Lot
1662 
Confederacy, Point Lookout, Md., orange Prisoner of War cover addressed to Mrs. Mary Crist, Middlebrook Va. bearing for C.S.A. postage 10¢ blue (12), four margins, tied by "Richmond Va., Sep 29" cds, and for U.S. postage 3¢ rose (65) tied by target cancel duplexed with "Delaware City, Del, Sep" cds, framed "Prisoner's Letter, Sept. 6, 1864, Examined" handstamp, endorsed "via Flag of Truce" at lower left, original enclosed letter headed "Prisoners Camp Point Lookout Md. Sept. 5th/64" from Ezra Thomas Smith to his mother reading in part "…I am in tolerbly health at this time I have been crippled up with pains in my legs so that I can hardly walk but I am getting better…Direct to me prisoner of war Company E. 7th Division Point Lookout Maryland, via Flag of Truce, you can pay the postage with a bit of silver by sending it to richmond get the post master to fix it for you…", Very Fine. Estimate $750 - 1,000.
Realized: $1,250