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VERY FINE. A UNIQUE OUTBOUND BLOCKADE-RUN COVER WITH THE "STEAMSHIP AGNES E. FRY" EMBOSSED OVAL -- CARRIED ON THAT DOOMED BLOCKADE RUNNER -- THE WRECK OF WHICH WAS FOUND IN 2016.
The Agnes E. Fry was built by Caird & Co. in Greenock, Scotland, named the Fox and launched on Mar. 26, 1864. She was captained by Joseph Fry, who re-named the ship after his wife. She was scuttled near Oak Island N.C. very shortly after this cover was carried to Nassau. In widely publicized press reports in 2016, it was reported that her wreckage had been found near Oak Island. Sonar images show it to be one of the best preserved Civil War blockade-run wrecks known.
This is the only recorded blockade-run cover with the name-of-ship marking.
Ex Ludington (Image)
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VERY FINE BLOCKADE-RUN COVER FROM CHARLESTON TO PARIS, FROM THE BURCKMYER CORRESPONDENCE.
The Banshee (I) made seven round trip voyages between the Bahamas or Bermuda and Wilmington before she was captured by the U.S.S. Grand Gulf on Nov. 21, 1863. After prize court adjudication she was re-commissioned the U.S.S. Banshee
Ex Kilbourne (Image)