5X1, 1861 Athens, Ga. 5¢ purple, type I single, large margins all around, light grid cancel, on cover addressed to Macon, Ga.; Athens GA PAID Feb 4 town marking at left; cover with small edge tears at top and backflap with small repairs (possibly replacing small portions of the backflap) otherwise Very Fine usage; noted in Francis J. Crown's 1982 census; 2016 Philatelic Foundation certificate(Scott $2,500) (Image)

CV. Starting Price 500

11X2a, 1861 Baton Rouge 5¢ green and Carmine, "McCcrmick" error single, clear to large margins except touching at upper left, tied by Baton Rouge La. Feb 20 town marking on 1862 cover addressed to Vernon, Mississippi; cover with light soiling and trivial toning along lower right edge, without backflap, otherwise Fine usage; one of only 7 covers recorded with this error, ex-Hessel (H. R. Harmer, 1975), "Stonewall" (1980); 1976 and 2016 Philatelic Foundation certificates (Scott $15,000) (Image)

CV. Starting Price 2,000

11X4, 1861 Baton Rouge, La. 10¢ blue, single, tied by Baton Rouge La. Dec 7 1861 town marking on legal sized orange cover addressed to Lake Charles, La.; General Land Office, Baton Rouge La corner card; cover reduced at left and with light creases, small edge tears and light soiling, reverse with hinge remnants; This is probably the unique example of this stamp on cover as Calhoun in his 2013 monograph says this is the only recorded cover and only three examples of this stamp have been recorded, two used examples off cover and this cover; illustrated in 1959 Dietz catalogue and in 2013 monograph on Baton Rouge by Richard L. Calhoun, ex-Caspary (H. R. Harmer, Sale 3, 1956), Dr. Graves, Rev. Freeland, Weill (1989); 2016 Philatelic Foundation certificate(Scott $75,000) (Image)

CV. Starting Price 35,000

16X1, 1861 Charleston SC 5¢ blue single, large horizontal margins, touching or into frame lines at the sides, tied by double circle Charleston SC Dec 3 1861 town marking on small cover addressed to Pocotaligo So. Ca.; stamp with some toning and the cover with tears on reverse; listed in Richard L. Calhoun's 2012 census as December 8; 2016 Philatelic Foundation certificate (Scott $2,500) (Image)

CV. Starting Price 500

47X1, 1861 Knoxville, Tenn 5¢ brick red, horizontal pair ample margins to just touched, attractive shade, tied by manuscript cancel on small cover to New Orleans La., double circle Knoxville Ten 11 Dec 1861 town marking at right, only two covers recorded with a horizontal pair and only one pair off cover; this cover with the top backflap added and some barely noticeable cosmetic improvements; ex-Walcott, Emerson, Moody (1950), Kilbourne (1999) andDr. Agre (2002), 2002 Confederate Stamp Alliance and 2016 Philatelic Foundation certificates (Scott $7,500) (Image)

CV. Starting Price 3,500

47XU1, 1861 Knoxville Tenn 5¢ blue on white entire without postmark, addressed to Clinton Tennessee; light soiling or toning; the 2012 CSA Handbook notes that "All recorded examples of the full envelope are addressed, but bear no postmark. All are considered postally used"; Fine usage; 2016 Philatelic Foundation certificate (Scott $2,500) (Image 2) (Image)

CV. Starting Price 750

49X1, 1861 Lenoir NC 5¢ blue and orange single, showing parts of frame lines on three sides, pencil "X" cancel, blue Lenoir N.C, Mar 25 town marking at center, boxed Davenport Female College Lenoir, N.C. corner card at upper left, addressed to "Talorsville N. C." (the sender probably meant Taylorville), cover lightly soiled and trivial edge toned spot, illustrated in 1986 Dietz catalogue and thought to be the finer of the two recorded college covers franked with the Lenoir postmaster provisional, ex-Hart, Rev. Freeland, Dr. Agre (2002), Weill (1989), 2003 Confederate Stamp Alliance and 2016 Philatelic Foundation certificates (Scott $15,000) (Image)

