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The Benjamin Wishnietsky Collection of Confederate States Postal History continued...

Postmasters' Provisionals: Galveston Tex. thru Montgomery Ala. continued...
Lot Sym. Lot Description  
68   ImageLynchburg Va., 5c Blue (52X1). Tight margins with full design all around, lightly cancelled, small faint toned spot, appears Fine (Image)

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$ 1,500.00

SOLD for $500.00
Will close during Public Auction
69 c ImageLynchburg Va., 5c Blue (52X1). Full to clear margins, tied by "Lynchburg Va. Nov. 12" (1861) circular datestamp on buff cover to Indian Valley Va., barely reduced at right with tiny margin nick in stamp at bottom along that edge

VERY FINE. A HANDSOME FOUR-MARGIN EXAMPLE OF THE LYNCHBURG POSTMASTER'S PROVISIONAL USED 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 are cut into on one side.

Ex Kimmel (Image)

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$ 7,000.00

SOLD for $5,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
70 c ImageMacon Ga., 5c Black on Light Blue Green Wove, Comma After "Office" (53X1). Large margins to clear at bottom, tied by "Macon Geo. ? 15" circular datestamp on orange-buff cover to Pickens C.H. S.C., slightly reduced at left

VERY FINE AND RARE ON-COVER EXAMPLE OF THE MACON FOUR-LINE PROVISIONAL WITH COMMA AFTER "OFFICE".

The Macon provisional with Post Office, Macon, Ga.” added to the setting is very rare on cover (Peter W. W. Powell reported 24 on cover in the Confederate Philatelist, Sep.-Oct. 2000). Overall, the Comma after "Office" variety is approximately twice as rare as the period variety.

Ex Emerson. Ashbrook guarantee backstamp with his signature (Image)

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$ 7,500.00

SOLD for $4,750.00
Will close during Public Auction
71 c ImageMacon Ga., 5c Black entire (53XU1). Clear strike of Type I ("Paid" over "5") provisional handstamp, "Macon Ga. Nov. ?" double-circle datestamp on buff cover to Haynesville Ga., Very Fine, scarce and seldom struck this clearly (Image)

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$ 650.00

SOLD for $500.00
Will close during Public Auction
72 c ImageMemphis Tenn., 5c Red (56X2). Ample even margins clear of design, tied by Memphis circular datestamp with unclear date on cover to Carrolton Miss., sender's notation under stamp "Paid 5 cts", missing most of top flap, Very Fine (Image)

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$ 2,000.00

SOLD for $650.00
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73 c ImageMemphis Tenn., 5c Red (56X2). Large margins to clear at right, tied by Memphis circular datestamp with unclear date on buff cover to Carroll Hoy in New Orleans, usual filing pinholes, Very Fine (Image)

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$ 2,000.00

SOLD for $800.00
Will close during Public Auction
74 c ImageMemphis Tenn., 5c Red (56X2). Two singles, both with full margins except left stamp touched at bottom, tied by "Memphis Ten. Sep. ? 1861" circular datestamp on Aug. 8, 1861 folded letter originating in Rotterdam, Netherlands, addressed to James Thomas Jr. in Richmond Va., second folded letter from Rotterdam also included and may have been enclosed, a "duplicate" of an earlier letter from June considered lost, both letters concerning tobacco business

VERY FINE. A RARE LETTER FROM ROTTERDAM TO CONFEDERATE RICHMOND, LIKELY CARRIED ACROSS THE BORDER AND MAILED AT MEMPHIS AFTER THE MAILS BETWEEN THE U.S. AND THE CONFEDERATE STATES WERE SUSPENDED.

Mr. Wishnietsky regarded this as a blockade-run cover, and as such a unique example franked with the Memphis provisional. A letter from the same correspondence, dated December 29, 1861, was carried by Costa's Express from Tampico to New Orleans (see Special Routes, p. 166). This letter and its separate enclosure entered the Confederate mails at Memphis, which indicates that it either crossed the lines from the North and was carried privately to Memphis (probably via Louisville) or that it entered a southern port on a blockade-runner and was carried to Memphis by a land route, or, less likely, by a river route. Whichever way it travelled to Memphis, the two 5c Provisionals were affixed there for the over-500 miles rate to Richmond by regular government mail. (Image)

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E. $ 4,000-5,000

SOLD for $5,750.00
Will close during Public Auction
75 c ImageMilledgeville Ga., 5c Black entire (57XU1). Clear strike of provisional with "Paid" straightline and "5" handstamps, "Milledgeville Ga. Aug. 22" circular datestamp on cover to Thomasville Ga., missing half of top flap, Very Fine (Image)

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$ 500.00

SOLD for $300.00
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76 c Image10c Dark Blue, Hoyer & Ludwig (2b). Tied by "Milledgeville Ga. Jan. 27" (1862) circular datestamp on Milledgeville Ga., 5c Black Provisional entire (57XU1) to Vice President Stephens in Richmond, stamp affixed over the "Paid 5" handstamps, moved and hinged at center for display, clear strike of control handstamp at left, missing backflap as usual for Stephens covers and stamp with vertical crease, the 10c stamp paid the entire postage so this is not a provisional use, still Very Fine appearance and nice combination (Image)

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E. $ 500-750

SOLD for $1,700.00
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77   ImageMobile Ala., 2c Black (58X1). Full to large margins three sides, close just at lower left, tied by Mobile Ala. double-circle datestamp on small piece, Very Fine, signed Costales (Image)

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$ 1,200.00

SOLD for $800.00
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78   ImageMobile Ala., 5c Blue (58X2). Two singles, first part original gum, second "Mobile Ala. Dec. 6, 1861" double-circle datestamp, both with four margins, one side on each close, Very Fine pair (Image)

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$ 750.00

SOLD for $700.00
Will close during Public Auction

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