The Brandon Collection, Part 1: Postmasters' Provisionals continued...

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VERY FINE APPEARANCE. A SPECTACULAR COMBINATION FRANKING OF THE MEMPHIS 5-CENT POSTMASTER'S PROVISIONAL ENTIRE AND THE 5-CENT GREEN GENERAL ISSUE. ONLY NINE COVERS ARE RECORDED SHOWING CONJUNCTIVE USE OF A CONFEDERATE PROVISIONAL AND A GENERAL ISSUE STAMP -- AND THIS IS THE ONLY EXAMPLE KNOWN FROM MEMPHIS.

We record a total of nine covers with combinations of Confederate provisionals (either adhesive, press printed or handstamped) and General Issue stamps to prepay postage -- we have excluded from this count a few covers on which the provisional served no postal duty. In our opinion, these combination frankings are significant and quite undervalued -- imagine what price would be paid for a Baltimore provisional handstamped entire with a U.S. 5c 1847 stamp, or a St. Louis "Bear" and 1847 combination.

The following is a list of the eight mixed-franking covers:

1) Columbia S.C. (18XU1) and 5c Green (1), Jan. 4, 1862, Siegel Sale 810, lot 1862

2) Columbia S.C. (18XU1) and 5c Green (1), Jan. 1, 1862, Crown book, p. 80, offered in lot 223

3) Columbia S.C. (18XU1) and 5c Blue, Local (7), Sep. 1, 1862, Siegel Sale 810, lot 1861

4) Charleston S.C. (16X1, repaired) and 5c Blue, London (6), Aug. 5, 1862

5) Lexington Miss. 5c Black entire (50XU1) and 5c Light Blue, London (6), Oct. 1862, offered in lot 277

6) Memphis Tenn. 5c Red entire (56XU2) and 5c Green (1), Nov. 20, 1861, the cover offered here

7) New Orleans La. 5c Brown on Blue (62X4) and 5c Green (1), Jan. 11, 1862, Siegel 1983 Rarities sale, ex Skinner, Siegel Sale 958, lot 794

8) Petersburg Va. 5c Red (65X1) and 5c Green (1), Jan. 5, 1862, ex Muzzy

9) Petersburg Va. 5c Red (65X1) and 5c Green (1), Feb. 7, 1862, ex Kilbourne

With 2009 C.S.A. certificate (Image)

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