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Adams Express Company, Burnside Expedition. Illustrated imprint showing team of horses pulling Adams Express Co. wagon of freight, with small Nesbitt & Co. imprint on backflap, on cover to Bradford, N.H. franked with
1861, 3¢ rose (65) s.e. at right, tied by neat blue "Norfolk, Va., Oct 6, '63" cds, Extremely Fine, an exceptional example of this special express company cover, with 1997 P.F. certificate. Estimate; $500 - 750.
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Burnside Expedition was a series of engagements fought along the North Carolina Coast between February and June 1862. The expedition was part of Winfield Scott's overall Anaconda Plan, which aimed at closing blockade-running ports inside the Outer
Banks. The amphibious operation was carried out primarily by New England and North Carolina troops under Brig. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside and assisted by the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron under Captain Louis M. Goldsborough. (Image1)
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Est. $500-750
Selling for...$0.00
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