Sale 3036: United States, British Commonwealth, and Foreign Stamps, Covers and Collections Session 1: United States

Salisbury Prison, Salisbury N.C., stampless flag of truce inner cover from the North to "Joseph L. Parry, Prisoner of War Salisbury N.C." two US pencil censor markings "Exd" and "Ex-", entered Southern mails and struck with a blue "Petersburg Va. Jul 13" cds with matching "Paid" and "10" ratings, CSA manuscript "Ex WPJ" censor marking at the top, Very Fine, a scarce example from the short-lived Petersburg exchange route used only May through September 1862.; 2008 P.F. certificate.rnJoseph L. Parry was chief engineer on the U.S. transport steamer Union when it ran aground on November 3, 1861, on the North Carolina coast. Parry was held at Salisbury Prison until his exchange in September 1862. The Parry correspondence to and from the prison was described in two articles by Lawrence Lohr in the Confederate Philatelist in 1995 and 2008.Sale 3036: General Sale Session 1 - United States Stamps and Covers