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The Richard L. Calhoun Collection of Charleston, South Carolina-The First Year of Secession continued...

Provisional Stamps: Essays and Unused Examples
Lot Sym. Lot Description  
540 E Image2c Brown, 10c Green, Postmaster's Provisional Essays (Dietz E-11 and E-12). Each with large margins and so possibly die proofs, rich colors, on watermarked wove paper, 2c similar to design used for the entires and issued stamp, 10c also similar but with Palmetto tree at center as on the 1862 10c provisional entire, small thin spots, 2c small toned spot at bottom center

VERY FINE. AN EXCEEDINGLY RARE SET OF ESSAYS FOR THE UNISSUED 2-CENT AND 10-CENT DESIGNS.

Little is known about these designs, except that they are printed on the same paper as the issued 5c stamps. The Calhoun book notes it seems likely the postmaster originally considered the idea of 2c, 5c and 10c stamps and that the 2c and 10c were likely discarded due to the cost of printing.

Ex Caspary. Illustrated in the Calhoun book on p. 125. (Image)

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 E. $ 2,000-3,000

SOLD for $2,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
541 ogbl ImageCharleston S.C., 5c Blue (16X1). Irregular block of fifteen, Types G-H-J-K/M-N-P-R/B-C-D-E/F-G-H, toned original gum, expertly and sensibly reinforced with archival paper along creases, large margins to just in with part of lower left stamp missing, some faults including creases and toning

THE CELEBRATED AND UNIQUE BLOCK OF FIFTEEN OF THE 5-CENT CHARLESTON POSTMASTER'S PROVISIONAL ISSUE. DISCOVERED IN A SOUTHERN ESTATE IN 1979, THIS IS BY FAR THE LARGEST RECORDED MULTIPLE OF THIS PROVISIONAL, AND ITS EXISTENCE CONFIRMS THE RELATIVE POSITIONS OF THE TRANSFER TYPES. A PHENOMENAL SHOWPIECE -- THE NEXT LARGEST MULTIPLE IS A PAIR. ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PHILATELIC ITEMS IN CONFEDERATE STATES.

Rick Calhoun and others started plating this issue in 1976, and fifteen distinct types were identified. Plating was difficult due to the lack of multiples -- only one unused pair (previously the only recorded unused multiple, offered as lot 542 in this sale) and two pairs were available to the students for their plating study.

The students determined the lithographic printing plate was made from a transfer group of fifteen types, five across and three high, repeated several times. The arrangement of the types in the transfer group could not be firmly established until this remarkable multiple was found in a Southern estate in 1979.

Based on copies examined by Rick Calhoun and taking into consideration the spacing between adjacent stamps, his theory is that the printing stone comprised 90 positions (six repetitions of the 15-subject transfer group). As this multiple clearly demonstrates, the spacing between positions varies widely, even within the transfer unit.

Illustrated and described in the Calhoun book on pp. 63-65. (Image)

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 E. $ 10,000-15,000

SOLD for $15,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
542 og ImageCharleston S.C., 5c Blue (16X1). Horizontal pair, Types D-E, original gum, bright color, large margins including part of adjoining stamp at left and right sheet margin, rich color, thin spots

VERY FINE APPEARANCE. APART FROM THE UNIQUE BLOCK OF FIFTEEN, THIS IS THE ONLY REPORTED UNUSED MULTIPLE OF THE CHARLESTON POSTMASTER'S PROVISIONAL.

Prior to the discovery of the block of fifteen in 1979 (see lot 541 in this sale), this was the only recorded unused multiple.

Two backstamps (one just shows thru at center). Ex Caspary. Illustrated in the Calhoun book on p. 60. Scott Catalogue value of $2,500.00 is only $100.00 more than the price of two singles, and in no way adequately reflects the rarity of this pair. (Image)

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 $ 2,500.00

SOLD for $2,800.00
Will close during Public Auction
543 og ImageCharleston S.C., 5c Blue (16X1). 15 unused stamps, complete reconstruction of the 15-subject lithographic transfer group, two with original gum, one with traces of original gum, others unused (no gum), range of shades, mostly full margins to in, few faults to be expected but virtually all are far better quality than normally seen in reconstructions

FINE-VERY FINE. A RARE AND DESIRABLE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE FIFTEEN DIFFERENT TRANSFER TYPES IN THE ARRANGEMENT USED TO MAKE THE LITHOGRAPHIC PRINTING STONE FOR THE CHARLESTON POSTMASTER'S PROVISIONAL. ESPECIALLY DESIRABLE IN UNUSED CONDITION, CLEARLY SHOWING ALL OF THE TYPE CHARACTERISTICS.

Sheets of the Charleston provisional stamp were printed from a lithographic printing stone of 90 subjects, built up from six repetitions of a 15-subject transfer group. Due to a lack of multiples, the 90 subjects cannot be definitively identified by position. Only the arrangement of the transfer group is known.

Illustrated in the Calhoun book on p. 66. Three with certificates. (Image)

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 $ 18,000.00

SOLD for $3,750.00
Will close during Public Auction
544 ng ImageCharleston S.C., 5c Blue (16X1). Type F, unused (no gum), large margins showing three full outer framelines and part of adjoining stamp at left, full at right, rich color, few creases and thins, appears Extremely Fine (Image)

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 $ 1,200.00

SOLD for $1,900.00
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545 og ImageCharleston S.C., 5c Blue (16X1). Type A, part original gum, rich color, large margins with complete outer framelines all around, small flaw at lower left, still Extremely Fine (Image)

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 $ 1,200.00

SOLD for $1,300.00
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546 og ImageCharleston S.C., 5c Blue (16X1). Type D, original gum, h.r., large margins with complete outer framelines all around, rich color, small thin spots, Extremely Fine appearing original-gum example (Image)

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 $ 1,200.00

SOLD for $700.00
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547 og ImageCharleston S.C., 5c Blue (16X1). Type E, large part brownish original gum, large margins with three complete framelines, clear of inner frameline at left, deep rich color, faint toning from gum, small tears at left, Very Fine appearance (Image)

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 $ 1,200.00

SOLD for $700.00
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548 og ImageCharleston S.C., 5c Blue (16X1). Type N, part disturbed original gum, full even margins showing most of three outer framelines and a trace of fourth, some toning and creasing, otherwise Very Fine (Image)

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 $ 1,200.00

SOLD for $475.00
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