The Spring Sale

Jefferson Davis, signature on Aug. 16th 1883 United States Post Office Dept. registry return receipt card, front side with "Beauvoir Miss. Aug 20" cds and instructions to return to the Chief of Engineers U.S. Army, blue registrations numbers; some corner creases and slight wear, Very Fine signature and most unusual on a Post Office return receipt.

Estimate  ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦  $500 - 750.

Jefferson Davis's post-war home (1876-1889) was the Beauvoir estate, built in Biloxi, Mississippi, along the Gulf of Mexico.

Old Capitol Prison, Washington D.C., mostly clear strike of " Passed W. P. Wood Supt. Military Prison " examiner's circular handstamp on orange prisoner-of-war drop cover bearing 2¢ black (73) , tied by four-ring cancel duplexed with "Washington D.C. Oct 22" cds, 1864 docketing at left, barely reduced at right, Very Fine, ex-Faust, Flannery .

Estimate  ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦  $500 - 750.

A SCARCE BLACK JACK PRISONER-OF-WAR USE FROM THIS WASHINGTON D.C. MILITARY PRISON.