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| Lot | Sym. | Lot Description | Est/Cat | Realized |
| 305° |  |
 Knoxville Tenn., 10c Green (47X3). Large margins, fresh color, tied by double-struck Knoxville large circular datestamp on homemade bluish green cover to Mrs. Jane M. Tiller, Ashland Va., one side flap
removed, stamp has been lifted to check laid lines of paper and hinged in placeEXTREMELY FINE. THE ONLY RECORDED EXAMPLE OF THE 10-CENT KNOXVILLE POSTMASTER'S PROVISIONAL, ON OR OFF COVER, AND ONE OF THE CELEBRATED ITEMS OF CONFEDERATE PHILATELY. This famous Confederate provisional stamp on cover was discovered by O. D. Walbridge in 1886 and sold to J. S. Smith in 1892. Smith sold the cover to F. T. Hoyt in the same year, and it soon passed to Count Philippe la Renotiere von Ferrary. The cover was sold as lot 11 in the June 15-16, 1922, Gilbert auction of Ferrary's collection. It then realized 6,200 francs plus the 17-1/2% government surtax, for a total of approximately $650. By comparison, the Grove Hill provisional cover sold in the same sale for approximately $735. The next public offering of the Knoxville 10c cover took place in March 1956 at the Caspary sale held by H. R. Harmer (lot 167, $2,900). The cover later became part of the Josiah K. Lilly collection, selling at our April 1967 Lilly auction as lot 324 for $8,500. Illustrated in Life (May 3, 1954), "Stamp Album Worth $1,000,000". Ex Walbridge, Smith, Hoyt, Ferrary, Caspary and Lilly. With 1993 P.F. certificate (Image Magnifier) |
E. 60,000-80,000 | 52,500.00 |
| 306° |  |
 Knoxville Tenn., 5c Brick Red (47X1). Unused vertical strip of three, the entire vertical row with full sheet margins at top, bottom and left side, rich color and fine impression, close to just touching at
right, horizontal creases in center stamp, Very Fine appearance, the unique strip from which the Scott Catalogue listing was made, ex Caspary (where it realized $1,400 in 1956) (Image Magnifier) |
7,500.00 | 4,000.00 |
| 307° | |
 Knoxville Tenn., 5c Brick Red (47X1). Three clear to ample margins, just touched at B., rich color, tied by ms. cancel on cover to Athens Tenn., stamp lifted to show bleed-thru tie of manuscript, Very Fine, ex Caspary (Image Magnifier) |
2,100.00 | 0.00 |
| 308° | |
Knoxville Tenn., 10c on 5c Black entire (47XU6). Clearly struck 5c rate handstamp overstruck by bold "10" hs on small cover to Manassas Junction Va., ms. "Missent & For", backflap removed, minor toning, otherwise Fine and extremely rare | 3,500.00 | 1,800.00 |
| 309° | |
5c Green, Stone 1 (1). Two large margins, other sides in, tied by "Gordonsville Va. Mar. 31" cds on orange cover with red and blue 12-Star Confederate Flag and Verse patriotic design (stars with six points each), addressed to Mrs. Jane W. Tiller, Ashland Va., the same addressee on the famous 10c Knoxville provisional cover, Very Fine, rare design and excellent association item for the 10c Knoxville, ex Judd | E. 2,000-3,000 | 1,800.00 |