1863; to Dr. R.J. Powell, Washington, D.C. with manuscript "Examined Wiard P.A.", Very Fine. (Image)
Estimate $500-750
Opening US$ 400.00
Sold...US$ 400.00
Closed..Jun-14-2022, 13:37:55 EST
Sold For 400
Sale No: 770
Lot No: 65
Symbol: C
Cat No: Baltimore Fort McHenry
Fort McHenry - Baltimore, Md., Cover from Capt. Randolph, a Confederate P.O.W. at Fort McHenry; 3¢ rose tied by a blue Baltimore target duplex, Jun 2 (1865); examiner's "Ex BEW", to a local Baltimore address, hence a drop letter over-paid by 1¢; top flap missing, Very Fine.
The addressee is Mrs. Fred. W. Brune. Frederick W. Brune had been a P.O.W. at Fort Warren along with Marshal Kane and others. (Image)
Estimate $500-750
Opening US$ 250.00
Closed..Jun-14-2022, 13:38:20 EST
Sold For 0
Sale No: 770
Lot No: 66
Symbol: C
Cat No: Baltimore Fort McHenry
Fort McHenry - Baltimore, Md., Cover from a P.O.W. at Fort McHenry by Flag of Truce to Virginia; blue Baltimore target duplex, Aug 24 (1863), ties a U.S. 3¢ rose, then a pretty C.S.A. 10¢ milky blue type II was place over the Baltimore c.d.s. and tied by a Richmond c.d.s., Sep. 11, 1863; Union censor's tiny "Ex FRK" at the lower left; slight repaired flap tears, Very Fine. (Image)
Estimate $1,000-1,300
Opening US$ 750.00
Sold...US$ 750.00
Closed..Jun-14-2022, 13:38:47 EST
Sold For 750
Sale No: 770
Lot No: 67
Symbol: C
Cat No: Baltimore Fort McHenry
Fort McHenry - Baltimore, Md., Folded letter to Pvt. John W. Harrison [12th Va. Cavalry], a P.O.W. at Fort McHenry; datelined Mill Wood (Clarke Co.) Va., May 5th and mailed at Harpers Ferry, Va. with a small May 6 (1865) c.d.s.; stamp missing; marked "Exmd appearance, P.M" by the provost marshal at Harpers Ferry and "Exd, JBM, C of P" at Fort McHenry; some staining, Fine.
In the letter, Harrison's aunt writes mostly of family goings on, but advises, "Take the Oath to get out of prison as soon as you can. Keep it religiously, do not violate it even in thought." . (Image)
Estimate $500-750
Opening US$ 250.00
Closed..Jun-14-2022, 13:39:12 EST
Sold For 0
Sale No: 770
Lot No: 68
Symbol: C
Cat No: Baltimore Fort McHenry
Fort McHenry - Baltimore, Md., Cover from 41-year-old Pvt. George 0. Conrad, 14th Va. Cavalry, to his daughter in Harrisonburg, Va.; Examiner's "Ex, A. Wagsteff Jr, 1 Lieut. Post.'" at Fort McHenry, then hand-carried south, entering the C.S.A. mails at "Chester, Va." with a neat manuscript postmark, Dec 27, 1864, cancelling a 10¢ blue type II; slight edge wear and flap tear, Fine to Very Fine. A very rare usage. (Image)
Estimate $750-1,000
Opening US$ 400.00
Closed..Jun-14-2022, 13:39:30 EST
Sold For 0
Sale No: 770
Lot No: 69
Symbol: C
Cat No: Baltimore Fort McHenry
Fort McHenry - Baltimore, Md., Small cover to Lt Col. R. W. Martin, a prisoner at Fort McHenry; letter written at Warrenton, Va. and entered the mails at Baltimore with a blue Baltimore target duplex, Feb 11, 1864 and matching "DUE 6" handstamp; forwarded from Fort McHenry to Point Lookout., Fine to Very Fine. (Image)
Estimate $500-750
Opening US$ 600.00
Sold...US$ 600.00
Closed..Jun-14-2022, 13:39:53 EST
Sold For 600
Sale No: 770
Lot No: 70
Symbol: C
Cat No: Baltimore West's Building
