The Clovis Collection of Confederate States Illustrated Covers

**Postmasters’ Provisionals**
Lot	Sym.	Lot Description
101		Abingdon Va., 5c Black entire (2XU2). Bold strike of provisional handstamp with equally bold "Abingdon Va. 1861, Dec. 26" circular datestamp on cover to Blountville Tenn., year in datestamp is inverted and positioned above month, minor soiling, Very Fine, with 1991 C.S.A. certificate, Scott Retail $1,750.00 (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com Get Market Data for [United States (Confederate States) 2XU2]	E. $ 500-750 SOLD for $800.00 Will close during Public Auction
102		Atlanta Ga., 5c Black entire (6XU2). Clear strike of provisional handstamp, neat "Atlanta Ga. Oct. 3, 1861" circular datestamp on light gray "A.W. Hammond & Son Attorneys at Law" overall lithographed advertising cover to Savannah Geo., some slight soiling, Very Fine, scarce advertising use, only six or seven advertising covers are known with the Atlanta 5c provisional handstamp (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com Get Market Data for [United States (Confederate States) 6XU2]	E. $ 750-1,000 SOLD for $550.00 Will close during Public Auction
103		Athens Ga., 5c Purple (5X1). Type I, three enormous margins, right margin full, deep rich color, light grid cancel, "Athens Ga. Jun. 24" circular datestamp on University of Georgia blue embossed cameo corner card cover to Milledgeville Ga. EXTREMELY FINE EXAMPLE OF THE ATHENS 5-CENT PURPLE PROVISIONAL ISSUE. Another nearly identical cover from the same correspondence was offered in our sale of the Wishnietsky collection (Sale 1064, lot 35). It also has an untied Athens provisional stamp. Neither of the two stamps can be located in the Levi off-cover listings. It is possible that they originated on the two covers, but we are offering this item as an off-cover stamp. As such it is superb and of a very deep shade (as is the other from this correspondence). P.F. certificate 204217 declining opinion on origination no longer accompanies (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com Get Market Data for [United States (Confederate States) 5X1]	E. $ 2,000-3,000 SOLD for $800.00 Will close during Public Auction
104		Baton Rouge La., 5c Green & Carmine (11X2). Position 3, margins to just in, tied by "Baton Rouge La. Aug. 15, 1861" circular datestamp on buff cover to military address on Ship Island Miss., stamp with pinhole at upper right, still Fine, ex Felton, with 1998 C.S.A. certificate, Scott Retail $5,000.00 (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com Get Market Data for [United States (Confederate States) 11X2]	E. $ 1,500-2,000 SOLD for $1,700.00 Will close during Public Auction
105		Charleston S.C., 5c Blue (16X1). Calhoun Type E, large to ample margins showing outer framelines on three sides, just into frameline at left, tied by partly clear "Charleston S.C. Oct. 18, 1861" double-circle datestamp on "Charleston Hotel, D. Mixer, Charleston S.C." overall lithographed advertising cover to Col. Montgomery Moses in Sumter S.C., W. Eaves N.Y. imprint at bottom and on backflap, sealed tear at top and on backflap from opening, tiny gum spot on stamp VERY FINE AND EXTREMELY RARE EXAMPLE OF THE CHARLESTON POSTMASTER'S PROVISIONAL ON A BEAUTIFUL OVERALL ADVERTISING COVER. The Calhoun census lists approximately fourteen examples on corner card covers -- some embossed without color. This is the only example identified in the census with an overall advertising design Ex Knapp and Dr. Brandon (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com Get Market Data for [United States (Confederate States) 16X1]	E. $ 2,000-3,000 SOLD for $1,100.00 Will close during Public Auction
106		Charleston S.C., 5c Blue (16X1). Large margins top and bottom, just clear at sides, tied by one of two complete strikes of "Charleston S.C. Oct. 6, 1861" double-circle datestamp on buff J. N. Robson commission merchant's corner card cover to Concord N.C., minor edge flaws and soiling, Very Fine appearance, the Calhoun census lists approximately fourteen examples on corner card covers, however, many are embossed and do not clearly show the design, with clear 1997 C.S.A. certificate (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com Get Market Data for [United States (Confederate States) 16X1]	E. $ 750-1,000 SOLD for $450.00 Will close during Public Auction
