Blockade-Run Cover to Charleston S.C. Cover with "Little Hattie" blockade-runner designation, "Paid 2" in circle handstamp applied at Charleston for drop rate, docketing inside top flap reads "It don't make any difference about the rate of exchange buy it. JGB", minor insect erosion at lower right corner

EXTREMELY FINE. AN OUTSTANDING AND VERY RARE BLOCKADE-RUN COVER, ENDORSED WITH THE SHIP'S NAME AND TREATED AS A DROP LETTER IN CHARLESTON -- EACH ELEMENT OF THIS COVER IS NOTEWORTHY.

The Little Hattie (W. S. Lebby, Master) made 12 attempts at running the blockade with 10 successful voyages from June 1864 to February 1865. This cover was carried thru the blockade into Charleston, but the absence of a date makes it impossible to determine which trip was involved. Although blockade-run covers addressed to the port of arrival are usually rated 6c, in this case the letter appears to have been carried by someone and brought to the post office where 2c was paid for the drop-letter rate. We know of no other example of this use.

With 2003 P.F. certificate

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