West's Building Hospital - Baltimore, Md., Inside envelope of Flag of Truce mail from Capt. Henry C. Wheeler, Co. G, 2nd N.C. Battalion, a prisoner being treated at West's Building Hospital in Baltimore; C.S.A. 10¢ blue type II tied by a Richmond c.d.s., Feb 25 (1864) 25 (1864), to Salem, N.C., Very Fine. 20 known. (Image)
Estimate $750-1,000
Opening US$ 475.00
Sold...US$ 475.00
Closed..Jun-14-2022, 13:40:22 EST
Sold For 475
Sale No: 770
Lot No: 71
Symbol: C
Cat No: Baltimore West's Building
West's Building Hospital - Baltimore, Md., Inside envelope of a Flag of Truce mailing sent through Old Point Comfort, Va. with a U.S. 3¢ rose tied by a quartered cork cancel alongside a partial Old Point Comfort c.d.s.; paster/sticker used to secure a coin for postage is just visible under the stamp; addressed to West's Building Hospital in Baltimore, then forwarded to Fort McHenry and forwarded once more to Fort Delaware. A colorful usage, the homemade envelope made of green paper, addressed in red, and censored, "Ex, A W", with blue and orange crayons, Very Fine. (Image)
Estimate $1,500-1,800
Opening US$ 1,200.00
Sold...US$ 1,200.00
Closed..Jun-14-2022, 13:40:46 EST
Sold For 1200
Sale No: 770
Lot No: 72
Symbol: C
Cat No: Baltimore West's Building
West's Building Hospital - Baltimore, Md., Cover from Capt. W.H. Harrison, Co. E, 31st Ga. Infantry, a prisoner being treated at West's Building Hospital, Baltimore; 3¢ rose tied by a blue Baltimore target duplex, Aug 24, 1864; entered the C.S.A. mails at Richmond with a Sep 5 c.d.s. and a handstamped (Due) "10"; to Lumpkin, Ga. with examiner's "Ex. MW. Off." at the hospital; stamp slightly damaged, Fine. (Image)
Estimate $500-750
Opening US$ 300.00
Closed..Jun-14-2022, 13:41:05 EST
Sold For 0
Sale No: 770
Lot No: 73
Symbol: C
Cat No: Baltimore West's Building
West's Building Hospital - Baltimore, Md., Cover from Pvt. J. Gideon Tuttle [52nd N.C. Infantry], a prisoner being treated at West's Building Hospital in Baltimore, to his friend, A.C. Myers, from the same unit at Gettysburg General Hospital; 3¢ rose tied by a blue Baltimore target duplex, Sep 19, 1863; includes original letter datelined "West Building Hospital, Baltimore, Sept. 17th 1863"; stamp damaged, otherwise Very Fine. A unique Hospital to Hospital usage. (Image)
Estimate $500-750
Opening US$ 275.00
Closed..Jun-14-2022, 13:41:23 EST
Sold For 0
Sale No: 770
Lot No: 74
Symbol: C
Cat No: Point Lookout Camp Hoffma
Camp Hoffman - Point Lookout, Md., Cover from Elizabeth City, Va. to P.O.W. Noah Cartwright, "Care Major Brady Pro'. Marshal" at Point Lookout; pretty sheet margin 3¢ rose tied by a Norfolk, Va. target duplex, Feb 24, 1865 with an Examiner's initial "G". Cartwright was in the C.S. Signal Corps; archival manuscript docketing, "C [recipients last initial] Feb 22, 1865, From R.F. Overman, Elizabeth City, Va." with "large magenta oval handstamp on the reverse, "Record Division, War Department, Rebel Archives, Very Fine. A rare cover from the "Rebel Archives". (Image)
Estimate $500-750
Opening US$ 275.00
Closed..Jun-14-2022, 13:41:41 EST
Sold For 0
Sale No: 770
Lot No: 75
Symbol: C
Cat No: Point Lookout Camp Hoffma
