Lot 95825 – Cuba 1898 Spanish American War Pigeon Post

1898 flimsy sent from the U.S.S. “St Louis” to Key West naval base by CARRIER PIGEON, the message of thanks from Capt C.F. Goodrich to Rear Admiral C Carpenter (the commandant of the U.S. navy yard at Portsmouth, N.H.), handstamped ‘Property of Navy Yard, Portsmouth, N.H.’ A very rare example of pigeon post used during the Spanish American War.