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Sale 61: The Fall Sale

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Prisoner of War Covers

Lots 1804-1805

Lot 1804    

Confederacy, Federal Prisoner of War Covers, small group of 7 including Elmira Prison, Camp Chase, to POW at Fort Warren Boston, two faulty covers to POW at Harts Island, two covers from Rock Island Ill. with blue examined oval and other with circular examiners marking, letter with stamp removed.
Estimate    $300 - 400.

Realized: $700

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Lot 1805    

Confederacy, Alexander Stephens, cover as Prisoner at Fort Warren in Boston Mass., address in his hand to "Hon. Linton Stephens, Sharta Ga." and routing endorsement "Through Maj. Gen'l Joseph Hooker, N.Y., By way of Savannah and Augusta Ga."; cover faulty, most of flap missing, Fine.
Estimate    $200 - 300.

Stephens was arrested at his home in Crawfordville, on May 11, 1865. He was imprisoned in Fort Warren, Boston Harbor, for five months until October 1865. In 1866, he was elected to the United States Senate by the first legislature convened under the new Georgia State Constitution, but was not allowed to take his seat because of restrictions on former Confederates.

Realized: $325

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Lots 1804-1805

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