Lot
4577 
Confederacy, Point Lookout, Point Lookout, Md., buff cover to Parks Store, N.C., franked with United States 1861 3¢ rose tied by "Point Lookout, Md. Sep. 13, '64" duplex target cancel, examiner's octagonal handstamp and "Richmond Va., Sep. 27" cds alongside, additional partial "Due 10" handstamp straightline, manuscript soldier's name and unit (11th N.C. Regt.) at left, Very Fine.Scott No. 65 Estimate $200 - 300.
Point Lookout was the largest Union prison, being established Aug. 1, 1863. The prison consisted of two enclosures of flat sand, one about thirty acres and the other about ten acres, each surrounded by a fifteen feet high fence.
Realized: $250