Camp Hoffman - Point Lookout, Md., Cover from Pvt. Albert Smith, Co. K, 50th Va. Infantry; sent via Flag of Truce to Laurel Fork, Va.; U.S. 3¢ rose tied by a Washington, D.C. target duplex, Nov 18, 1863 (mail from Point Lookout was processed through Washington until Jan. 1864); no Confederate postal markings despite the fact that it passed through the lines to Laurel Fork; on the reverse is a clear strike of large oval "Approved" handstamp of Capt. J.N. Patterson, the Prison Provost Marshal (PWH-16). 44 known with this marking., Very Fine. 44 examples of this marking are recorded. (Image)
Estimate $500-750
Opening US$ 250.00
Closed..Jun-14-2022, 13:41:57 EST
Sold For 0
Sale No: 770
Lot No: 76
Symbol: C
Cat No: Point Lookout Camp Hoffma
Camp Hoffman - Point Lookout, Md., Cover from Pvt. James W. Beaty, a P.O.W. at Point Lookout; 3¢ rose canceled by a Point Lookout target duplex, Jan 2, 1865, to Union held Vicksburg, Miss., exchanged between Vicksburg and Clinton, Miss., entering the C.S.A. mails at Clinton with a manuscript postmark, "Clinton Miss., Janury 29, 1865, Due 10"; forwarded from Clinton to Canton, Madison County with a large handstamped "DUE" and manuscript "10", Very Fine. The only recorded cover sent by this route. (Image)
Estimate $600-800
Opening US$ 1,100.00
Sold...US$ 1,100.00
Closed..Jun-14-2022, 13:42:32 EST
Sold For 1100
Sale No: 770
Lot No: 77
Symbol: C
Cat No: Point Lookout Camp Hoffma
Camp Hoffman - Point Lookout, Md., Cover from Pvt. Thomas T. Askins, a P.O.W. at Point Lookout; carried aboard the transport steamer Ella May (manuscript "Stmr 'Ella May'") to occupied North Carolina; 3¢ rose tied by Point Lookout target duplex, Sep 14, 1864; choice strike of Examiner's handstamp, a double-lined circle "Approved./ H.T. Lawson/ Major &/ Chief Prov. Marshal/ Dist. of N.C." (PWH-20); highly specific address to "Mrs. Mary A. Askins, Care of Arthur Gaskins Esq., Fort Anderson Way of Newbern N.C. Provost Marshal Newbern please forward From the Fort, Some kind one please forward From the Fort"; includes the original letter, datelined the same day, relating conditions and requesting money; written in another hand, but signed by Askins, Very Fine. Only recorded example of this censor marking used on prisoners' mail.
Major Henry T. Lawson, the Provost Marshal at New Bern, N.C., died of yellow fever a few weeks after this letter was received. An epidemic of the disease spread through New Bern in September-October 1864. Lawson contracted it while valiantly helping to successfully contain the spread of a fire that had been deliberately set to some commissary warehouses that were believed to contain the basis of the fever in their stagnant cellars. (Image)
Estimate $1,500-1,800
Opening US$ 1,300.00
Sold...US$ 1,500.00
Closed..Jun-14-2022, 13:43:09 EST
Sold For 1500
Sale No: 770
Lot No: 78
Symbol: C
Cat No: Point Lookout Camp Hoffma
Camp Hoffman - Point Lookout, Md.,"A.G. Brady, June 26 1865, Major and Provost Marshal", octagonal handstamp on an otherwise blank envelope that would have enclosed a "Certificate of Release of Prisoner of War" from Point Lookout. This is the only recorded example of this marking on an envelope, Very Fine.
