Confederacy, Macon, Ga., 1861, 5¢ black on lemon-yellow. Large to huge margins, tied by "Macon Ga./Jun. 18" (1861) double circle postmark on neat buff cover to Berzelia, Ga., some docketing at left, Extremely Fine, pictured in Crown, ex-Emerson, Caspary & Weill. Scott No. 53X4  $6,000 for normal shade. One of the few example of the rare Lemon-Yellow shade and certainly one of the finest recorded examples of the Macon plain-ruled provisional. A beautiful cover.The 5¢ with plain ruled border is the first Macon provisional, and, based on a cover dated June 1st, it is probably the first provisional stamp issued in the Confederacy. Crown records 14 covers (all June 1861 dates). . $0 (Image)