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Confederate States Stamps and Covers, United States Postal History, General Foreign Stamps and Cover continued...

Confederate States: Postmasters Provisionals: Madison C.H. thru Milledgeville

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594

Madison Court House Fla., 3c Gold on Bluish (3AX1). Margins completely clear all around, fresh golden-bronze color, neat ms. "(P)aid in (Money)" cancel applied by Postmaster Samuel J. Perry, thin spot at top and small indentation to right of "Cents"

VERY FINE APPEARANCE. ONE OF ONLY SIX RECORDED EXAMPLES OF THE MADISON COURT HOUSE POSTMASTER'S 3-CENT PROVISIONAL, AND THE STAMP THAT DEFINITIVELY LINKED THE MADISON PROVISIONAL TO ITS POSTMASTER, SAMUEL J. PERRY.

The Madison Court House Provisional was the subject of a definitive article by Patricia A. Kaufmann in the American Philatelist and the Confederate Philatelist (the article, with updates, can be viewed at http://www.webuystamps.com/madison.htm). The Madison Provisional is one of six stamps that the Scott Catalogue now lists separately as "3c 1861 Postmasters' Provisionals". They are distinct from the 5c and 10c Confederate Provisionals in that the postmasters who issued the stamps were still technically under the control of the U.S. Post Office Department, and were remitting postal receipts to the Department (and were avoiding ordering new U.S. stamps in anticipation of a final change in administrative control of their offices). The 1861 Provisionals are all 3c adhesives or handstamps, reflecting the then-current U.S. letter rate.

This example of the Madison Court House stamp was instrumental in Kaufmann's efforts to have the stamps be declared genuine and listed separately from the 5c and 10c Provisionals. It bears the handwriting of Madison Court House Postmaster Samuel J. Perry. The portion of "(P)aid in (Money)" that appears on this stamp was compared to archival samples of Perry's handwriting by experts and determined to match. In a letter to J.W. Scott, reprinted in an 1872 issue of The American Journal of Philately, Perry specifically states that letters franked with his stamp had "Paid in Money" applied to them.

Only five off-cover examples of Scott 3AX1 are recorded, including the unique "CNETS" error, and only one on-cover example is recorded. This is the only example known with the "Paid in Money" cancel. There is also a unique Madison 5c Provisional press-printed entire, listed in the regular C.S.A. Provisional section (137XU1).

Ex Ferrary and Moody. "W.H.C." (Warren H. Colson) backstamp (Image)

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12,500.00

SOLD for $19,500.00
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595

Athens Ga., 5c Purple (5X1). Type II, margins to slightly in, beautiful dark shade and perfect impression showing all of the slips of the woodcutter's tool (most prominent in "P.M."), tied by grid on small cover to Richmond Va. and forwarded to Yorktown Va., light strike of "Athens Ga. Oct. 23 Paid" (1861) circular datestamp, "5" and "Paid" handstamps at upper right -- apparently rated 5c at Athens, then uprated to 10c for distance over 500 miles -- embossed seal on flap, few faint toned spots, barely reduced at top, Very Fine, a remarkable combination use of the Athens adhesive provisional and handstamped Paid, ex Wiseman, signed Ashbrook, with 2008 C.S.A. certificate (Image)

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2,500.00

SOLD for $1,700.00
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596

Athens Ga., 5c Purple (5X1). Horizontal pair, left stamp Type I, right stamp Type II, huge margins to just in at lower right, cancelled by light strikes of grid, "Athens Ga. Oct. 25 Paid" (1861) circular datestamp on cover to Yorktown Va., few faint toned spots, slightly reduced at right and small mended nick in cover at right

VERY FINE APPEARING DOUBLE-RATE FRANKING WITH THE ATHENS PROVISIONAL. THIS TYPE I-II COMBINATION REFLECTS THE TWO-SUBJECT WOODCUT ENGRAVING.