107		Fredericksburg Va., 5c Blue on Thin Bluish (26X1). Position 7, three huge margins showing tips of adjoining ornaments at left, just touched at right, deep shade, tied by partly clear "Fredericksburg Va. Paid Oct. 23" (1861) circular datestamp on oatmeal cover to Hazen Va., neat docketing, some scattered spots not affecting stamp, cover slightly reduced at left with small sealed tear VERY FINE. ONE OF THE FINEST ON-COVER EXAMPLES OF THE 5-CENT FREDERICKSBURG POSTMASTER'S PROVISIONAL. Reuben Triplett Thom (1782-1868) was 78 when he was appointed to be Confederate postmaster of Fredericksburg on July 20, 1861. Thom had been postmaster since 1840, when he received his first appointment from President Martin Van Buren. Fredericksburg, a Virginia town with an 1860 population of 4,000, was situated on the Fredericksburg & Potomac Railroad between the capital cities of Washington D.C. and Richmond. The town changed hands eleven times and was essentially destroyed during the Civil War, but Postmaster Thom performed his postal duties throughout the conflict. The Fredericksburg stamps on covers are more often seen with brown gum toning and deeply cut into the design. This example ranks among the best recorded examples. Ex Caspary. With 2002 C.S.A. certificate. Scott Retail $5,500.00 (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com Get Market Data for [United States (Confederate States) 26X1]	E. $ 3,000-4,000 SOLD for $2,700.00 Will close during Public Auction
108		Lynchburg Va., 5c Blue (52X1). Full to large margins all around including trace of adjoining stamp at left, pretty pastel shade, neatly tied by "Lynchburg Va. Sep. 18" (1861) circular datestamp on light buff cover to Diana Mills Va., overall even toning VERY FINE. A RARE FOUR-MARGIN EXAMPLE OF THE LYNCHBURG PROVISIONAL ON COVER. Of the 25 single Lynchburg provisional stamps recorded on cover in the Calhoun census, about one-third have stamps with four full margins, while the majority is cut into on one side. The few known pairs demonstrate the extremely narrow spacing between stamps. Ex Emerson, Brooks, MacBride, Jennings and Birkinbine. With 1957 P.F. certificate. Scott Retail $6,500.00 (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com Get Market Data for [United States (Confederate States) 52X1]	E. $ 2,000-3,000 SOLD for $3,500.00 Will close during Public Auction
109		Macon Ga., 5c Black on Light Blue Green Wove, Comma after Office (53X1). Large to ample margins all around, light pre-use vertical crease, tied by "Macon Ga. Dec. 23" (1861) double-circle datestamp on green cover to Jeffersonville Ga. with "Wesleyan Female College Macon Ga." in ornate frame printed corner card, slightly reduced at bottom where flap missing, small repair at upper left with portion of corner card frame drawn in VERY FINE APPEARANCE. A BEAUTIFUL EXAMPLE OF THE 5-CENT LIGHT BLUE GREEN MACON POSTMASTER’S PROVISIONAL ON A GREEN WESLEYAN FEMALE COLLEGE CORNER CARD COVER. THIS IS THE ONLY EXAMPLE OF THIS CORNER CARD DESIGN USED WITH A MACON PROVISIONAL CONTAINED IN OUR EXTENSIVE RECORDS. Wesleyan Female College was founded in 1836 as the Georgia Female College with an expressed aim of granting the power to confer all such honors, degrees, and licenses as are usually conferred in colleges or universities.” The name was changed in 1843 by an act of the state legislature. In 1917 the word female” was dropped, and it continues to operate today. Wikipedia notes it is the birthplace of the first sororities in the United States. The Macon provisional with Post Office, Macon, Ga.” added to the setting is very rare on cover. Three other Wesleyan Female College covers are known with a cameo at left (one is reduced into the design). Ex Meroni. From our 1965 Rarities sale. With 1991 P.F. and 2003 C.S.A. certificates (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com Get Market Data for [United States (Confederate States) 53X1]	E. $ 3,000-4,000 SOLD for $2,600.00 Will close during Public Auction
