Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc. Sale

The Dr. Howard P. Green Collection of Confederate States Covers continued...

**Postmasters' Provisionals (Lynchburg toMemphis):**
Lot	Sym.	Lot Description	Est/Cat	Realized
78		Lynchburg Va., 5c Blue (52X1). Four full margins, tied by "Lynchburg Va. Aug. 28, 1861" circular datestamp on buff cover to Christiansburg Va., slightly reduced at left, some lightened gum stains around stamp VERY FINE STAMP AND ATTRACTIVE COVER. PERHAPS SIX OR SEVEN FOUR-MARGIN EXAMPLES OF THE LYNCHBURG PROVISIONAL EXIST ON COVER. Of the 20 single Lynchburg provisional stamps known on cover, only six or seven have four full margins, while the majority is cut into on one side. The few known pairs show the narrow space between stamps (Image)	4,750.00	1,800.00
79		Lynchburg Va., 5c Black on Amber entire (52XU2). Mostly clear "Lynchburg Va. Jun. 14" (1861) circular datestamp, addressed to Charlottesville Va., docketed and year-dated on back, backflap removed and reduced at top just touching design, still Very Fine, the Lynchburg entire is one of the earliest Confederate provisionals -- this example, one of approximately fourteen known, is used within two weeks of the beginning of Confederate postal service (Image)	1,500.00	1,150.00
80		Macon Ga., 5c Black on Yellow Wove (53X3). Large margins on two sides, other sides clear to touching, dark shade on fresh paper, tied by unusually clear "Macon Geo. Aug. 19" circular datestamp -- scarce use of this marking to tie provisional -- on grocer's illustrated all-over advertising cover lithographed in green, to Oglethorpe Ga., lightly creased along top clear of stamp, part of backflap removed VERY FINE. ONE OF TWO RECORDED EXAMPLES OF THE MACON FLORAL-BORDER PROVISIONAL USED ON AN ILLUSTRATED ADVERTISING COVER. A SPECTACULAR EXHIBITION ITEM. Our records contain four Greer & Lake advertising covers with Macon provisionals, including two with 53X4 (line border) and two with 53X3 (floral border). This cover, a cover in the 1940 Wickersham sale and one of the 53X3 covers are illustrated designs. The 53X3 illustrated cover was sold in our Sale 810 (lot 1908) for $18,500 hammer. Ex Hessel. (Image)	E. 10,000-15,000	21,000.00
81		Macon Ga., 5c Black on Light Blue Green Wove (53X1). Ample to huge margins, tied by "Macon Ga. Nov. [inverted] 13" double-circle datestamp on yellow cover to Milledgeville with Lanier House green embossed oval corner card, W. Eaves imprint, slightly reduced at left, light vertical fold at left EXTREMELY FINE. A COLORFUL AND REMARKABLY CHOICE EXAMPLE OF THE SQUARE MACON PROVISIONAL STAMP USED ON A HOTEL CORNER CARD COVER. The Macon square provisional is very rare on cover. Only three advertising covers are known with this stamp, in addition to four or five printed college covers. This colorful hotel corner card cover led off the series of Macon provisionals in the 1956 Caspary sale, and it is certainly among the most beautiful of all Macon provisional covers. Ex Caspary and Freeland. (Image)	E. 7,500-10,000	15,500.00
82		Memphis Tenn., 5c Red (56X2). Ample margins on two sides, touching at top and right where slightly irregular, tied by "Memphis Ten." circular datestamp on buff cover to Paris Tenn. with slave dealer's corner card, John W. Chrisp & Co., slightly reduced at right FINE. AN EXTRAORDINARY USE OF THE MEMPHIS POSTMASTER'S PROVISIONAL ON A SLAVE DEALER'S ADVERTISING COVER. Printed corner cards and advertising envelopes rarely mention the slave trade, although the institution was part of the Southern culture and economy. Examples of slave trade corner cards are very scarce, and this example with the Memphis postmaster's provisional is incalculably rare. The John W. Chrisp & Co. firm is identified in the advertisement as "Successors to Forrest, Jones & Co." The Forrest is Nathan Bedford Forrest, the Confederate general. Signed Dietz. Ex Mueller and Matz. (Image)	E. 5,000-7,500	12,000.00
83		Memphis Tenn., 5c Red (56X2). Two, slightly overlapping, stamp on top has large margins, stamp below has ample margins to slightly in, scissors cut at right, both tied by "Memphis Ten. Sep. 2, 1861" circular datestamp on yellow cover to Philomath Ga. with blue 10-Star Confederate Flag, Cannon and Verse Patriotic design, small piece out of backflap VERY FINE. A COLORFUL AND RARE USE OF THE MEMPHIS PROVISIONAL ON A PATRIOTIC COVER. The Crown census lists five patriotic covers with the 5c Memphis provisional. Ex Matz. (Image)	E. 7,500-10,000	15,500.00
84		Memphis Tenn., 5c Red (56X2). Full margins to just touched at bottom, tied by bold "Memphis Ten. Nov. 12, 1861" circular datestamp on yellow cover to Jackson Tenn. with foundry and machine shop's blue cameo illustrated corner card, W. Eaves imprint, top left corner repaired outside of design, stamp has small tear and faint stains VERY FINE AND STRIKING APPEARANCE. AN EXTREMELY RARE USE OF THE MEMPHIS PROVISIONAL ON AN EAVES-PRODUCED CAMEO CORNER CARD COVER. Ex MacBride. (Image)	E. 4,000-5,000	4,750.00
85		Memphis Tenn., 5c Red (56X2). Horizontal pair, three huge margins including portions of stamps above, in at bottom, tied by "Memphis Ten. Oct. 15, 1861" circular datestamp on lady's small embossed envelope to Peach Tree Village, Tex., skillfully cleaned with minor cosmetic edge improvements, Very Fine appearance, an extremely rare use of a Memphis 5c provisional pair on lady's cover (Image)	3,500.00	1,000.00
86		Memphis Tenn., 5c Red (56X2). Ample margins to touching at bottom, bottom right corner torn before use, tied by "Memphis Ten. Aug. 1?, 1861" circular datestamp on 5c Red on Amber entire (56XU2) to Yorkville Tenn., two mended nicks at top (clear of stamps) VERY FINE APPEARANCE. MEMPHIS IS THE ONLY POST OFFICE REPRESENTED BY COVERS COMBINING THE POSTMASTER'S PROVISIONAL ADHESIVE AND PRINTED ENTIRE. THIS IS ONE OF THE FINEST EXAMPLES. Three Confederate post offices issued provisional adhesive stamps and printed entires concurrently: Charleston S.C., Lynchburg Va. and Memphis Tenn. Of the three, only a few Memphis entires are known with an additional 5c provisional stamp for the 10c rate. In this case, the distance between Memphis and Yorktown -- just over 100 miles -- was well under the 500-mile limit for 5c. Therefore, the weight must have exceeded one-half ounce. Scott Retail for this combination $6,500.00 (Image)	E. 5,000-7,500	4,000.00
87		Memphis Tenn., 5c Red entire (56XU1). Mostly bold "Memphis Ten. Aug. 12, 1861" circular datestamp, addressed to Yorkville Tenn., very minor brown spots along edges, still Extremely Fine, outstanding quality and a very rare provisional entire (Image)	2,500.00	2,700.00
88		Memphis Tenn., 5c Red on Orange entire (56XU3). Bold "Memphis Ten. Dec. 11, 1861" circular datestamp, addressed to Helena Ark., with original letter enclosure on printed stationery, Extremely Fine, rare in this superb condition (Image)	2,250.00	1,600.00

