Union Prisoner-of-War Cover
National Postal Museum

Union Prisoner-of-War Cover

1864

paper; ink / handwritten, handstamped
National Postal Museum
CC0 — Public Domain
National Postal Museum

The envelope, postmarked Delaware City, Delaware, August 9, 1864, bears a Federal prison mark, indicating examination of the prisoner's letter. A concentric circle killer was used to cancel the postage stamp.

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