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United States Postal History and Confederate States continued...

Confederate States: Postmasters' Provisionals
Lot Sym. Lot Description  
2544 c ImageAbingdon Va., 5c Black entire (2XU2). Bold strike of provisional handstamp with equally bold "Abingdon Va. Sep. 30, 1861" circular datestamp on cover to Lewisburg Va., missing top flap, trivial soiling, Very Fine, Scott Retail $1,750.00 (Image)

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E. $ 500-750

SOLD for $950.00
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2545 c ImageCharleston S.C., 5c Blue (16X1). Horizontal pair, large margins to just in at upper and lower right and showing most of framelines, tied by "Charleston S.C. Oct. 4, 1861" double-circle datestamp on blue folded letter to Petersburg Va., right stamp with some toning and tiny tears at top, otherwise Fine, a rare pair, the Calhoun census contains one vertical pair and three horizontal pairs, three covers are also known bearing two singles to make up the 10c rate (Image)

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$ 5,000.00

SOLD for $1,300.00
Will close during Public Auction
2546 c ImageCharleston S.C., 5c Blue entire (16XU1). Mostly clear "Charleston S.C. Sep. 2, 1861" circular datestamp, to Greenville S.C., neatly docketed, Extremely Fine, rare in such pristine condition, ex Caspary, Kilbourne and Gross (Image)

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$ 1,750.00

SOLD for $800.00
Will close during Public Auction
2547 c ImageCharleston S.C., 5c Blue on Blue entire (16XU5). Bold "Charleston S.C. Sep. 19, 1861" circular datestamp on entire to Abbeville C.H. S.C., some lightened toning and small mended edge tears at top, still Very Fine, the Blue entire is extremely rare and relatively undervalued in Scott -- our Levi records contain only eight genuine examples, ex Kilbourne and Gross (Image)

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$ 2,250.00

SOLD for $850.00
Will close during Public Auction
2548 c ImageLenoir N.C., 5c Blue & Orange (49X1). Clear impression, ample margins to just touching frameline, tied by circular "Paid 2" rate handstamp, matching "Lenoir N.C. Apr. 12" (1862) circular datestamp on cover to Salem N.C., small insignificant restored spot in address at center far from stamp

EXTREMELY FINE. THE ONLY RECORDED LENOIR PROVISIONAL TIED BY THE "PAID 2" RATE HANDSTAMP. AN IMPORTANT RARITY IN SUPERB CONDITION.

Of the approximately 29 known Lenoir provisional covers, perhaps four or five have the stamp tied by the town datestamp. This is the only known Lenoir provisional cover on which the rate marking was used as a canceller. The remaining Lenoir covers in our records are cancelled by pen markings (some tied). Accompanied by a second cover bearing four-margin example of Scott No. 4 with similar cancels (color slightly oxidized).

Ex Emerson, Caspary, Haas and Gross. Scott Retail $22,500.00 (Image)

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E. $ 10,000-15,000

SOLD for $7,500.00
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2549 c ImageLenoir N.C., 5c Blue & Orange (49X1). Full margins to just in at bottom left, cancelled by manuscript "X", blue "Lenoir N.C. Feb. 22" circular datestamp on blue cover to Salisbury N.C., cover expertly restored

VERY FINE APPEARING EXAMPLE OF THE COLORFUL LENOIR POSTMASTER'S PROVISIONAL ADHESIVE.

Ex Hill. (Image)

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$ 15,000.00

SOLD for $1,400.00
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2550 c ImageMacon Ga., 5c Black on Yellow Wove (53X3). Horizontal pair with bottom right corner sheet margin, large to huge margins on other sides, dark shade on bright paper, tied by large "Macon Geo." circular datestamp on small cover to Richmond Va., from the Cobb correspondence, backflap removed and reduced at top, lightened stain at upper left corner and tiny edge tear, none of these minor flaws affects the provisional pair

EXTREMELY FINE PAIR AND ATTRACTIVE SMALL COVER. ONE OF FIVE RECORDED COVERS WITH A PAIR OF THE MACON 5-CENT FLORAL-BORDER PROVISIONAL.

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.

