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Item# 18241
Price: $1,800
OUTGOING BLOCKADE-RUN cover from Savannah Ga. to Rome, Italy, via Nassau, Bahamas from the well-known Locke correspondence, originating in Savannah on July 24, 1863 (docketed), addressed to Mrs. J[ohn] L[orenzo Locke, Rome, Italy, care of Baring Bros. in London, carried from Charleston on the blockade-runner Margaret & Jessie, departing August 1, 1863, arriving Nassau Aug. 4, held by forwarder until next sailing for New York, backstamped "Bahamas AU 22 1863 B", carried from Nassau to New York, then by Cunarder China (Aug. 26) to Queenstown (Sep. 4), manuscript "Postage 1/-" plus "Fine 1/- Colonial claim", total "2/2" due, docketing across top indicating Sorrento as final destination, small edge wrinkles and tears, Very Fine, Walske census No. BO-Nas-36. Ex Walske with his notes on verso. $1,800.