Lot
2039 
Pine Bluff, Ark, May 31, 1861, clear sharp strike of cds canceling on U.S. 1855, 3¢ Nesbitt entire (U10) to New Orleans, La. from the Buchanan & Carroll correspondence, Very Fine and choice, this was the last day of the U.S. rates in the Confederacy; with 1998 C.S.A. certificate.Estimate $750 - 1,000.
ONE OF THREE REPORTED COVERS FROM ARKANSAS MAILED ON MAY 31ST 1861.
At midnight on May 31, 1861, the United States Post Office Department ceased mail operations in the Confederate States and prohibited further mail dispatch from the northern states into the Confederacy.
Realized: $1,000