Lot
2731 
Confederate Blockade Runner Fox, Nassau to Charleston 1864. The second of eight inward runs to Charleston, privately carried to Charleston where that city oval STEAM-SHIP was applied and the letter was rated "12" cents postage to Richmond (ten cents postage plus two cents ship fee), Very Fine; with 1979 C.S.A. certificate stating a "Genuine Blockade Usage". Estimate $2,000 - 3,000.
The Fox, 325 tons, was sister ship to the Lucy, purpose-built at the same Liverpool shipyard. Also contracted to Fraser, Trenholm & Co., she survived the war.
Realized: $1,900