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EXTREMELY FINE STRIKE. ONE OF THE FINEST OF THE RARE JONESBORO HANDSTAMPED PROVISIONALS. ONLY TEN EXAMPLES ARE RECORDED IN BLUE.
Jonesboro (also spelled Jonesborough) is Tennessee’s oldest town and was originally part of North Carolina. It was one of the towns in eastern Tennessee that joined to form the State of Franklin, which never received congressional approval. Jonesboro was the source of abolitionist activity before the war, and many residents remained pro-Union even after Tennessee joined the Confederate States.
The Crown survey counts fifteen examples of the Jonesboro provisional entire, including five struck in Black (45XU1) and ten in Dark Blue (45XU2). Some of these, such as the example offered here, do not have any town datestamp.
Ex Hart and Boshwit (Image)
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FINE APPEARING USED EXAMPLE OF THE BI-COLORED PROVISIONAL STAMP OF LENOIR, NORTH CAROLINA.
James Harper (1799-1879) served as postmaster of Lenoir from 1841 until sometime in 1862 or 1863. His son, George Washington Finley (G. W. F.) Harper (1834-1921), was the assistant postmaster and, according to the written affidavits, was responsible for carving the woodcut die used to make the provisional stamps and envelopes (see Crown book, pp. 172-178, 651-652). In 1862, G. W. F. Harper enlisted as a private in Co. H, 8th Regiment, N.C. Infantry, and eventually earned the rank of major.
The Lenoir adhesive stamp is one of three bi-colored provisionals issued by Southern postmasters (the others were issued at Baton Rouge La. and Greenville Ala.). Approximately 29 covers bearing the Lenoir adhesive stamp are known. The same woodcut device was applied directly to envelopes, as evidenced by the one recorded cut square with the single 5c impression (Scott 49XU1) and the unique 5c plus 5c entire (Scott 49XU2).
Ex Weill Brothers' Stock. With 1990 C.S.A. certificate stating "with added rebacking" (Image)
FINE APPEARANCE. AN EXTREMELY RARE -- PERHAPS UNIQUE -- VARIETY OF THE 5-CENT LENOIR, NORTH CAROLINA, PROVISIONAL STAMP, PRINTED ON BLUE-LINED PAPER.
The Scott and C.S.A. Catalog listed 5c adhesive from Lenoir is printed on white wove paper with cross-ruled orange lines. The vertical lines number 20-21 per stamp and the horizontal lines number 3-4, depending on where the stamp originated on the sheet. The example offered here has blue vertical lines only, and they are spaced much closer together (we count more than 50 lines). Other defining characteristics of the design are the same as the listed stamp.
James Harper (1799-1879) served as postmaster of Lenoir from 1841 until sometime in 1862 or 1863. His son, George Washington Finley (G. W. F.) Harper (1834-1921), was the assistant postmaster and, according to the written affidavits, was responsible for carving the woodcut die used to make the provisional stamps and envelopes (see Crown book, pp. 172-178, 651-652). The stamp offered here demonstrates that more than one type of paper was used by Harper to print the stamps. Perhaps he used whatever was on hand and others on this paper have simply been lost to philately.
The normal Lenoir adhesive stamp is one of three bi-colored provisionals issued by Southern postmasters (the others were issued at Baton Rouge La. and Greenville Ala.). Approximately 29 covers bearing the Lenoir adhesive stamp are known. The same woodcut device was applied directly to envelopes, as evidenced by the one recorded cut square with the single 5c impression (Scott 49XU1) and the unique 5c plus 5c entire (Scott 49XU2).
With 1956 P.F. certificate issued to Laurence & Stryker stating "without the usual cross lines" but failing to mention the closer spaced blue lines rather than orange lines. With 2017 C.S.A. certificate stating "genuine on variant vertical lined paper".
Illustrated and discussed in an article in the Confederate Philatelist (Vol. 63, No. 1). Scott Retail as normal 49X1 (Image)
FRESH AND FINE. ONE OF THE MORE COLORFUL AND ATTRACTIVE OF THE APPROXIMATELY 29 LENOIR PROVISIONAL COVERS EXTANT.
The Lenoir adhesive stamp is one of three bi-colored provisionals issued by Southern postmasters (the others were issued at Baton Rouge La. and Greenvile Ala.). Approximately 29 covers bearing the Lenoir adhesive stamp are known. The same woodcut device was applied directly to envelopes, as evidenced by the one recorded cut square with the single 5c impression (Scott 49XU1) and the unique 5c plus 5c entire (Scott 49XU2).
Ex MacBride and Kilbourne (Image)