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North-to-South POW Through-the-Lines cover from Point Lookout (Md) with USA #65 (faults) with a Target cancel and with the Point Lookout, MD CDS to the left 14 FEB (1864). The stamp is also tied by a full strike of the Richmond, Va CDS Powell Type 6m dated 10 MAR (1864) with the Richmond DUE 10 to the left Dietz Type P. Also to the left is a full strike of the large Point Lookout "Approved" oval Dietz Type A. Light orange paper cover addressed to John Foreman, Silverton, Barnwell District S.Co. At upper left corner in manuscript "per Flag of Truce." At lower right in manuscript "Care Maj-Gen Butler Com Dept Virginia & N. Carolina via Fortress Monroe." Gen Butler referred to on the cover was Union Maj-Gen Benjamin F. "Beast" Butler who was in command at Fortress Monroe at the time. Unable to identify the POW who sent the cover. All postal markings and the "Approved' mark are full and clear. Cover is exceptionally clean, but the manuscript markings are just a little lightbut still fully legible. (The exhibit writeup identifies CSA Maj-Gen Matthew C. Butler as the general referred to on the cover. That is incorrect as the reference is to Union Maj-Gen Benjamin F. Butler.)

$500.00 SOLD

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