Lot
2489 
Confederacy, Fort Delaware Prison, Delaware City, Del., incoming circa 1863 cover addressed to 1st Lieut. J.H. Richards, Company B, 5th Delaware, Garrison Ft. Delaware, Del., reverse with uncancelled Westtown, 1853-67 (2¢) gold local stamp on flap, entered mails with U.S. 1861, 3¢ rose, couple small flaws, tied by "Street Road Pa. Jul" cds, red ms. "R.E. Griffith" docketing at right; cover faulty at left with some paper loss, Fine and scarce Westtown use to Civil War prison. Scott No. U.S. #65 + 145L2 Estimate $150 - 200.
The 5th Delaware Volunteer Infantry, organized Oct. 25th - Nov. 26th, 1862, was garrison at Fort Delaware and handled guard duty on the Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore Railroad until mustered out Aug. 12th 1863. The Westtown local stamps were used on outgoing letters from the Westtown boys' school to pay a carrier fee of 2¢, as payment for cost of stage carrier to the post office at Chester Pa (until 1859) and later Street Road P.O.
Realized: $190