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Confederate flag-of-truce cover
Object Details
- Description
- This envelope is from one of the Hincks brothers to his sister Lida. The December 3, 1864, letter was censored, and then it was sent out to be exchanged locally between Charleston and Hilton Head. It entered the regular U.S. mail at Old Point Comfort on December 11th. The 1861 3-cent stamp carried it to occupied New Orleans.
- Data Source
- National Postal Museum
- Date
- 1864
- Object number
- 2005.2005.88
- Type
- Covers & Associated Letters
- Medium
- paper; ink (black); adhesive / handwriting; stamping; engraving
- Place of Destination
- New Orleans, Louisiana
- Place of Origin
- Virginia
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- Topic
- Covers & Letters
- Record ID
- npm_2005.2005.88
- Usage
- CC0
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