Postmasters' Provisionals (Lynchburg toMemphis):

Lot

Sym.

Lot Description

Est/Cat

Realized

Lynchburg Va., 5c Blue (52X1). Four full margins, tied by "Lynchburg Va. Aug. 28, 1861" circular datestamp on buff cover to Christiansburg Va., slightly reduced at left, some lightened gum stains around stamp

VERY FINE STAMP AND ATTRACTIVE COVER. PERHAPS SIX OR SEVEN FOUR-MARGIN EXAMPLES OF THE LYNCHBURG PROVISIONAL EXIST ON COVER.

Of the 20 single Lynchburg provisional stamps known on cover, only six or seven have four full margins, while the majority is cut into on one side. The few known pairs show the narrow space between stamps (Image)

4,750.00

1,800.00

Lynchburg Va., 5c Black on Amber entire (52XU2). Mostly clear "Lynchburg Va. Jun. 14" (1861) circular datestamp, addressed to Charlottesville Va., docketed and year-dated on back, backflap removed and reduced at top just touching design, still Very Fine, the Lynchburg entire is one of the earliest Confederate provisionals -- this example, one of approximately fourteen known, is used within two weeks of the beginning of Confederate postal service (Image)

1,500.00

1,150.00

Macon Ga., 5c Black on Yellow Wove (53X3). Large margins on two sides, other sides clear to touching, dark shade on fresh paper, tied by unusually clear "Macon Geo. Aug. 19" circular datestamp -- scarce use of this marking to tie provisional -- on grocer's illustrated all-over advertising cover lithographed in green, to Oglethorpe Ga., lightly creased along top clear of stamp, part of backflap removed

VERY FINE. ONE OF TWO RECORDED EXAMPLES OF THE MACON FLORAL-BORDER PROVISIONAL USED ON AN ILLUSTRATED ADVERTISING COVER. A SPECTACULAR EXHIBITION ITEM.

Our records contain four Greer & Lake advertising covers with Macon provisionals, including two with 53X4 (line border) and two with 53X3 (floral border). This cover, a cover in the 1940 Wickersham sale and one of the 53X3 covers are illustrated designs. The 53X3 illustrated cover was sold in our Sale 810 (lot 1908) for $18,500 hammer.

