Americana Stamps

Lot #: 5120

Cover Written Aboard the USS Vanderbilt During the Search for the USS Alabama

3c Rose with grid cancel, and black JAN 30 New Bedford, Mass cds on cover to New York with manuscript "2" and black "SHIP." Manuscript "Ship Letter US Seamer Vanderbilt."

This cover was given to another ship by the writer on the "Vanderbilt" and brought to New Bedford, Mass. It was written during the period where the Vanderbilt had orders to search for the CSS Alabama.

Opening: $60
Estimate: $100 - $200
Category: Civil War Postal History, Union Civil War Mail River Gunboat and Costal Blockade Squadron
Catalogue: Scott 65