BE163

North-to-South POW Cover from Point Lookout, Md to Williamsboro NC with CSA #11 (AD) and USA #65 to pay both the CSA and Union postage. The Union stamp has a Target Cancel and the matching Point Lookout, Md CDS is at the lower left 28 JAN (1864). The CSA stamp is cancelled by a partial strike of the Richmond, Va CDS 7 FEB (1864). The cover has the large oval “APPROVED J. A. Patterson Capt. & Provost Marshal, Point Lookout, Md” handstamp (Type A in the new CSA catalog) which also ties both stamps. Small but complete cover addressed to Rev H. A. Burton, Williamsboro, Granville Cty NC. The sender is not identified. H. A. Burton of Granville County NC had two sons in the Confederate Army, but neither one is listed as ever having been a POW. Cover must have come from another relative. Very Fine.

SOLD $2,500.00