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VERY FINE. ONE OF ONLY FOUR RECORDED COVERS CARRIED THROUGH THE UNION BLOCKADE OF CONFEDERATE NEW ORLEANS. THE NEXT MONTH, THE CITY WAS CAPTURED AND OCCUPIED FOR THE DURATION OF THE WAR, ENDING BLOCKADE RUNNING THROUGH THAT PORT.
The U.S.S. Brooklyn initiated the Union blockade of New Orleans on May 26, 1861. The first departure of a steamship was on November 28, 1861. On April 26, 1862, Federal troops captured New Orleans and ended blockade running through that port. The Special Routes census records only four incoming blockade-run covers. This is the only example with the "SHIP" straightline marking.
The schooner Break O' Day was built at Essex, England in 1859. She was initially employed in the cod and mackerel fisheries business and in the fruit trade at New Orleans. She was then used in blockade running.
Illustrated in Special Routes on p. 137. With copy of 1977 P.F. certificate (Image)