Lot
1720 
(Naval Blockade) Boston Mass Apr 21, red cds on cover bearing 1¢ blue (63) and 3¢ rose (65), neatly arranged at side of cover and tied by two strikes of "Paid" framed cancel addressed to "Henry White, Masters Mate, U.S.A. Steamer Hendric Hudson, Eastern Gulf Blockading Squadron, Key West, Fla.", small multicolor label affixed at center showing design of Cupid, original 1863 enclosure; small stamp flaws, F.-V.F. Estimate $150 - 200.
The 460 ton steam screw USS "Hendrick Hudson" was built in 1859 as the Florida, a commercial vessel. After being seized in New Orleans by the Confederates in January 1862, she successfully ran the Federal blockade to Cuba with a cargo of cotton and returned with a load of rifles and gunpowder. Captured in New Orleans by a Union expedition in April 1862, she was fitted out as a gunboat and renamed. She served off the Florida coast for the remainder of the war, capturing three Confederate sailing blockade runners.
Realized: $450