CV. Starting Price 5,000

52X1, 1861, Lynchburg Va. 5¢ blue single, clear to large margins except touching or into at top right and lower left, tied by dark blue Lynchburg Va Mar 30 town marking on homemade cover addressed to Bedford Va; cover with light vertical crease through address (not affecting the stamp); Calhoun's census records 25 covers with single frankings; ex-Seybold (1910), Emerson, and Caspary (H. R. Harmer, Sale3, 1956); 2016 Philatelic Foundation certificate (Scott $7,000) (Image)

CV. Starting Price 1,000

52XU1, 1861 Lynchburg Va 5¢ black on white entire uncancelled, indicia at top left of entire, addressed to Pamplin's Depot Va, manuscript "Original R. M. Glass P.M., 1861" inside entire under backflap bleeds through lightly to the front of the cover; entire without a portion of the backflap and minor ink spotting; there is a portion of a possible Virginia postmark on the reverse and a stamp may have been removed; fifteen or less examples of this provisional are thought to exist, Fine usage; ex-"Stonewall" (1980); 2016 Philatelic Foundation certificate which states that it is a genuine usage (Scott $4,000 as used, $700 as unused) (Image)

CV. Starting Price 300

56X2, 1861 Memphis Tenn 5¢ red horizontal pair tied by Memphis Ten town marking on 7 star Confederate Flag patriotic cover showing flagstaff with liberty cap, addressed to Berryville Va, cover with light soiling, an 8mm diagonal tear at bottom right and slightly reduced at right, otherwise Fine usage; ex-"Stonewall" (1980); 2016 Philatelic Foundation certificate (Scott $15,000) (Image)

CV. Starting Price 5,000

56X2, 1861 Memphis Tenn 5¢ red two singles, large margins at left and top, into at right and bottom, tied by "Memphis Ten. Nov 6" town marking on 11 star Confederate Flag and Verse patriotic cover (CSA handbook F11-8) showing "T" at the center of the flag to honor Tennessee's admission to the Confederacy, addressed to Texas; left stamp with a small margin tear, right stamp with faint diagonal crease and cover with age spotting; ex-Dr. Agre (2002); 1991 Confederate Stamp Alliance and 2016 Philatelic Foundation certificates (Scott $9,000 for single on patriotic and $15,000 for pair on patriotic) (Image)

CV. Starting Price 3,000

56X2, 1861 Memphis Tenn 5¢ red single overlaps 5¢ red on orange Memphis Tenn entire (Scott 56XU3) addressed to Littleton NC, both cancelled with Memphis Ten town marking, the stamp with tears at upper left and lower right, the entire reduced at left, one of only a handful of covers known with this combination usage, only 3 Confederate post offices issued both adhesives and entires; ex-Caspary (H. R. Harmer, Sale 3, 1956), Matz, "Stonewall" (1980); 2016 Philatelic Foundation certificate (Scott $6,000) (Image)

CV. Starting Price 2,000

58X2, 1861 Mobile Ala 5¢ blue single, large margins except into at top and touching at lower left, tied by double circle Mobile Ala on amber cover with blue embossed corner card in the shape of a belt, addressed to Mrs. John J. Walker, Choctaw Agency, Oktibbeeha Mississippi, backflap repaired by the replacement of a small missing portion; ex-"Atlanta" (1981), Dr. Agre (2002), 2002 Confederate Stamp Alliance and 2016 Philatelic Foundation certificates(Scott $2,000) (Image)

CV. Starting Price 2,000

61X3, 1861 Nashville Tenn 5¢ brick red single, ample to large margins, tied by blue Nashville Ten Jul 11 1861 town marking on cover addressed to Valley Head Ala; cover with trivial light soiling at lower right, without a portion of the top backflap and slightly reduced at top, stamp with minor gum toning; Very Fine usage; signed "OK Aug. Dietz Apr 12, 1935" on backflap; 2016 Philatelic Foundation certificate (Scott $3,500) (Image)

