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Civil War and Confederate States continued...

Postmasters Provisionals: Macon Ga. Thru Memphis Tenn.
Lot Sym. Lot Description  
2155 c ImageMacon Ga., 5c Black on Light Blue Green Wove (53X1). Huge margins to clear incl. right sheet margin, tied by "Macon Ga. ? 7" double-circle datestamp on cover to Athens Ga.

VERY FINE. AN IMPRESSIVE SHEET-MARGIN EXAMPLE OF THE FOUR-LINE 5-CENT MACON POSTMASTER'S PROVISIONAL ON COVER.

Ex Weatherly. (Image)

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 $ 6,000.00

SOLD for $3,000.00
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2156 c ImageMacon Ga., 5c Black on Light Blue Green Wove (53X1). Three large margins, just in at right, tied by light strike of Macon Ga. circular datestamp on cover to Knoxville Ga. and forwarded to Culloden Ga., pencil manuscript "Forward 5c" at top center, red "Knoxville Ga. Oct. 14" circular datestamp at left, with original 1861-dated enclosure, toned and soiled, expertly repaired

FINE APPEARANCE. A RARE EXAMPLE OF THE MACON FOUR-LINE POSTMASTER'S PROVISIONAL ON A FORWARDED COVER.

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). We have only been able to locate one other which was forwarded (ex Kilbourne) (Image)

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 $ 6,000.00

SOLD for $1,300.00
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2157 c ImageMacon Ga., 5c Black on Yellow Wove (53X3). Large margins, tied by "Macon Ga. Jul. 15" double-circle datestamp on yellow cover to Butler Ga., light vertical fold clear of stamp

EXTREMELY FINE. A BEAUTIFUL EXAMPLE OF THE MACON 5-CENT FLORAL BORDER PROVISIONAL STAMP. ONE OF THE FINEST EXAMPLES KNOWN ON 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.

Ex Caspary. (Image)

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 $ 5,000.00

SOLD for $7,000.00
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2158   ImageMacon Ga., 5c Black on Yellow Wove (53X4). Large margins, neat strike of "Macon Ga. Jun. 11" (1861) double-circle datestamp, Very Fine, especially desirable with the clear date showing in the cancel, based on dated examples, it is certain that the 5c with plain border was the first stamp issued in Macon, despite its Scott listing as 53X4, almost all of the recorded covers are dated during the first half of June 1861, including an uncancelled stamp on a cover dated June 1, the first day of the Confederate postal system (Image)

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 $ 1,750.00

SOLD for $2,300.00
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2159 c ImageMacon Ga., 5c Black entire (53XU1). Strike of provisional marking at top right, "Macon Ga. ? 17" circular datestamp on cover to Starkville Ga., minor overall wear, Very Fine, approximately half a dozen are known, ex Hart (Image)

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 $ 650.00

SOLD for $200.00
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2160 c ImageMacon Ga., 5c Black entire (53XU1 var). Partial strike of "5" over "Paid" provisional marking, light strike of circular datestamp on cover to Buck Eye Ga., additional "Paid" at right, with original Aug. 26, 1861-dated enclosure which touches on the war, minor wear, Fine (Image)

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 E. $ 200-300

SOLD for $200.00
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2161 c ImageMarietta Ga., 5c Black entire (54XU1). Clear strike of provisional marking at upper right, "Marietta Ga. Feb. 4" circular datestamp on blue-lined cover to military address, with original 1862-dated enclosure, slightly reduced at right, opened for display at left, Very Fine strike and an attractive cover (Image)

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 $ 500.00

SOLD for $325.00
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2162 og ImageMarion Va., 10c Black (55X2). Dry original gum, large margins to clear, 3mm paper restoration across bottom with lower portion of frame drawn in

VERY FINE APPEARANCE. ONE OF TWO RECORDED ORIGINAL-GUM EXAMPLES OF THE 10-CENT MARION, VIRGINIA POSTMASTER'S PROVISIONAL. A PHENOMENAL RARITY.

James H. Francis was appointed U.S. postmaster of Marion on December 31, 1859, and he was reappointed as Confederate postmaster on July 16, 1861 (Richard L. Calhoun, The Postmaster Provisionals of Virginia).

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 (the one offered here and the other ex Ferrary) and perhaps one or two off-cover singles.

With 1997 C.S.A. certificate (Image)

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 $ 16,500.00

SOLD for $2,900.00
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2163 ng ImageMemphis Tenn., 2c Blue (56X1, 56X1a). Five singles and a pair, Positions 5, 17, 18, 38, 47, 49-50, the pair and a corner margin single with partial print, unused (no gum), one with plate crack, range of shades, few faults, appear Fine-Very Fine (Image)

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 $ 1,150.00

SOLD for $325.00
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2164   ImageMemphis Tenn., 2c Blue (56X1). Ample margins to just in where tiny nick at upper left, bold strike of circular datestamp, small tear at top, Very Fine appearance, with 1995 P.F. certificate (Image)

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 $ 1,250.00

SOLD for $325.00
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2165   ImageMemphis Tenn., 5c Red (56X2). Two unused singles, two used singles and a used pair, some faults, appear Fine-Very Fine (Image)

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 $ 1,450.00

SOLD for $225.00
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