110		Macon Ga., 5c Black on Yellow Wove (53X3). Horizontal pair, large margins to just into floral ornaments at bottom and left, tied by double-struck "Macon Ga. Aug. 7" (1861) double-circle datestamp on red and blue 7-Star Confederate Flag Patriotic cover (F7-12) to Prince Edward C.H. Va., pair with some very trivial gum soaks along bottom margin VERY FINE. ONE OF TWO RECORDED EXAMPLES OF THE MACON FLORAL-BORDER POSTMASTER'S PROVISIONAL USED ON A PATRIOTIC COVER -- ALSO ONE OF ONLY FIVE RECORDED 53X3 PAIRS ON COVER. A SPECTACULAR CONFEDERATE PROVISIONAL RARITY. The person most likely to be the Macon postmaster who issued the provisional stamps is Dr. Edward L. Strohecker, a graduate of the Medical College of South Carolina, who was elected three times as Macon's mayor. He helped to organize the Georgia Medical Association, and travelled to visit and treat Confederate troops during the war. Another postmaster and possible stamp issuer is Washington Poe, a relative of the poet, who also served a term as mayor and was elected as a Union delegate to the Georgia Secession Convention in Milledgeville. All of the Macon provisional stamps were printed from typeset forms. The 2c and two of the three 5c settings simply state the denomination and nothing else, and they were the first stamps printed. These were followed by the four-line "square" stamp, which includes the words "Post Office" and "Macon, Ga." The order of issue is confused by the Scott Catalogue listings. Our Levi records contain two floral-border 53X3 Patriotic covers, both franked with a pair and from the same correspondence to Prince Edward Courthouse Va. The other Patriotic cover is ex Caspary and Weatherly. This correspondence also yielded a 53X4 pair on a Patriotic cover. Ex Ballard. Scott Retail $25,000.00 (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com Get Market Data for [United States (Confederate States) 53X3]	E. $ 20,000-30,000 SOLD for $35,000.00 Will close during Public Auction
111		Macon Ga., 5c Black on Yellow Wove (53X3). Large margins to clear at left, repaired bottom right corner, tied by light strike of "Macon Geo. Jul. 5" (1861) double-circle datestamp on light gray lithographed "Greer & Lake, Wholesale and Retail Grocer's, Stone Front Store" illustrated overall advertising cover to A. H. Greer at Oglethorpe Ga., cover with some cosmetic improvements VERY FINE APPEARANCE. ONE OF TWO RECORDED EXAMPLES OF THE MACON FLORAL-BORDER PROVISIONAL USED ON AN ILLUSTRATED ADVERTISING COVER. The person most likely to be the Macon postmaster who issued the provisional stamps is Dr. Edward L. Strohecker, a graduate of the Medical College of South Carolina, who was elected three times as Macon's mayor. He helped to organize the Georgia Medical Association, and travelled to visit and treat Confederate troops during the war. Another postmaster and possible stamp issuer is Washington Poe, a relative of the poet, who also served a term as mayor and was elected as a Union delegate to the Georgia Secession Convention in Milledgeville. All of the Macon provisional stamps were printed from typeset forms. The 2c and two of the three 5c settings simply state the denomination and nothing else, and they were the first stamps printed. These were followed by the four-line "square" stamp, which includes the words "Post Office" and "Macon, Ga." The order of issue is confused by the Scott Catalogue listings. Our records contain four Greer & Lake advertising covers with Macon provisionals, including two with 53X4 (line border) stamps and two with 53X3 (floral border) stamps. This cover, the 53X3 cover offered in our sale of the "D.K." collection (Sale 1022, lot 1039) and the 53X4 cover offered in the "D.K." sale (lot 1038) are illustrated designs. Ex Hughes (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com Get Market Data for [United States (Confederate States) 53X3]	E. $ 2,000-3,000 CLOSED Will close during Public Auction