Ex Hessel. (Image)

E. 10,000-15,000

21,000.00

Macon Ga., 5c Black on Light Blue Green Wove (53X1). Ample to huge margins, tied by "Macon Ga. Nov. [inverted] 13" double-circle datestamp on yellow cover to Milledgeville with Lanier House green embossed oval corner card, W. Eaves imprint, slightly reduced at left, light vertical fold at left

EXTREMELY FINE. A COLORFUL AND REMARKABLY CHOICE EXAMPLE OF THE SQUARE MACON PROVISIONAL STAMP USED ON A HOTEL CORNER CARD COVER.

The Macon square provisional is very rare on cover. Only three advertising covers are known with this stamp, in addition to four or five printed college covers. This colorful hotel corner card cover led off the series of Macon provisionals in the 1956 Caspary sale, and it is certainly among the most beautiful of all Macon provisional covers.

Ex Caspary and Freeland. (Image)

E. 7,500-10,000

15,500.00

Memphis Tenn., 5c Red (56X2). Ample margins on two sides, touching at top and right where slightly irregular, tied by "Memphis Ten." circular datestamp on buff cover to Paris Tenn. with slave dealer's corner card, John W. Chrisp & Co., slightly reduced at right

FINE. AN EXTRAORDINARY USE OF THE MEMPHIS POSTMASTER'S PROVISIONAL ON A SLAVE DEALER'S ADVERTISING COVER.

Printed corner cards and advertising envelopes rarely mention the slave trade, although the institution was part of the Southern culture and economy. Examples of slave trade corner cards are very scarce, and this example with the Memphis postmaster's provisional is incalculably rare.

The John W. Chrisp & Co. firm is identified in the advertisement as "Successors to Forrest, Jones & Co." The Forrest is Nathan Bedford Forrest, the Confederate general.

Signed Dietz. Ex Mueller and Matz. (Image)

E. 5,000-7,500

12,000.00

Memphis Tenn., 5c Red (56X2). Two, slightly overlapping, stamp on top has large margins, stamp below has ample margins to slightly in, scissors cut at right, both tied by "Memphis Ten. Sep. 2, 1861" circular datestamp on yellow cover to Philomath Ga. with blue 10-Star Confederate Flag, Cannon and Verse Patriotic design, small piece out of backflap

VERY FINE. A COLORFUL AND RARE USE OF THE MEMPHIS PROVISIONAL ON A PATRIOTIC COVER.

The Crown census lists five patriotic covers with the 5c Memphis provisional.

Ex Matz. (Image)

E. 7,500-10,000

15,500.00

Memphis Tenn., 5c Red (56X2). Full margins to just touched at bottom, tied by bold "Memphis Ten. Nov. 12, 1861" circular datestamp on yellow cover to Jackson Tenn. with foundry and machine shop's blue cameo illustrated corner card, W. Eaves imprint, top left corner repaired outside of design, stamp has small tear and faint stains

VERY FINE AND STRIKING APPEARANCE. AN EXTREMELY RARE USE OF THE MEMPHIS PROVISIONAL ON AN EAVES-PRODUCED CAMEO CORNER CARD COVER.

Ex MacBride. (Image)

E. 4,000-5,000

4,750.00

Memphis Tenn., 5c Red (56X2). Horizontal pair, three huge margins including portions of stamps above, in at bottom, tied by "Memphis Ten. Oct. 15, 1861" circular datestamp on lady's small embossed envelope to Peach Tree Village, Tex., skillfully cleaned with minor cosmetic edge improvements, Very Fine appearance, an extremely rare use of a Memphis 5c provisional pair on lady's cover (Image)

3,500.00

1,000.00

Memphis Tenn., 5c Red (56X2). Ample margins to touching at bottom, bottom right corner torn before use, tied by "Memphis Ten. Aug. 1?, 1861" circular datestamp on 5c Red on Amber entire (56XU2) to Yorkville Tenn., two mended nicks at top (clear of stamps)

VERY FINE APPEARANCE. MEMPHIS IS THE ONLY POST OFFICE REPRESENTED BY COVERS COMBINING THE POSTMASTER'S PROVISIONAL ADHESIVE AND PRINTED ENTIRE. THIS IS ONE OF THE FINEST EXAMPLES.

Three Confederate post offices issued provisional adhesive stamps and printed entires concurrently: Charleston S.C., Lynchburg Va. and Memphis Tenn. Of the three, only a few Memphis entires are known with an additional 5c provisional stamp for the 10c rate. In this case, the distance between Memphis and Yorktown -- just over 100 miles -- was well under the 500-mile limit for 5c. Therefore, the weight must have exceeded one-half ounce.

Scott Retail for this combination $6,500.00 (Image)

E. 5,000-7,500

4,000.00

Memphis Tenn., 5c Red entire (56XU1). Mostly bold "Memphis Ten. Aug. 12, 1861" circular datestamp, addressed to Yorkville Tenn., very minor brown spots along edges, still Extremely Fine, outstanding quality and a very rare provisional entire (Image)

2,500.00

2,700.00

Memphis Tenn., 5c Red on Orange entire (56XU3). Bold "Memphis Ten. Dec. 11, 1861" circular datestamp, addressed to Helena Ark., with original letter enclosure on printed stationery, Extremely Fine, rare in this superb condition (Image)

2,250.00

1,600.00