BE120

CSA #1 Stone 1 (not plated) (pre-affixing faults) tied by a full strike of the Pensacola, Fla CDS 25 MAY (1862). The cover is dated 15 days after the fall of Pensacola to the Union and represents one of the four recorded examples known as Pensacola Evacuation Covers. The Pensacola postmaster evacuated north with the Confederate Army toward Pollard, Ala and took his postmarking device with him when the city fell to the Union. He serviced army mail only for a very short period of time in late MAY 1862 along the evacuation route. Refer to Page 202 of the Collector’s Guide to Confederate Philately Second Edition for more information on the Pensacola and Warrington postmarks found on Military Mail after the Union occupation of those towns. The other three recorded Pensacola evacuation covers are dated 20, 24, 28 MAY 1862. Addressed to Capt Thos C. Ellis, Brooksville, S(outh) Fla. This cover is illustrated on Page 202 of the Collector’s Guide to Confederate Philately Second Edition. Cover reduced at left not affecting anything. Faulty stamp but a very clean overall appearance and a very significant item of Confederate postal history.

SOLD $2,000.00