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Sale 96: The Robert S. Boyd Collection of US-German Mails

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CSA Blockade Mail

Lot 5012    

1863 (Jul. 7) Wilmington N.C. to Heidelberg, Germany via Charleston and Nassau, light buff cover to Henry Watson in Heidelberg, Germany, routed to Charleston and carried by blockade-runner Alice to Nassau arriving Jul. 7th, it entered the British Mails with partial red "Nassau, Paid, JY 11 63" cds with red crayon "2/8" double-weight credit rating, blue crayon "2" pence local rating, carried by Cunard Line Corsica from Nassau Jul. 31st to New York arriving Aug. 4th, then Cunard Line Africa from Boston Aug. 5th to Queenstown arriving Aug. 15th, red London Paid (8.17) transit datestamp and "PD" oval, Calais (8.18) transit datestamp, reverse with Paris-Strasbourg (8.18) and Heidelberg (8.19) framed arrival backstamps, pencil Aug. 19th receipt docketing, explicit route notations on back "Via Nassau, London, Calais, Paris, Strasbourg" as often found on this correspondence, Very Fine, ex-Walske.
Estimate    $1,500 - 2,000.

AN OUTSTANDING AND RARE BLOCKADE-RUN COVER TO GERMANY FROM THE WATSON CORRESPONDENCE.

This double-weight cover was prepaid 2s 10d for two-times the 1d local postage plus two-times the 1s 4d rate to Germany.

Realized: $1,350

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