National Postal Museum
Confederate blockade-run cover
1863
This letter went via Nassau ("Forwarded by S.A. Unders & Son"), most likely carried by the Cunard steamer Corsica from Havana on October 24, 1863, and arrived in Nassau on October 26. From Nassau it was carried by the blockade runner Scotia (II), which left Nassau around November 8 and arrived in Wilmington, North Carolina, on November 12, 1863. At Wilmington it was handstamped "Ship" with "12" in manuscript for the Confederate rate (ten cents plus a two-cent fee to the ship captain) that was due upon delivery, and then placed in the mails for Savannah, Georgia.
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