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VERY FINE. AN OUTSTANDING USE FROM THE CAPTAIN OF THE U.S.S. UNION AT SEA, WHICH HE PLACED ABOARD A CAPTURED BLOCKADE RUNNER ON ITS WAY TO PRIZE COURT, FOR DELIVERY TO HIS WIFE IN NEW JERSEY.
The Union (3) was built at Mystic, chartered by the U.S. Navy on Apr. 24, 1861 and sailed under Commander John. R. Goldsborough. She was assigned to the Atlantic Blockading Squadron and on June 18 captured the blockade runner Amelia inbound to Charleston. The crew of the Amelia was sent to Fortress Monroe, while the ship was sent north to the Prize Court at Philadelphia. Goldsborough took the opportunity to mail a letter to his wife by placing it on the captured ship, for entry at the Philadelphia post office.
Accompanied by a detailed history of the Union, which captured a number of ships during the Civil War (Image)
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VERY FINE APPEARANCE. AN EXTREMELY RARE USE OF THE U.S. 1862 5-CENT RED BROWN ISSUE ON A COVER TO NASSAU, WHICH WAS CAPTURED AND TAKEN TO PHILADELPHIA PRIZE COURT.
Upon the capture of the Lightning it was determined that she was not safe enough to sail to Philadelphia, so her cargo was sent to Philadelphia on the U.S. bark Manderson. Mail on a captured blockade runner was useful in identifying contraband and was often introduced into evidence. Covers that have been released into the philatelic market are scarce, and particularly desirable with this better 5c 1861-63 Issue shade (Image)
VERY FINE. AN OUTSTANDING USE, ORIGINALLY SENT TO A CONFEDERATE COMMISSIONER IN FRANCE, CAPTURED ABOARD A CONFEDERATE PRIVATEER ON ITS RETURN TO THE SOUTH AND SENT NORTH AS PRIZE COURT EVIDENCE.
The C.S.S. privateer Calhoun was built in New York in 1851 and originally named the Cuba. It was commissioned as a privateer by the Confederates on May 15, 1861, and was captured by the U.S.S. Colorado on Jan. 23, 1862, off Southwest Pass Louisiana. It was re-commissioned for Federal services as the U.S.S. Calhoun and assigned to the West Gulf Blockading Squadron, where it was involved in the capture of 13 ships. A cover addressed to the U.S.S. Calhoun on blockading duty is included with this lot. Thomas Butler King was aboard the Calhoun when it (along with his papers) was captured but he managed to escape. His papers were used as evidence to condemn the ship as a Confederate vessel (Image)
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EXTREMELY FINE. A REMARKABLE TRIO COMPRISING THE LETTER AND SHIPPING DOCUMENTS CAPTURED ON BOARD THE SCHOONER VOLANT AND USED AS EVIDENCE IN THE PRIZE COURT HEARING.
The Baltimore shipping firm of F. T. Montell & Co. was involved in running goods through the Union blockade. This is a rare letter with accompanying shipping documents which were submitted as evidence during the Philadelphia Prize Court hearing. (Image)
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