Lot 3205
Confederacy, Blockade-Run Usage from Savannah Ga. to Rome, Italy, via Nassau, Bahamas. Buff cover from the "Locke" correspondence (#47), originating in Savannah on Dec. 29th, 1862 (docketed) & carried under separate cover, addressed to Rome in care of Baring Bros. in London, carried from Charleston to Nassau by blockade runner, delivered to Baring Brother forwarders in London & posted with red London Paid transit, French transit & Italian arrival postmark, flap torn, Very Fine and scarce usage, subject of an article in the Confederate Philatelist; with 2007 C.S.A. certificate.Estimate $1,000 - 1,500.
Realized: $1,250