United States Union and Confederate States Civil War Covers Confederate States - Suspension of Mail Across the
Sale No: 3024
Lot No:2809
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FORWARDED BY OELRICH'S & Co NEW YORK, full strike of the red oval handstamp (Rowe rarity 3) on a folded letter addressed to Richmond Va, datelined "Bremen 5th June 1861", some light wrinkling and trivial erosion in the address panel, Very Fine; the letter is dated shortly after the Confederate PO took control of the mail lines between North and South; this letter probably carried privately to Richmond (Image)