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Confederate States Postmasters' Provisionals (Beaumont toChattanooga):
Lot Sym. Lot Description Realized
1850 imageBeaumont Tex., 10c Black on Pink (12X2). Huge margins all around, single pen cancellation, absolutely trivial light corner crease at bottom left

EXTREMELY FINE. ONE OF THE FINEST EXAMPLES OF THE TWELVE 10-CENT BLACK ON PINK BEAUMONT PROVISIONALS RECORDED IN OUR CENSUS. REMARKABLY, THE ONLY EXAMPLE KNOWN OFF COVER.

Our census notes eleven examples on cover, and this example off cover (no unused copies are known). Most of the eleven stamps on covers are faulty, which leaves this stamp as one of the finest extant. (Image)

 $ 17,500
1851 C Canton Miss., 5c Black entire (14XU1). Absolutely perfect bold strike of provisional handstamp with clear "Canton Miss. Aug. 28, 1861" cds on cover to Carroll Hoy & Co. in New Orleans, usual filing pinholes, Extremely Fine example of this fancy provisional handstamp - the "P" at center of star is the initial of postmaster William Priestly, ex Birkinbine $ 1,600
1852 C Canton Miss., 5c Black entire (14XU1). Clear strike of provisional handstamp, "Canton Miss. Nov. 6, 1861" cds on fresh cover to Carroll Hoy & Co. New Orleans, usual pinholes, Very Fine $ 1,600
1853 C Chapel Hill N.C., 5c Black entire (15XU1). Clear strikes of provisional handstamp with "Chapel Hill N.C. Jan. 27" (1862) cds and "Paid" straightline on red and blue 10-Star Confederate Flag Patriotic cover to Lenoir N.C., turned and sent from Lenoir to Capt. Lenoir at Forks of Pidgeon with 10c Blue, Die B (12), large margins, pen cancel and ms. "Lenoir Apr. 3" pmk., refolded around edges to improve appearance

VERY FINE. ONE OF FOUR RECORDED EXAMPLES OF THE CHAPEL HILL PROVISIONAL, THREE OF WHICH ARE ON PATRIOTIC COVERS. THIS IS BELIEVED TO BE THE ONLY TURNED USAGE AMONG THEM.

Ex Weatherly

 $ 2,800
1854 C Chapel Hill N.C., 5c Black entire (15XU1). Bold 5c provisional handstamp at upper right of yellow cover, the date converted to "2 Aug" in ms., "Paid" hs and "5" ms. rate at left, addressed to Hon. Thomas D. McDowell as Member of Congress in Richmond, Extremely Fine, the other recorded Chapel Hill provisionals are dated in late January 1862, this August usage shows acceptance at a much later date with the conversion of the provisional handstamp to a town cds, ex Emerson, with 1994 C.S.A. certificate $ 2,700
1855 C imageCharleston S.C., 5c Blue (16X1). Huge margins all around showing virtually complete outer framelines, tied by neat "Charleston S.C. Oct. 10, 1861" double-circle ds on orange cover to Scuppernong N.C., embossed sender's marking on backflap

EXTREMELY FINE FOUR-FRAMELINE STAMP ON A FRESH AND IMMACULATE COVER.

Ex Jarrett (Image)

 $ 3,500
1856 C imageCharleston S.C., 5c Blue entire (16XU1). Bold "Charleston S.C. Sep. 6, 1861" cds, to Newberry C.H. S.C., Extremely Fine, extremely rare in such pristine condition, ex Solomon, Birkinbine (Image) $ 3,500
1857 C imageCharleston S.C., 5c Blue on Buff entire (16XU4). Well-struck "Charleston S.C. Oct. 23, 1861" cds, to Calhoun Mills S.C., Extremely Fine and choice, a pristine cover (Image) $ 2,800
1858 C imageCharleston S.C., 5c Blue on Blue entire (16XU5). Bold "Charleston S.C. Sep. 17, 1861" cds on entire to Greenville S.C., very fresh, half of backflap missing, still Extremely Fine, the Blue entire is extremely rare and relatively undervalued in Scott -- our Levi records contain only eight genuine examples -- ex Wiseman and Hill, signed Ashbrook, with 1998 P.F. certificate (Image) $ 5,000
1859 C imageCharleston S.C., 5c Blue on Blue entire (16XU5). Clear "Charleston S.C. Oct. 4, 1861" double-circle ds on entire to Pickens C.H. S.C., stains skillfully removed from left edge and bottom, which the certificate describes as repaired (not true, based on a "before" photo), otherwise Very Fine, choice example of the extremely rare and relatively undervalued Blue entire, ex Hill, with 1998 P.F. certificate (Image) $ 2,200
1860 C imageChattanooga Tenn., 5c Black entire (17XU2). Clearly struck provisional handstamp on orange cover to Athens Tenn., matching "Chattanooga Ten. Oct. 6, 1861" cds, minor and small expert repair at top not even mentioned on accompanying certificate, appears fresh and Extremely Fine, with 1989 P.F. certificate (Image) $ 1,100

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