United States Stamps & Postal History
April 22, 2020
We are pleased to present our April 22, 2020 sale of United States Stamps and Postal History, featuring the collection of Richard Carl. With 740 lots, we have nice sections of Stampless Covers, Free Franks and Autographed letters, Postmasters' Provisionals, an excellent range of imperf. Classics and other 19th Century used and unused, including Fancy Cancels, Civil War Patriotics, Territorial covers, 20th Century with Regular Issues and Commemoratives to $5, Large Die Proofs, Modern Errors and varieties. Back of the book includes Air Post, Postage Dues and more, followed by Confederate States, U.S. Possessions and Large Lots and Collections. Scattered throughout are many graded stamps and plate blocks. Printed catalogs are available on request.
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #692 CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA Prisoner of War & Flag of Truce covers 1864 two "Flag of Truce" covers, one with 3c U.S. and pair of 5c Confederate stamps, endorsed "Pleasant Grove, N.C. July 8", also "Via Fortress Monroe", most of the address portion missing, still legible "S.G. Crawford, Block 12, Mess 1", probably a Union P.O.W camp; other cover with 10c Confederate canceled by red Petersburg, VA, in combination with U.S. 3c to a Confederate POW at Union Prison Camp Point Lookout, Md, "Old Point Comfort, VA" transit, without censor markings, cover considerably aged, both with extensive Molesworth write-ups in pencil (Point Lookout was the largest and one of the worst Union prisoner-of-war camps, established on August 1, 1863. It was located at the extreme tip of St. Mary's County, on the long, low, and barren peninsula where the Potomac River joins Chesapeake Bay)  | Price Realized $450.00 |
