PRIZE COURT MAIL: WALHALLA S.C. APR 15 (1862), cds with matching oblong-boxed  PAID and manuscript "5" rate on folded letter to Wm Marscher, 46 State Street, Charleston, S.C., letter datelined 1862, carried privately on a blockade runner; ship was seized by the U.S. Navy and this letter became evidence at the Philadelphia Prize Court, "No. 13., H.L." docketing of Henry Flanders, a prominent lawyer who served as Philadelphia Prize Court Commissioner and red manuscript "88" for the case number; some light edge staining. See articles section for more information on Prize Courts. $800.