Ex Caspary, Meroni, Kilbourne and Gross. (Image)

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$ 11,000.00

SOLD for $6,000.00
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2551 c ImageMarion Va., 5c Black (55X1). Huge margins all around, tied by bold "Marion Va. Jun. 7" (1861 but not year-dated) circular datestamp on restored blue cover to Rural Retreat Va., front and backflaps separated and affixed to another envelope, some concealed edge faults in cover, tiny tear in extreme top margin of stamp (could be trimmed and still leave a huge margin)

VERY FINE STAMP AND ATTRACTIVE COVER. ONE OF THREE MARION 5-CENT PROVISIONAL COVERS IN PRIVATE HANDS. THE EARLIEST RECORDED USE OF THE MARION PROVISIONAL AND AN OUTSTANDING RARITY -- THIS IS THE FIRST WE HAVE OFFERED ON COVER SINCE OUR 1999 KILBOURNE SALE.

The Marion Va. 5c and 10c provisional stamps, with their distinctive "Check" label at top, were issued by Postmaster J. H. Francis in 1861. The stamps were printed in two steps: first, the typeset form containing the border and words "P. Office, Marion, Va., Check. Paid" were impressed; then the values, "5" or "10" were handstamped on the blank center. Postmaster Francis described his stamps in a January 1880 letter to August Dietz, and he offered to make more from the "die" which he still possessed. Various "reprints" made from the typeset form were made by John W. Scott, including 2c, 15c and 20c values that have never been seen genuinely used.

Genuine Marion provisional stamps are extremely rare. Our records contain a total of 10 examples of the 5c, including 4 covers (one of which is in the British Library's Tapling collection), 3 stamps remaining on pieces, 2 used off cover and an unused example on bluish paper (of uncertain status, but counted in our census). The four recorded covers are dated as follows: Jun. 7 (1861), the cover offered here; Jun. 11 (1861), ex Haas; Jan. 24 (1862), ex Hessel; and Mar. 31 (1862), British Library, Tapling Collection. Although the cover offered here could benefit from expert attention to properly restore edge faults in the envelope, the stamp itself is superb, and the cover is colorful and attractive. Stanley B. Ashbrook described this cover in his article on the Brooks collection in Stamp Specialist (Black Book, 1945) as follows: "quite a fine example of the 5c black on white on a cover showing an extremely early use, viz: 'June 7,' presumably 1861."

Signed Ashbrook. Ex Brooks, Weatherly, Kilbourne and Gross. (Image)

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$ 20,000.00

SOLD for $7,500.00
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2552 c ImageMarion Va., 10c Black (55X2). Margins on three sides, frame and part of post office name cut away at right, tied by "Marion Va. Nov. 16" (1861) circular datestamp on brown homemade cover to Emory Va.

FINE AND ATTRACTIVE. ONE OF SIX AVAILABLE COVERS BEARING THE MARION POSTMASTER'S 10-CENT PROVISIONAL STAMP.

Our records now contain seven covers with the Marion 10c provisional, plus a repaired stamp affixed to the back of a cover noted in the Crown book as part of the Worthington collection. The most recent discovery of a Marion provisional occurred in March 2000 when a nearly complete cover surfaced in an auction of the R. G. Hunter estate in Virginia (sold in our 2000 Rarities sale, Sale 824, lot 443). In addition to the seven stamps on covers, there are two unused singles and perhaps one or two off-cover singles. Of the seven known covers, one is part of the Tapling collection at the British Library (a sound example dated Oct. 15, 1861). One has the bottom right portion of the stamp repaired (dated Sep. 24, ex Caspary).

Signed Ashbrook. Ex Emerson, Brooks, Weatherly, Kilbourne and Gross. (Image)

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$ 35,000.00

CLOSED
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2553 c ImageNashville Tenn., 5c Brick Red (61X3). Intense shade on deeply blued paper, two huge margins showing part of adjoining stamp at left, other framelines slightly cut into, tied by blue "Nashville Ten. Jul. 28, 1861" circular datestamp on United States 3c Red on Buff Nesbitt entire (U10) with printed address to David Cleage, Athens Ga., Planter's Bank embossing on flap

VERY FINE. AN ATTRACTIVE AND SCARCE USE OF THE NASHVILLE PROVISIONAL ON A DEMONETIZED U.S. ENTIRE.

Ex Knapp, Kilbourne and Gross (Image)

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$ 3,500.00

SOLD for $2,200.00
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2554 c ImageNashville Tenn., 5c Violet Brown (61X5). Full to huge margins showing bit of adjoining stamp's frameline at left, beautiful deep rich chocolate-brown shade on blued paper, tied by "Nashville Ten. Oct. 3, 1861" circular datestamp with matching "Paid" on bright buff cover to Athens Ga., stamp with small scuff, Extremely Fine appearing example of this provisional from the Cleage correspondence, ex Brooks, Kilbourne and Gross, with 2014 P.F. certificate (Image)

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$ 4,250.00

SOLD for $900.00
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