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USA #65 Wilmington, Del, to Philadelphia 4 JUL (no year date). This is strictly a Union cover, but it is related to the topic in that it is addressed to Henry Flanders Esq, U.S. Prize Commisioner, 113 South 5th St., Philadelphia, Pa. Henry Flanders, a maritime attorney and an authority on maritime law, was the commisioner of one of two prize courts (the other prize court was in New York City) that dealt with captured Confederate vessels, particularly blockade runners. Mail captured on a blockade runner would be used as evidence in court to prove that the vessel was indeed a blockade runner and originated in a Confederate port. Henry Flanders would annotate such "Prize Court Covers" in magenta ink and intial them "HF." Such "Prize Court Covers" are scarce. This is an interesting cover related to this topic because of the prize court connection and also because period docketing indicates that the original contents no longer with the cover refers to the Schooner Wonder. Could find no specific reference to the Schooner Wonder, but she may have been an obscure Confederate blockade runner that was captured. Very Fine.

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