Lot
1230 
(Naval) U.S. Steam Frigate "Powhatan" - Per Pilot, ship endorsement on 1864, 3¢ pink entire uprated with 1861, 3¢ rose tied by "Boston, Oct 11" cds and quartered cork duplex, to Cincinnati, O., with two original Boston Harbor enclosures, one datelined "Oct 8/65" with interesting content…"We have dropped down the Harbor some three or four miles & are now near Ft. Warren - (the Fort where the great Rebel prisoners Alex'n H. Stephens & Co. are confined)", and a second departing letter datelined "Oct 11/65" announcing the ships departure "[Per the Pilot]", accompanied by a 1865 "The Pilot Office, Boston, Mass." corner card cover, Very Fine, believed to be the only cover endorsed "Per Pilot". Scott No. 65 Estimate $400 - 600.
The Pilot was the vessel which guided ships in and out of the Boston Harbor for a fee.