Lot
4541 
Confederacy, Roper Hospital, Charleston S.C., cover to addressed to Erie, Pa. franked with 3¢ Rose (65) tied by "Port Royal, S.C. Sep 17, '64" double circle postmark and target, endorsed at top left "Lt. Col. McCreary, Prisoner of War, Charleston, S.C." and manuscript "Via Flag of Truce" at lower left, pencil notation "Exam" (CSA censor) and "Ex H." (Col. E.N. Howell, U.S. censor), cover with staining along left edge.Scott No. 65 Estimate $400 - 600.
Excellent Flag-of-Truce cover exchanged via C.S.A.-controlled Pocotaligo and U.S.-controlled Port Royal, much rarer than mail exchanged in Virginia.
Realized: $725