Also included is a photocopy of such a certificate for one Thomas G. Penn dated June 16, 1865, signed by Brady and bearing his handstamp with that date (75% of actual size). The certificates were prepared in duplicate, the released prisoner's copy going into an envelope such as this. (Image)
Estimate $100-150
Opening US$ 325.00
Sold...US$ 325.00
Closed..Jun-14-2022, 13:44:12 EST
Sold For 325
Sale No: 770
Lot No: 79
Symbol: C
Cat No: Point Lookout Camp Hoffma
Camp Hoffman - Point Lookout, Md., Turned cover to Thomas Gadsden, Jr. [Sgt. Co. E, 1st (Charleston) Battalion S.C. Infantry], a P.O.W. at Point Lookout; 3¢ rose tied by quartered cork cancel and Old Point Comfort c.d.s., Aug 14; note on reverse, "Hunt for Postage within this"
First use was as a Blockade cover carried aboard the blockade runner Druid, entering the C.S.A. mails at Charleston, S.C., where a 10¢ blue type II was canceled by a partial Charleston c.d.s., Jul 1 (1864), to Mr. John Gadsden, Summerville, S.C., Very Fine. (Image)
Estimate $1,000-1,300
Opening US$ 500.00
Closed..Jun-14-2022, 13:44:36 EST
Sold For 0
Sale No: 770
Lot No: 80
Symbol: C
Cat No: Point Lookout Camp Hoffma
Camp Hoffman - Point Lookout, Md., Flag of Truce cover from Pvt. J.C. Freeman, Co. F, 4th N.C. Cavalry to a P.O.W. at Point Lookout; handstamped "PAID 10" of Windsor, N.C for C.S.A. postage; Old Point Comfort c.d.s., Mar. 24 (1865), manuscript examiner's "G", "N.C." written in space where U.S. stamp had fallen off; red archival docketing "P [for 'Paxton'] Feb. 13, 1865, J.C. Freeman, No. Ca.", Very Fine. Fewer than 10 handstamped paid markings are recorded on mail to Union prisons. (Image)
Estimate $500-600
Opening US$ 250.00
Closed..Jun-14-2022, 13:44:56 EST
Sold For 0
Sale No: 770
Lot No: 81
Symbol: C
Cat No: Point Lookout Camp Hoffma
Camp Hoffman - Point Lookout, Md., pen-canceled C.S.A. 10¢ blue type I with a manuscript "Millboro Springs (Va.). 9th May" (1864) on a cover to Jordan D. Ailstock, a P.O.W. at Point Lookout; a U.S. 3¢ rose is tied by a quartered cork cancel with a Jun 4 Old Point Comfort c.d.s. at right; Ailstock was no longer at Point Lookout so the cover was forwarded to Norfolk, Va. with a Jun 9 Point Lookout duplex (which also tied the C.S.A. 10¢, Very Fine.
Ailstock had become a "Galvanized Yankee", taken the Oath of Allegiance and joined the Union Army. In June of 1864, he was on guard duty in Norfolk, Va. (Image)
Estimate $1,000-1,300
Opening US$ 1,600.00
Sold...US$ 1,600.00
Closed..Jun-14-2022, 13:45:19 EST
Sold For 1600
Sale No: 770
Lot No: 82
Symbol: C
Cat No: Point Lookout Camp Hoffma
Camp Hoffman - Point Lookout, Md., Flag of Truce cover from Hillsville, Va. to Lt. William A. Smith, a P.O.W. at Point Lookout; U.S. 3¢ rose and C.S.A. 10¢ blue type I, both tied by a bold quartered cork cancel alongside a matching Old Point Comfort c.d.s., Aug 14 (1864), the latter also pen-canceled; Smith had been transferred to Fort Delaware, so the cover was forwarded there and handstamped "Due 3"; docketed as received on Aug 27th; both stamps with perforations neatly trimmed off prior to application, Very Fine, signed Kimbrough. (Image)
Estimate $1,000-1,300
Opening US$ 1,200.00
Sold...US$ 1,200.00
Closed..Jun-14-2022, 13:45:41 EST
Sold For 1200
Sale No: 770
Lot No: 83
Symbol: C
Cat No: Point Lookout Camp Hoffma
Camp Hoffman - Point Lookout, Md., Money letter - a small, blue-lined lady's envelope with a handmade "mourning" border - to James L. Clarkson, a P.O.W. at Point Lookout; franked with an 3¢ rose, uncanceled as the cover was handled by courier from the exchange point; manuscript "$2/00/100 U.S. Treasury notes"; penciled "Not present" as Clarkson had been released, Very Fine. (Image)