Fewer than 20 pairs of the Athens 5c Purple provisional on cover are known. With 1980 C.S.A. certificate (Image)

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5,500.00

SOLD for $2,100.00
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597

Baton Rouge La., 2c Green (11X1). Unused (no gum), full margins to just touched, bright color, sealed diagonal tear at left touches the word "Baton"

VERY FINE APPEARANCE. A RARE UNUSED EXAMPLE OF THE 2-CENT BATON ROUGE POSTMASTER'S PROVISIONAL.

Only four unused examples of the Baton Rouge 2c provisional are recorded, including one with the "McCcrmick" error (11X1a). None is sound.

Ex Ferrary (with his purple trefoil mark on back) (Image)

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8,000.00

SOLD for $7,000.00
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598

Baton Rouge La., 5c Green & Carmine (11X2). Full margins three sides, just clear at bottom, neat part strike of Baton Rouge circular datestamp, couple tiny thin specks and small corner repair at bottom right adding two corner triangles portion of design,Very Fine appearance (Image)

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1,400.00

SOLD for $800.00
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599

Charleston S.C., 2c Brown, 10c Blue Green, Essays on Wove (Dietz E-11-E12). Large even margins, fresh colors, both with trivial thin spots, the 2c and 10c Charleston "Essays" are very rare, each with 1988 P.F. certificate (Image)

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E. 2,000-3,000

SOLD for $5,250.00
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600

Charleston S.C., 5c Blue (16X1). Large to huge margins three sides showing full framelines and portion of adjoining stamp at bottom, top left just touching frameline, tied by lightly struck "Charleston S.C. Dc. 5, 1861" circular datestamp on cover addressed to Hon. W. G. De Saussure, Secretary Treasurer of South Carolina at Columbia S.C., light horizontal fold clear of stamp, backflap removed and expert repair top center, Extremely Fine stamp on an attractive cover, with 1990 C.S.A. certificate, Lieutenant Colonel Wilmot Gibbes DeSaussure (1822-1886) of the 1st Artillery Regiment of the South Carolina Militia, which was later absorbed into the Army of the Confederate States of America, commanded Fort Moultrie on Sullivan's Island, December 1860-January 1861, and artillery at Morris Island, March-April 1861, in the harbor of Charleston, S.C. (Image)

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2,500.00

SOLD for $1,300.00
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601

Charleston S.C., 5c Blue entire (16XU1). Bold "Charleston S.C. Sep. 14, 1861" circular datestamp on cover to Flat Rock N.C., expert repaired tears top left corner and at top barely into datestamp, Extremely Fine appearance, a remarkably fresh and attractive example of this rare press-printed provisional entire (Image)

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4,000.00

SOLD for $2,100.00
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602

Columbia S.C., 5c Blue entire (18XU1). Clear strike with blue "Paid" and "Columbia S.C. 4 Dec." circular datestamp on cover to Charleston S.C., horizontal file fold thru datestamp and top flap tear, otherwise Very Fine (Image)

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900.00

SOLD for $475.00
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603

Columbia S.C., 5c Blue entire, Seal on Back (18XU4a). Remarkably clear strike of oval provisional handstamp on side backflap, "Paid" in circle and "5" rate handstamp with matching bold "Columbia S.C. Jul. 26" (1861) circular datestamp on yellow cover to Chester S.C., flap folded out, stains expertly removed, Extremely Fine appearance (Image)

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1,250.00

SOLD for $700.00
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604

Columbus Ga., 10c Red entire (19XU2). Bold strike of red provisional handstamp, partly clear "Columbus Ga. Nov. 10" circular datestamp on yellow cover to Terrill Artillery, Richmond Va., backflap removed, slightly reduced at top

VERY FINE. AMONG THE FINEST OF THE KNOWN EXAMPLES OF THE 10-CENT COLUMBUS PROVISIONAL AND THE LATEST LISTED IN THE CROWN CENSUS.

The Crown census lists five examples of the 10c Columbus. While there are a few known outside the census, there are probably fewer than ten total in existence

Ex Kilbourne (Image)

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2,250.00

SOLD for $3,000.00
Will close during Public Auction