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Daniel F. Kelleher Auctions, LLC Sale: 770

Union Civil War Postal History
Prisoner of War Covers, Northern Prisons
Missouri
Sale No: 770
Lot No: 110
Symbol: C
Cat No: St. Louis Gratiot Street

image Gratiot Street Prison - St. Louis, Mo., Cover from a Confederate P.O.W. at St. Louis, Mo. with a 3¢ rose tied by a target and an Oct 8 (1864) St. Louis c.d.s.; to Greensboro, N.C. "Via Old Point Comfort", entering the C.S.A. mails with a very weak partial Richmond, c.d.s. on Nov 1st; manuscript "Due 10" for C.S.A. postage one of only three covers from here to cross the lines. 12 known., Fine to Very Fine. One of only 12 covers to or from Gratiot Street Prison, and one of just three to cross the lines. (Image)

Estimate $750-1,000

Opening US$ 425.00
Sold...US$ 425.00


Closed..Jun-14-2022, 14:01:21 EST
Sold For 425

Sale No: 770
Lot No: 111
Symbol: C
Cat No: St. Louis Gratiot Street

image Gratiot Street Prison - St. Louis, Mo., Money letter to prisoner, Elias P. Brewer, "Gratiot St. Military Prison, St. Louie. Mo."; pen-canceled 3¢ rose with manuscript postmark "Salisbury, Mo. Apr 1" (1865); Brewer had been sent to Alton, Ill. as evidenced by the notation "Alton, Ill. April 6th"; censor's "Exd" and "75 cents" at Alton; red docketing roughly erased breaking paper slightly, otherwise Fine to Very Fine. (Image)

Estimate $600-800

Opening US$ 300.00


Closed..Jun-14-2022, 14:01:45 EST
Sold For 0

Sale No: 770
Lot No: 112
Symbol: C
Cat No: St. Louis Marine Hospital

image Marine Hospital - St. Louis, Mo., Small cover addressed to to "Lieut Paul L. de Clouet [Co. G, Orleans Guards Regiment], Marine Hospital, St Louis, Mo", apparently hand-carried from his brother, also a P.O.W., at nearby Gratiot Street Prison. Included is a photocopy of a page from the hospital's records showing de Clouet's admission (Apr 19) and discharge ("Sent to prison Apr 25 /62") dates from the Hospital, his "complaint" being "Gun Shot", Very Fine.


THIS IS THE ONLY RECORDED P.O.W. COVER TO OR FROM THE ST. LOUIS MARINE HOSPITAL.

There was originally an enclosure [not present] headed, "McDowell's College Prison, St. Louis, 21st April 1862", from his brother, Sgt. Alex de Clouet, a P.O.W. at what was known as Gratiot Street Prison. The brothers were captured April 7, 1862, as Alex tried to help his wounded brother from the Battlefield at Shiloh, Tenn. Lieut. de Clouet, of the Orleans Guards, was at the newly opened Marine Hospital for only seven days before he was sent to prison. Only known. (Image)

Estimate $500-600

Opening US$ 300.00
Sold...US$ 400.00


Closed..Jun-14-2022, 14:02:21 EST
Sold For 400

Sale No: 770
Lot No: 113
Symbol: C
Cat No: St. Louis Myrtle Street P

image Myrtle Street Prison - St. Louis, Mo., Cover to "James R. Arnold, Myrtle Street Prison, St Louis, Mo"; large Caldonia, Mo., Jun 12 (1864) and target cancel on a 3¢ pink entire; reduced just a bit at the right, Fine.


ONE OF JUST TWO RECORDED COVERS TO THE MYRTLE STREET PRISON.

Arnold was a businessman from Washington County, Mo. who was held for a time for suspicion of Confederate sympathy. (Image)

Estimate $750-1,000

Opening US$ 550.00


Closed..Jun-14-2022, 14:02:37 EST
Sold For 0
Sale No: 770
Lot No: 114
Symbol: C
Cat No: St. Louis Myrtle Street P

image Myrtle Street Prison - St. Louis, Mo., Money letter addressed to "George W. Thomas, mirtle street millitery prisson, St louis mo"; postmark with straightline "PAID" with manuscript "3" and a Macon, Mo. c.d.s., Feb 10(?) (1865); manuscript "$1.00/100" indicates the amount enclosed for the prisoner; penciled notation on the reverse reads, "Gone to Jefferson City Prison, Feb. 28 65"; erased red manuscript docketing at the lower right, otherwise Very Fine. One of just two recorded covers to the Myrtle Street Prison. (Image)

Estimate $1,000-1,300

Opening US$ 500.00
Sold...US$ 500.00


Closed..Jun-14-2022, 14:02:48 EST
Sold For 500
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