Lot
4379 
Confederacy, [Prize Court Mail] "Charleston May 10 1863", datelined enclosed letter of homemade cover from Mrs. Catherine Hancock to a daughter who spent the War in a Fort Hill N.Y. convent, carried privately on an outbound blockade runner, ship was seized by the U.S. Navy and this became evidence at the Philadelphia Prize Court, "No. 10., H.L." docketing of Henry Flanders as Philadelphia Prize Court Commissioner and red ms. "114" for the case number; some wrinkling, Very Fine, ex-Brugh. Estimate $750 - 1,000.
A RARE PHILADELPHIA PRIZE COURT COVER TAKEN FROM A CAPTURED VESSEL.
Henry Flanders was the Philadelphia Prize Court Commissioner. He was a prominent maritime lawyer in Philadelphia and was married to a South Carolina lady. The enclosed letter describes a way to get mail back to Charleston using the good offices of a kind gentleman of that city, thereby avoiding the less reliable flag of truce mails.
Realized: $700