Civil War Special Mail Routes

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Sale 1238 — Index to Descriptions and Photos

Session One (lots 201-267): Wednesday, June 23, 2021, at 10:30 a.m.

• Express Mail for U.S. Forces Protecting Washington, D.C. Lot 201–207
• Precursor Express Mail Lot 208–219
• Suspension of United States Postal Routes Lot 220–235
• Express Mail Across the Lines Beginning June 15, 1861 Lot 236–267

Session Two (lots 268-420): Wednesday, June 23, 2021, at 1:30 p.m.

• Formal Flag-of-Truce Mail Across the Lines Lot 268–304
• Covert Mail Lot 305–315
• Trans-Mississippi Express Mail Lot 316–341
• Blockade-Run Mail Lot 342–359
• Trans-Rio Grande Mail Lot 360–363
• Express Mail in Confederate Territory Lot 364–386
• Express Mail in Southern Territory Occupied by U.S. Forces Lot 387–397
• Post-War Expresses Lot 398–420