CV. Starting Price 750

61X5, 1861 Nashville Tenn 5¢ violet brown, Tete-Beche block of twelve (3 x 4) containing three tete-beche pairs and 6 normal stamps, the two blocks of six have identical positions in the sheet (positions 2 to 4 and 7 to 9), excellent color, part o.g., some strengthened or repaired creases or tears; extremely rare, one of only two blocks thought to exist, both with similar margins, but the other block is possibly in lesser condition based on the auction description in Caspary; ex-Caspary (H.R. Harmer, Sale 3, 1956); 2016 Philatelic Foundation certificate (Scott $22,500 as 6 unused stamps and three tete-beche pairs) (Image 2) (Image)

CV. Starting Price 10,000

61X6, 1861 Nashville Tenn 10¢ green single, ample to large margins except into frame line at top left, nicely tied by blue oval "Adams Express Co. Nashville" express marking on 3¢ Star Die (Scott U26), additionally franked with US 3¢ dull red perforated (Scott 26) with natural straight edge at right, tied by "Adams Ex. Co. Louisville, KY Jul 30 1861", entire addressed to Norfolk Va.; manuscript "4/" express charge at top center of entire; small opening tears at the top of the entire have been skillfully repaired (not affecting the stamps); entire was carried by Adams Express to Nashville where it was turned over to the Confederate Post Offices and the Nashville 10¢ stamp applied to pay the postage to Norfolk, only six covers franked with the 10¢ Nashville are thought to exist and only two covers used with US postage; ex-Muzzy (H. R. Harmer, 1967), Richey, and Gallagher (1987); 2016 Philatelic Foundation certificate(Scott $90,000) (Image)

CV. Starting Price 40,000

62X4, 1861 New Orleans La. 5¢ red brown on bluish, large margins all around including sheet margin at bottom with partial imprint, straight line "PAID" cancel; Extremely Fine (Scott $200) (Image)

CV. Starting Price 100

62X4, 1861 New Orleans La. 5¢ red brown on bluish single, large margins all around, partial imprint below stamp, tied by "Pd 5 cts N O P. O." two line provisional handstamp on orange cover addressed to Livonia (La.); straightline "J. L. Riddell P.M." handstamp below manuscript "Missent free" at top center of cover, light strike of double circle New Orleans LA. Nov 27 1861 postmark at left; cover with light creases and light soiling; only 15 examples of the New Orleans provisional handstamp used to cancel stamps is thought to exist, there is another cover mailed on the same date showing the same combination of postmarks; Fine usage; ex-"Stonewall" (1980); 2016 Philatelic Foundation certificate (Image)

CV. Starting Price 750

65X1, 1861 Petersburg Va. 5¢ red single, large margin at top, portions of the stamp to the right, just touching at lower left, tied by blue "Petersburg Va Nov 8 5cts" postmark on amber cover to Palmer Springs Va with dark blue Grocers & Commission Merchants corner card; cover with minor edge wear, Very Fine usage; ex-Dr. Agre (2002); 2002 Confederate Stamp Alliance and 2016 Philatelic Foundation certificates (Scott $2,500 for normal cover) (Image)

CV. Starting Price 1,000

65X1, 1861 Petersburg Va. 5¢ red single, clear to large margins except just touching two ornaments at lower left, tied by blue Petersburg Va Dec 17 town marking on cover addressed to Hillsboro N.C., trivial cover tear at lower left and small water spot in address, otherwise Very Fine usage; 2016 Philatelic Foundation certificate (Scott $2,500) (Image)

CV. Starting Price 500

78X1, 1861 Spartanburg SC 5¢ black on white, cut to shape as are almost all known examples, tied by straightline "PAID" on orange cover addressed to "Spartan Rifles, 5th Regt. South Carolina Volunteers, Richmond Va.", manuscript "P.M. at Richmond will please forward to Col Jenkins Head Quarters" directional notation at upper left; cover without bottom backflap and small edge faults along the bottom edge, minor staining near the stamp and a diagonal crease at the top right of the stamp; only twenty examples of this Postmaster Provisional are thought to exist on cover; signed E. Stern, ex-Hessel (H. R. Harmer, 1975); 2016 Philatelic Foundation certificate (Scott $20,000) (Image)

CV. Starting Price 7,500