Estimate $600-800
Opening US$ 350.00
Sold...US$ 350.00
Closed..Jun-14-2022, 13:46:04 EST
Sold For 350
Sale No: 770
Lot No: 84
Symbol: C
Cat No: Point Lookout Camp Hoffma
Camp Hoffman - Point Lookout, Md., Flag of Truce cover from Sgt. S.F. Pilson, a P.O.W. at Point Lookout; to Richmond, Va. with a 3¢ rose tied by a Point Lookout target duplex, Oct 5, 1864 with 3¢ rose; entered the C.S.A. mails at Richmond with an Oct 19 c.d.s. and handstamped "DUE 10" in error, a large grid used to obliterate the "DUE 10" and re-rated with a handstamped "Due/2" (type N), the correct rate for local delivery; clear octagonal Examined handstamp without date (PWH-17), Very Fine. (Image)
Estimate $500-600
Opening US$ 550.00
Sold...US$ 550.00
Closed..Jun-14-2022, 13:46:35 EST
Sold For 550
Sale No: 770
Lot No: 85
Symbol: C
Cat No: Point Lookout Camp Hoffma
Camp Hoffman - Point Lookout, Md., Pair of covers between a P.O.W. and his mother; the first from 17-year-old Sgt. William M. Hill [Co. G, 3rd Va. Local Defense Troops] — "The Boy Company of Richmond", to his mother in occupied Richmond; Point Lookout target duplex, Apr 21, 1865 ties a 3¢ rose; undated octagonal Examined handstamp (PWH-17). The second latest recorded use of this marking.
The second cover is an Adversity usage, made of wrapping paper, from Hill's mother in occupied Richmond to the prison via Old Point Comfort, with a 3¢ rose tied by a quartered cork cancel alongside an Apr 30th Old Point Comfort c.d.s.; marked with the manuscript examiner's "G" at the prison.
After the war, William Maury Hill became a very successful, nationally known Banker. Included are two newspaper obituaries from January 1918. (Image)
Estimate $500-600
Opening US$ 275.00
Sold...US$ 275.00
Closed..Jun-14-2022, 13:47:19 EST
Sold For 275
Sale No: 770
Lot No: 86
Symbol: C
Cat No: Point Lookout Camp Hoffma
Camp Hoffman - Point Lookout, Md., Small cover from a P.O.W. at Point Lookout to Henry H. Ratrie, a P.O.W. at Fort Warren, Boston Harbor; 3¢ rose tied by a Point Lookout target duplex, Oct 12 1864; weak octagonal Examined handstamp (PWH-17); backstamped with an Oct 15th Boston "Received" c.d.s. Fewer than 50 prisoner-to-prisoner covers are recorded. (Image)
Estimate $400-500
Opening US$ 200.00
Closed..Jun-14-2022, 13:47:37 EST
Sold For 0
Sale No: 770
Lot No: 87
Symbol: C
Cat No: Point Lookout Camp Hoffma
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)
Estimate $1,000-1,300
Opening US$ 500.00
Closed..Jun-14-2022, 13:47:53 EST
Sold For 0
Sale No: 770
Lot No: 88
Symbol: C
Cat No: Point Lookout Camp Hoffma
Camp Hoffman - Point Lookout, Md., Flag of Truce cover from Pvt. Thomas P. Inge, Co. H, 2nd Va. Cavalry, a P.O.W. at Point Lookout; to Appomattox C.H., Va. with 3¢ rose tied by a Point Lookout target duplex, Aug 9, 1864; entered the C.S.A. mails at Richmond with an Aug 24 c.d.s. and handstamped "DUE 10"; light octagonal Examined handstamp (PWH-18) dated Aug 9, 1864; includes original letter to Inge's mother and father. The second day of use of this scarce censor marking. (Image)
Estimate $500-600
Opening US$ 250.00
Closed..Jun-14-2022, 13:48:10 EST
Sold For 0
Sale No: 770
Lot No: 89
Symbol: C
Cat No: Point Lookout Camp Hoffma
Camp Hoffman - Point Lookout, Md., Cover from Pvt. J.M. Kern [11th Va. Infantry] to his mother in Smithfield, West Virginia; franked with a target-canceled 3¢ rose pink (64b) alongside a Point Lookout c.d.s., Mar 25 (1864); no examiner's marking from the prison, but marked "Passed, E.D. Yutzy, Maj. Comdg Va." by the provost marshal in West Virginia, Fine. (Image)
