Lot
3172 
Confederacy, Camp Hoffman, Point Lookout, Md. "Turned Cover", outer envelope from prisoner interned in Camp Hoffman, Point Lookout, Md. with the only address "By Flag of Truce via Fortress Monroe, Virginia", franked with 1861, 3¢ rose (65, defective) tied by target cancel with "Point Lookout, Md. Feb 8" (1864) cds at bottom left, additional large oval "Approved J.N. Patterson Capt. & Provost Marshal, Point Lookout, Md." censor's handstamp, cover turned and used to Manchester, S.C., franked with CSA 1863-64 10¢ blue (11) tied by Richmond, Va., docketed "M.T. Clarke, May 1864" on inside, Very Fine, Signed "P.A. Kaufman" in pencil on backflap.Estimate $2,000 - 3,000.
THIS IS THE ONLY ACROSS THE LINES PRISONER OF WAR TURNED COVER.
This outer envelope should have been destroyed but instead it was reused a second time. C.S. Navy Lt. Maxwell T. Clarke commanding the "C.S.S. Roanoke" was assigned to make Flag of Truce runs between Richmond and City Point. Clarke salvaged this envelope that should have been destroyed and used it to write to his sister.