BE160

North-to-South POW Cover from Johnson’s Island to Mt. Pleasant NC with CSA #12 (AD) and USA #65 to pay the CSA and Union postage. Orange paper cover addressed to Miss C. L. House, Mt Pleasant, Cabarrus County NC. “Per Flag of Truce” at upper left. The USA stamp has a Target Cancel and the Sandusky, Ohio Union postmark cancels the CSA stamp 25 OCT (1864). The cover transitted Richmond and received a partial strike of the Richmond, Va CDS 9 NOV (1864) placed partially over the Sandusky postmark and also cancelling the CSA stamp. The cover has a full strike of the oval handstamp “Prisoner’s Letter Examined GSB Johnsons Island, O” (Type A in the new CSA catalog). The initials “GSB” are for Corpl George S. Brown of the 128th Ohio Infantry. The sender of the cover is not identified, but the sender was most likely Pvt James F. Litaker of Co F 57th NC Inf. Pvt Litaker of Cabarrus County NC married Catherine L. House after the war. Pvt Litaker was captured as a POW at Rappahannock Station, Va 11/7/1863 and was confined at Johnsons Island until his release on 6/12/1865. This cover is featured on Page 218 of the Collector’s Guide to Confederate Philately Second Edition. Very Fine Ex-Weatherly, Ex- Howard Green.

SOLD $2,500.00