Estimate $400-500
Opening US$ 225.00
Sold...US$ 225.00
Closed..Jun-14-2022, 13:48:32 EST
Sold For 225
Sale No: 770
Lot No: 90
Symbol: C
Cat No: Point Lookout Camp Hoffma
Camp Hoffman - Point Lookout, Md., Flag of Truce cover from a Confederate P.O.W. at Camp Hoffman to Henry C.H., Va.; U.S. 3¢ rose tied by a target cancel alongside a (25mm) Point Lookout c.d.s., Feb 29, (1864 - leap year); entered the C.S.A. mails at Richmond with a Mar 9 c.d.s. and a handstamped "DUE 10"; mostly clear large oval Capt. J.N. Patterson "Approved" handstamp (PWH-16); stamp slightly damaged, Fine. (Image)
Estimate $750-1,000
Opening US$ 400.00
Closed..Jun-14-2022, 13:48:50 EST
Sold For 0
Sale No: 770
Lot No: 91
Symbol: C
Cat No: Point Lookout Camp Hoffma
Camp Hoffman - Point Lookout, Md., Flag of Truce cover from R.W. Steger, a P.O.W. at Point Lookout, to his wife "Care of John O. Steger", his father and Postmaster of Richmond; 3¢ rose tied by a Point Lookout target duplex, Dec 10, 1864; nice strike of the prison's octagonal Examined handstamp (PWH-17); apparently handed directly to Steger by a postal clerk, as no Confederate postage was charged; top flap missing and lower right corner slightly clipped, Fine. (Image)
Estimate $600-800
Opening US$ 300.00
Closed..Jun-14-2022, 13:49:06 EST
Sold For 0
Sale No: 770
Lot No: 92
Symbol: C
Cat No: Point Lookout Camp Hoffma
Camp Hoffman - Point Lookout, Md., Turned cover to Mr. John N. Pruett, Co H, 47th Va. Regt., a P.O.W. at Point Lookout; posted in occupied Richmond with a 3¢ rose tied by one of two Richmond target duplexes, Jun 18 (1865); red archival docketing "P [for 'Pruett'] June 14/65, Mary S. Pruett, Caroline County, Va."; missing bottom flap, top flap weak, Fine. Late usage to Point Lookout as all prisoners healthy enough to travel were released by the end of June.
First usage - with a colorless embossed corner card on the flap for Paxton & Archer, Richmond Commission Merchants - a "Soldier's due" letter from Pvt. Alexander J. Pugh, 47th Va. Regt., Winchester, Va., Jul. 18 (1864) with a handstamped "DUE/10", to Kirkwood, Caroline Co. Va. (Image)
Estimate $500-600
Opening US$ 275.00
Closed..Jun-14-2022, 13:49:21 EST
Sold For 0
Sale No: 770
Lot No: 93
Symbol: C
Cat No: Point Lookout Camp Hoffma
Camp Hoffman - Point Lookout, Md., Flag of Truce cover from Pvt. Hugh D. Smith, Crenshaw's Battery; 3¢ rose tied by a Point Lookout target duplex, Jan 24, 1865; sent to a Richmond address, entering the C.S.A. mails there with a Feb 18th c.d.s. and a handstamped "DUE/2", the correct rate for local delivery; very faint octagonal Examined handstamp from the prison at the upper left (PWH-17), Fine to Very Fine. (Image)
Estimate $500-750
Opening US$ 250.00
Closed..Jun-14-2022, 13:49:37 EST
Sold For 0
Sale No: 770
Lot No: 94
Symbol: C
Cat No: Point Lookout Camp Hoffma
Camp Hoffman - Point Lookout, Md., Cover from Pvt. Thomas Lear [18th Va. Cavalry], a P.O.W. at Point Lookout, to Pvt. Mitchel Poling [13th Va. Infantry]; a prisoner at Fort Delaware; Point Lookout target duplex, Jun 14, 1864, ties a 3¢ rose pink (64b); sent "In care of Capt. Ahl", who was in charge of the prisoners at this time, Fine to Very Fine. One of fewer than 50 recorded prisoner-to-prisoner covers. (Image)
Estimate $400-500
Opening US$ 200.00
Closed..Jun-14-2022, 13:49:51 EST
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Lot No: 95
Symbol: C
Cat No: Point Lookout Camp Hoffma
