United States Confederate States; 3c 1861 Postmasters' Provision
Sale No: 3010
Lot No:78
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61X1 (new 4AX1), 3c Carmine on white, Nashville Tenn unissued Postmaster's Provisional; horizontal strip of five showing all five varieties, without gum as issued, left stamp with tiny bit of top left corner reattached (just into frameline; not mentioned in cert.), still Very Fine; prepared for the original 3¢ rate in use by the US Post Office, but the rate was changed to 5¢ when the Confederacy took over postal operations; clear 1994 Confederate Stamp Alliance certificate (Scott $2,250) (Image 2)(Image)