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English: Confederate blockade-run cover This cover is from one of the Hincks brothers to his father. The letter was probably placed aboard a blockade runner and handed over in Nassau to a ship bound for New Orleans. Upon arrival in New Orleans on January 8, 1865, the letter was treated as an unpaid incoming ship letter and marked with ten cents due.
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Smithsonian National Postal Museum
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current01:15, 4 July 2014Thumbnail for version as of 01:15, 4 July 20141,290 × 720 (217 KB)Gwillhickerscropped lop-sided border; enhanced clarity
15:36, 18 November 2010Thumbnail for version as of 15:36, 18 November 20101,400 × 800 (675 KB)Gwillhickers{{Information |Description={{en|1=Confederate blockade-run cover This cover is from one of the Hincks brothers to his father. The letter was probably placed aboard a blockade runner and handed over in Nassau to a ship bound for New Orleans. Upon arrival