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Postal History continued...

Prisoner of War Covers, Northern Prisons

Union Civil War Postal History
LotNo. Symbol CatNo. Lot Description
297 cover Chattanooga Type 1-3 imageChattanooga 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)

Get Market Data for [United States Chattanooga Type 1-3] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census

Estimate $2,400-3,000
SOLD for $1,400.00
Will close during Public Auction
298 cover Georgia Savannah Fort Pulaski imageFort 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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Get Market Data for [United States Georgia Savannah Fort Pul] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census

Estimate $400-600
SOLD for $200.00
Will close during Public Auction
299 cover Georgia Savannah Fort Pulaski imageFort 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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Get Market Data for [United States Georgia Savannah Fort Pul] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census

Estimate $400-600
SOLD for $325.00
Will close during Public Auction
300 cover Maryland Point Lookout Camp Hoffman imageCamp 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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Get Market Data for [United States (Confederate States) Maryland Point Lookout Ca] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census

Estimate $400-600
SOLD for $425.00
Will close during Public Auction
301 cover New York Harbor Castle Williams imageCastle 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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Get Market Data for [United States New York Harbor Castle Wi] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census

Estimate $400-600
SOLD for $650.00
Will close during Public Auction

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