Havana to Uniontown Ala. via Mobile Ala. 10c Blue, Die A (11), huge margins on three sides, full at top, tied by "Mobile Ala. Aug. 24" (1863) double-circle datestamp on small cover to "E. Emile Le Blanc, Care of J. D. B. DeBow, Mobile, Ala." with Mobile crossed out in another hand and redirected to Uniontown Ala., the back of the cover with manuscript "Examined JWH jr.", small cover tear at right does not affect the stamp, minor cover staining, Very Fine, while this cover in the past has been interpreted as a Louisiana Relief Committee cover originating in New Orleans and smuggled out to Mobile, based on other very similar covers from this correspondence it is more likely a blockade-run cover originating in Havana, Cuba, there are no enclosures or other docketing to definitively tie the cover to incoming blockade use, however this is a close match to other covers from the Le Blanc correspondence which originated in Havana and were sent through the care of DeBow, see our sale of the Walske collection (Sale 988, lot 333) for a similar cover, identically addressed, which originated in Havana and was endorsed by Provost Marshal J. C. Denis -- as well as additional information on DeBow

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