National Postal Museum
Confederate flag-of-truce cover
1864
This envelope is from one of the Hincks brothers to John Williams. The November 18, 1864, letter was censored and sent out to be exchanged locally between Charleston and Hilton Head. It entered the regular U.S. mail at Old Point Comfort on November 27th. The 1861 3-cent stamp carried it to occupied New Orleans.
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