BLK36

Outgoing Blockade Cover from Savannah, Ga., to Rome, Italy, via Charleston, Nassau and London. From the well-known and well-documented Locke Correspondence which is known to have originated in Savannah, Ga. Addressed to Madam J. L. Locke, Baring Brothers of London, Parkenham, Hooke & Co, Rome, Italy. Period docketing indicates the letter (#62 in the correspondence) was dated 4 JUL 1863 and arrived in Sorrento, Italy, 26 AUG 1863. The envelope traveled under separate cover from Savannah via Charleston and Nassau to London. The blockade runner that carried the cover out of Charleston is not identified. In London, Barring Brothers removed the envelope from the separate cover. A London mark in red is on the front of the cover dated 17 AUG (1863) with a London red "PD" (Paid) mark and red "11" (11d as that was the single rate Britain to Italy) indicating that all postage had been paid. Barring Brothers received the cover in London and sent it on to Italy through the regular British postal system via France. French transit mark on the front of the cover dated 18 AUG 1863 and Italian receiving mark on the reverse dated in AUG 1863 and partially struck off the cover. The cover is listed in the Walske Census of Outbound Blockade Mail from the CSA via Nassau as BO-Nas-34. The Walske description mentions 2 Bahamas stamps on the cover, but that must be a mistake as there is no evidence that any stamps were ever on this cover. Ex-Kaufmann. CSA Certificate 2007.

$1,800.00

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