Transatlantic mail between France and the USA and vice versa - The American Civil War; 1864 (June 4, datelined): Small cover with original
Transatlantic mail between France and the USA and vice versa - The American Civil War; 1864 (June 4, datelined): Small cover with original letter addressed to Captain Burckmyer at Charleston from his wife in Tours, endorsed "Kindness of Major Pierson", letter no. 45 with the usual cross-written content, handcarried by Mrs. Bruckmyer's neighbour, Major Pierson, a Frenchman serving in the Confederate Army via Halifax to Bermuda where loaded onto blockade runner 'Coquette', arrived Wilmington and hand carried to Richmond where Major Pierson, having checked into the Spotswood Hotel, posted the letter with CSA 10 c. blue, Die B (Scott CSA 12) on back, tied by "RICHMOND Va. JUL 15" circular datestamp. A very fine incoming blockade-run cover from the Burckmyer correspondence and a rare use with the 10c General Issue stamp paying the postage to its destination. Provenance: Collection Steven C. Walske, Robert Siegel sale 1154 (May 2017), lot 2470.