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Transatlantic mail between France and the USA and vice versa - The ...更多
Transatlantic mail between France and the USA and vice versa - The American Civil War; 1864 (June 4, datelined): Small cover with original letter addressed to Captain Burckmyer at Charleston from his wife in Tours, endorsed "Kindness of Major Pierson", letter no. 45 with the usual cross-written content, handcarried by Mrs. Bruckmyer's neighbour, Major Pierson, a Frenchman serving in the Confederate Army via Halifax to Bermuda where loaded onto blockade runner 'Coquette', arrived Wilmington and hand carried to Richmond where Major Pierson, having checked into the Spotswood Hotel, posted the letter with CSA 10 c. blue, Die B (Scott CSA 12) on back, tied by "RICHMOND Va. JUL 15" circular datestamp. A very fine incoming blockade-run cover from the Burckmyer correspondence and a rare use with the 10c General Issue stamp paying the postage to its destination. Provenance: Collection Steven C. Walske, Robert Siegel sale 1154 (May 2017), lot 2470.
Civil War 1862: Blockade Run cover from the Confederacy mailed to ...更多
Civil War 1862: Blockade Run cover from the Confederacy mailed to Capt. Sir George N. Broke Middleton, Ipswich, England with oval framed "FORWARDED BY / HENRY ADDERLEY & Co. / NASSAU N.P. / BAHAMAS" in blue and "NASSAU / PAID" code A circular datestamp in red (Nov 22). Rated with red "10" (cents) in crayon and "2" in blue. Reverse with Ipswich cds (Dec 17) and Needham Market arrival cds of the same day. Cover with some damage but reverse stating in manuscript "Mr. Harry Middleton about his Boy "Hal" - answered in Duplicate" which would indicate that Harry Middleton was in the Confederacy at the time. Note: Capt. Sir George N. Broke Middleton was a man of considerable influence and wealth (at this date he was a retired Rear Admiral and in 1864 was High Sheriff of Suffolk), upon his death his estates were inherited by Lady de Saumarez making her the second largest landowner in London after the Duke of Westminster.
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