PAT412

Stampless Soldiers Due cover with the Richmond, Va CDS Powell Type 3d 16 JUL 1862 with handstamp DUE 10 Type Q. CSA Use of a Captured Union Patriotic Cover with Seated Liberty design. The two color design (red and blue) is significantly misregistered giving the appearance of a double impression. Endorsed at upper right “Private M. Bradshaw 4th Va Cav Co E.” Addressed to Private Bradshaw’s family in Hallsboro, Chesterfield County, Virginia. Minor reduction on the right, some light foxing spots, and just a little edge wear. Ex- Morris Everett Collection, Ex-Kaufmann. Private Manson Bradshaw enlisted 6/4/1861. He is reported as captured as a POW at Williamsport MD 9/11/1862 (Sharpsburg Campaign) and confined at Fort Delaware but exchanged the following month. He is later listed as wounded in the neck and shoulder at Raccoon Ford (Va) 10/11/1863 and died of his wounds a few weeks later at the Chimborazo Hospital in Richmond on 11/1/1863.

$750.00

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