postmarked at Mobile, Alabama on July 30, 2014. Blue printed portrait cachet #2557 by Alvin

Eckert #9964, USCS. Cover franked with 45 cent Mobile Bay Naval Battle stamp # 4911.

Cover with a DIY matte and 5x7 frame, makes a fine gift!

Cover prepared on an Archive Quality Envelope without gum on flap. 

Union Admiral David Dixon Porter made the Navy his career.  See his web pages for the details of his early life, his education and service history during the Civil War.

Seller has several different Civil War Generals and two other naval officers on listed covers.

Plus covers for over 80 Union and Confederate Ships. Check out my other items!

These items make fine gifts when mounted on a colored matte

and placed in a 5x7 picture frame.  Free US Shipping!