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2007 Rarities of the World continued...

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Confederate States continued...
Lot Sym. Lot Description Est/Cat Realized
358° c imageMemphis Tenn., 5c Pale Rose (56X2). Large margins to just in at bottom scalloped border, tied by bold "Memphis Ten. Nov. 21 (1861) circular datestamp on buff cover to Hollow Springs Miss., Very Fine, ex Knapp and Kilbourne (Image) 1,750.00 1,800.00
359° c imageMemphis Tenn., 5c Red (56X2). Horizontal strip of four, large to huge margins except where a bit uneven at bottom, tied by "Memphis Ten. Nov. 9, 1861" circular datestamp on yellow cover to Petersburg Va., repaired at upper left and significantly reduced

FINE APPEARANCE. AN EXTREMELY RARE USE OF THE MEMPHIS POSTMASTER'S PROVISIONAL. THIS IS THE LARGEST RECORDED MULTIPLE ON COVER.

Ex Kilbourne (Image)

7,000.00 7,500.00
360° c imageNashville Tenn., 5c Gray (61X4). Deep Brownish Gray shade, horizontal pair, small faults, tied by blue "Nashville Ten. Oct. 25, 1861" circular datestamp, matching "Paid" handstamp on small cover to Lieut. Col. William Preston Johnston, 1st Ky. Regt., Genl. Jones' Brigade, Camp near Centerville Va., light soiling, small opening tear at top

FINE APPEARANCE. TWO COVERS WITH PAIRS OF THE RARE NASHVILLE 5-CENT GRAY ARE RECORDED -- THIS IS THE ONLY TIED EXAMPLE.

Ex Gallagher and Kilbourne. (Image)

7,250.00 8,000.00
361° c imageNashville Tenn., 5c Violet Brown (61X5). Horizontal pair, large margins to just touching at upper right, rich color, small tear at left, tied by blue "Nashville Ten. Sep. 20, 1861" circular datestamp with matching "Paid" on yellow cover to Tredegar Iron Works, Richmond Va., sealed opening tear in cover

VERY FINE PAIR ON AN ATTRACTIVE COVER. ONLY THREE PAIRS OF THE VIOLET BROWN ON COVER ARE RECORDED IN THE CROWN CENSUS.

Ex Gallagher and Kilbourne (Image)

6,000.00 0.00
362° c imageNew Orleans La., 2c Red (62X2). Full to large margins except where frameline just shaved at upper right, tied by "New Orleans La. 25 Jan." (1862) circular datestamp on manila wrapper to Memphis Tenn. with original printed circular

VERY FINE. AN OUTSTANDING CIRCULAR-RATE USE OF THE RARE NEW ORLEANS 2-CENT RED PROVISIONAL. ONLY TEN COVERS RECORDED IN OUR CENSUS.

The New Orleans postmaster, J. L. Riddell, prepared provisional stamps in June 1861 and advertised them for sale on June 12th. The 2c Red stamps were printed without the marginal inscription "Usable exclusively in the New Orleans Post Office". The 5c and subsequent 2c Blue printings all have the imprint. It is the accepted theory that the 2c Red stamps were printed first, before Riddell added the imprint, and were withheld from use until January 1862 when the supply of 2c Blue stamps was exhausted. The Crown book lists six 2c Red covers, while Dr. Hubert C. Skinner (The Congress Book, 1978) recorded eight covers. We record ten.

Ex Kilbourne. (Image)

25,000.00 0.00
363 c imageNew Orleans La., 2c Blue (62X1). Large margins to just touched, tied by "New Orleans La. 31 Aug." circular datestamp on unsealed orange cover to Hopkins Turnout S.C., trivial edgewear

VERY FINE EXAMPLE OF THE 2-CENT BLUE NEW ORLEANS POSTMASTER'S PROVISIONAL PAYING THE CIRCULAR RATE.

Approximately 30 covers are known with the 2c Blue (27 in Crown census), including circular rates and drop-rate usages. More than half of the covers have stamps without four margins or faults in the stamp or cover.

With 1990 C.S.A. certificate (Image)

4,250.00 4,500.00
364° c imageNew Orleans La., 5c Red Brown on Bluish (62X4). Vertical pair, large to enormous margins including part imprint and sheet margin at bottom, each stamp cancelled by "Paid", tied by "New Orleans La. 9 Oct." (1861) circular datestamp on folded letter to Augusta Ga., vertical file fold with small break in paper, clear of pair, otherwise Extremely Fine, ex Caspary and Kilbourne, with 1996 P.F. certificate (Image) E. 1,000-1,500 1,300.00
365 c imageNew Orleans La., 5c Black entire (62XU1). Mostly clear strikes of "J. L. RIDDELL, P.M." and "PD 5 CTS/N.O.P.O." two-line handstamps, very clear "New Orleans La. Sep. 1, 1861" river-mail double-circle datestamp on E. J. Hart & Co. corner card cover to Atlanta, lightly cleaned, vertical fold at right

VERY FINE AND CHOICE STRIKE OF THIS RARE PROVISIONAL HANDSTAMP ON A CORNER CARD COVER.

Ex Green (Image)

4,500.00 3,250.00
366° ng imageTellico Plains Tenn., 5c-10c Red, Se-Tenant Pair (81X1-81X2). Unused (no gum), large margins to just into frameline at top right, bright and fresh, left stamp tiny surface scrape at bottom left

VERY FINE APPEARANCE. A RARE SE-TENANT PAIR OF THE TELLICO PLAINS POSTMASTER'S PROVISIONAL.

The Rheatown and Tellico Plains provisionals were printed by the same printer, using a typeset form of three subjects.

With 2006 C.S.A. certificate (Image)

4,000.00 3,750.00
367° c imageUniontown Ala., 5c Green on Gray Blue (86X4). Position 2, large margins all around, tied by usual lightly-struck "Uniontown Ala. 6 Sep." (1861) circular datestamp on brown cover to Mardon Ala., very slight wear, slight diagonal wrinkle in stamp

EXREMELY FINE STAMP AND ATTRACTIVE COVER. ONLY NINE COVERS WITH THE UNIONTOWN 5-CENT ON GRAY BLUE PAPER ARE RECORDED IN THE CROWN CENSUS.

Ex Brown, Brooks, Grant and Kilbourne. (Image)

6,500.00 9,500.00
368° ogbl image2c Green (3). Block of four, original gum, large even margins all around, bright color, right stamps diagonal crease

VERY FINE APPEARING ORIGINAL-GUM BLOCK OF FOUR OF THE 2-CENT JACKSON.

With 2001 P.S.E. certificate (Image)

4,000.00 3,750.00

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