Montgomery Ala., 2c Red entire
(59XU7). Full strike of drop-rate provisional handstamp on local cover
with Madison House green cameo corner card, some slight ink erosion
in address panel, small repair on backFINE. ONE OF TWO RECORDED EXAMPLES OF THE MONTGOMERY 2-CENT RED HANDSTAMP AND ONE OF THREE KNOWN ENTIRES IN BLUE OR RED. THIS IS THE ONLY ONE OF THE THREE ON A CORNER CARD COVER.
The Crown survey records three 2c provisional entires: two in Red and one in Blue. The example in Blue is offered in lot 533 of this sale. The other example in Red was offered in Siegel Sale 801, lot 373, where it realized $5,250 hammer. (Image)
Montgomery Ala., 2c Blue
entire (59XU7A). Bold strike of drop-rate provisional handstamp on
orange entire originally addressed to Valley Creek Ala. and readdressed to
Summerfield Ala.VERY FINE. THE UNIQUE MONTGOMERY 2-CENT PROVISIONAL ENTIRE STRUCK IN BLUE. A GREAT RARITY.
The Crown survey records three 2c provisional entires: two in Red and one in Blue. The finer of the two struck in Red was offered in our Sale 801 (lot 373), where it realized $5,250 hammer. (Image)
New Orleans La., 2c Blue
(62X1). Large and even margins, bright color, light strike of town
datestamp, Extremely Fine, with 1991 C.S.A. certificate
(Image) 
New Orleans La., 2c Blue
(62X1). Large margins to clear, tied by "New Orleans La. 22 Feb."
circular datestamp on 1862 printed prices current to Memphis
Tenn.VERY FINE EXAMPLE OF THE 2-CENT BLUE NEW ORLEANS PROVISIONAL ON COVER.
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. The condition of this circular-rate usage ranks among the top three.
Ex Caspary (Image)
New Orleans La., 2c Red
(62X2). Full even margins all around, tied by "New Orleans La."
circular datestamp on folded printed annual cotton circular dated Jan. 1,
1862 to Augusta Ga., stamp with faint diagonal crease prior to use, cover
lightly cleanedVERY FINE APPEARANCE. ONE OF ONLY EIGHT RECORDED COVERS BEARING THE RARE NEW ORLEANS 2-CENT RED PROVISIONAL.
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. The accepted theory is 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. Skinner records eight covers. (Image)
New Orleans La., 2c Red
(62X2). Three large to huge margins, just barely in at right, tied by
"New Orleans La. 7 Mar." (1862) circular datestamp on cover to local
address, left side of cover has long repaired opening tearsFINE APPEARANCE. A RARE DROP-RATE USE OF THE NEW ORLEANS 2-CENT RED PROVISIONAL.
Only eight covers are recorded. (Image)
New Orleans La., 5c Red Brown
on Bluish (62X4). Full margins to just in, tied by "New Orleans La. 22
Sep." circular datestamp on buff drop rate cover to local address,
1861 receipt docketing, missing top flap and slightly reduced at top, Fine
and scarce overpaid drop rate usage, probably carried into New Orleans from
a riverboat and dropped at the post office rather than mailed at the wharf
office as a steamboat letter (Image) 
New Orleans La., 2c Black
entire (62XU3). Clear strike of "PD 2 CTS/N.O.P.O" two-line provisional
handstamp with bold "New Orleans La. Apr. 7, 1862" double-circle datestamp
on unsealed adversity cover made from printed form, to County Court,
San Antonia Tex., trivial edgewearVERY FINE. ONE OF FIVE EXAMPLES OF THE NEW ORLEANS 2-CENT PROVISIONAL ENTIRE KNOWN TO US, AND ONE OF ONLY TWO TRANS-MISSISSIPPI USAGES. A GREAT RARITY.
Our records of New Orleans 2c handstamped provisional entires include the following five examples (in chronological order): 1) Jan. 21, 1862, circular rate to Rev. T. Lynch, Mebanesville N.C., with printed enclosure from Domestic Missions of the Confederate States, ex Walcott, Siegel 1985 Rarities sale, 2) Jan. 21, 1862, turned cover to McByrde, Pendleton S.C., inside with Pendleton "Paid 5", ex McBride, 3) Jan. 24, 1862, circular rate to J. Shelby & Co., Memphis Tenn., ex Judd, Skinner (Siegel Sale 832, lot 3155, realized $7,000 hammer) and Dr. Agre (Siegel Sale 850, lot 5774, realized $4,500 hammer), 4) Apr. 7, 1862, circular rate to County Court, San Antonio Tex., 1982 Rarities sale, the cover offered here, and 5) indistinct New Orleans double-circle datestamp on inbound cover from Galveston Tex. to Carroll Hoy & Co. in New Orleans, ex Knapp and Hall (Siegel sale 840, lot 117, realized $6,250 hammer). (Image)
Selma Ala., 5c Black entire
(77XU1). Clear strike of provisional marking and clear signature on
locally addressed cover, expertly cleaned with two repaired tears,
Very Fine appearance, only fourteen examples are recorded in Crown and this
is the only known example used locally paying the 2c drop letter rate (Image) 
Sumter S.C., 2c (ms.) on 10c
Black entire (80XU4). Clear strikes on locally addressed cover, some
slight toning, otherwise Very Fine, scarce provisional rerated for drop
rate usage (Image)