Camp Hoffman - Point Lookout, Md., Pair of 1864 covers from two different Indiana towns to Thomas F(ranklin) Andrew, a P.O.W. at Point Lookout; each franked with a 3¢ rose, the first grid-canceled alongside a Westfield, Ind. c.d.s., Jun 13 (1864), the second pen-canceled with a manuscript postmark, "Dennis Ind, June 7th". Both writers were originally from the same area near Durham, N.C. as the addressee and all knew each other before the war. The first includes the original letter from friend, Solomon Henshaw, who hopes that Andrew will never return "to the land of rebellion", Fine to Very Fine. (Image)
Estimate $500-600
Opening US$ 250.00
Closed..Jun-14-2022, 13:50:31 EST
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Sale No: 770
Lot No: 96
Symbol: C
Cat No: Point Lookout Camp Hoffma
Camp Hoffman - Point Lookout, Md., Prisoner's smuggled letter from Sgt. Hugh Davis Smith, a P.O.W. at Point Lookout, datelined "Prisoners Camp, Dec 21st 1863", to "My Loving Mother, Kind Brother & Fond Sisters". Three clues lead to the conclusion that the letter was smuggled: 1.) the letter is written on both sides of the sheet - against regulations; 2.) Smith signed only his initials: "H" on the main letter and "HDS" on a postscript - another violation; and 3.) in the letter he wrote, "An opportunity has offered itself by some of my fellow prisoners…who leave on tomorrow for the South"…"This will have to go in the black.", Fine to Very Fine. Very rare. (Image)
Estimate $400-500
Opening US$ 225.00
Closed..Jun-14-2022, 13:50:44 EST
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Lot No: 97
Symbol: C
Cat No: Point Lookout Camp Hoffma
Camp Hoffman - Point Lookout, Md., Missent & forwarded cover to Pvt. G. W. Welsh, Co. K, 51st Va. Volunteers, "care of A.G. Ready Provost Marshal, Point Lookout, Md."; misdirected South instead of North, ending up at Port Royal, S.C. in Federal hands; handstamped "MlSSENT" and forwarded to Old Point Comfort, Va. where a 3¢ rose was canceled on Feb 17 (1865); two different manuscript examiners' markings: "Exd MF" at Old Point Comfort and "G" at Point Lookout; red archival docketing "W [for 'Welsh'] Jan. 29, 1865, From E.F. Welsh, Grayson Co., Va.", Fine to Very Fine. (Image)
Estimate $1,000-1,300
Opening US$ 550.00
Closed..Jun-14-2022, 13:51:01 EST
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Sale No: 770
Lot No: 98
Symbol: C
Cat No: Point Lookout Camp Hoffma
Camp Hoffman - Point Lookout, Md., Missent & forwarded Flag of Truce cover franked with a 3¢ rose tied by a neat Point Lookout target duplex, May 16, 1864; to Mr. J.A. McDade, Cedar Grove, Orange Co. N.C. but sent in error to Orange, N.J., where it was marked "Missent" and forwarded with a May 20 Orange, New Jersey, c.d.s.; entered the C.S.A. mails at Richmond, with a Jun 3 c.d.s. and a handstamped "DUE 10"; stamp damaged by edge placement, otherwise Very Fine. (Image)
Estimate $500-750
Opening US$ 250.00
Closed..Jun-14-2022, 13:51:16 EST
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Lot No: 99
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Cat No: Point Lookout Hammond Hos
Hammond Hospital - Point Lookout, Md., Cover from Portsmouth, Va. to Mr. Samuel P. Russ, Co. D, Huger's Battery, a P.O.W., in "Ward no. 12, Tent no. 1" (Hammond Hospital) Point Lookout, Md.; 3¢ rose tied by a fancy blue cork cancel above a matching May 1 (1865) Plymouth; the cover contained $1 for the prisoner as indicated by the censor's "66 [letter no.?]/$1.00, MHc."; additionally marked with a manuscript "Died May 10/65", Very Fine. (Image)
