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Lot 1182

small circular handstamp on cover to Keene, Kentucky, 1861 3c Rose (65) tied by circle of wedges with matching "Chicago Ill Jan 8 '65" double circle datestamp, original enclosure datelined Camp Douglas January 6 includes very interesting content about life as a prisoner of war ("This has bin a very dry Christmas to us you may suppose...we had two turkeys, a quantity of sossage, dried beef, half dosen chickens and other things too numerous to mention"), cover trivial tears, very fine, a remarkable cover and letter, the Type II Camp Douglas handstamp was only used for a short period at the end of the war