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FINE. AN ATTRACTIVE BLOCKADE-RUN COVER FROM CHARLESTON TO NEW YORK CITY VIA NASSAU WITH THE "NEW-YORK SHIP LETTER" DATESTAMP.
Carried on blockade-runner Scotia, dep. Charleston Sep. 26, 1862, arr. Nassau Sep. 30, missed the Sep. 29 sailing to New York and forwarder held it until Oct. 26, then Cunarder British Queen, dep. Nassau Oct. 27, arr. New York Nov. 1. The Scotia was active Jul. to Oct. 1862, 2 for 3 in successful trips, captured by the U.S.S. Restless on Oct. 24, 1862, while heading into Charleston.
Ex Everett (Image)
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VERY FINE. AN UNUSUAL ARRAY OF MARKINGS FOR AN OUTBOUND BLOCKADE-RUN COVER.
Carried on blockade-runner Leopard, dep. Charleston Jan. 14, 1863, arr. Nassau Jan. 19, forwarder paid 8p double rate in cash and sent on Cunarder British Queen, dep. Nassau Jan. 20, arr. New York Jan. 25. The Leopard was owned by Fraser Trenholm & Co., active Jun. 1862 to Apr. 1863, 8 for 9 in successful trips, it was renamed the Stonewall Jackson, ran aground and burned entering Charleston harbor on Apr. 12, 1863.
Illustrated in Confederate Philatelist (Jul-Aug. 1989, No. 250). Ex Antrim and Everett (Image)
FINE. AN EXTREMELY RARE EXAMPLE OF A SHIP-NAME ENDORSEMENT ON OUTBOUND BLOCKADE-RUNNING MAIL.
This cover had to have arrived after Apr. 1, 1863, based on the use of the "5" in circle due marking for British Packet mail. Ship-name endorsements on outgoing mail are very rare. The Wild Pigeon is not recorded anywhere as a blockade-running steamer. There was a schooner Wild Pigeon that was rammed and sunk on a blockade-running trip between Havana and Florida on Mar. 21, 1864, by the U.S.S. Hendrick Hudson (formerly the famed Confederate blockade-runner Florida).
Illustrated in Confederate Philatelist (Jul-Aug. 1989, No. 250). Ex Everett and Myerson. (Image)