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CONFEDERATE POSTMASTERS' PROVISIONALS continued...

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CV or Estimate

86X2

#86X2, Uniontown, Ala., 2c Dark blue on white, complete pane of four, unused (without gum), lavishly large margins all around, creases, slight soiling and a tiny pinhole.The legendary unique pane of the Uniontown Two Cent Postmaster's Provisional, whose existence came to light in 1938 when the pane was brought into the famous Weill Brothers store in New Orleans. There are no other examples known of this printing on white paper. This sheet was the basis for the separate listing in the Scott catalog, and only two other Uniontown Two Cent stamps are known - both of which are on cover. A most remarkable world-class rarity.Fascinating details of the discovery of this unique pane are found in the Robert A. Siegel auction catalog of the Kilbourne Collection (September 1999, Sale #815):"In an account by telephone, Raymond H. Weill recollected that in 1938 the 2c sheet was brought to the Weills in New Orleans by a women who had family correspondence from Uniontown. Enclosed with one of the letters inside a cover was the 2c sheet, and the letter commented that these stamps were being used in Uniontown. Regrettably, the letter has long since vanished. The Weills sent the sheet to Alfred H. Caspary, asking for his opinion of genuineness, because the 2c stamp was not listed on white paper, and offering him the sheet. Caspary declared it genuine, but declined the offer, explaining that he was concentrating on covers. Later in 1938, John Klemann of Nassau Stamp Company visited the Weills and bought the sheet, presumably hoping to sell it to Caspary and unaware that the offer had already been made. The sheet remained in Nassau's inventory until the stock was sold in a 1953 H. R. Harmer auction, at which sale the sheet was bought by a Birmingham Ala. collector named Scruggs. It was subsequently donated to Father Flanagan's Boys Town and sold for their benefit in 1991 at an auction by Superior in Los Angeles. Charles Kilbourne acquired the sheet at the Boys Town auction."Purchased by Mr. Gross in the aforementioned 1999 Kilbourne sale for $57,750.00 (including premium), resulting in its current catalog value of $57,500.00, which has not changed in the intervening ten years.Accompanied by a 1987 APS certificate. (Image)

$57,500.00

SOLD for $32,500.00
Will close during Public Auction

86X3

#86X3, Uniontown, Ala., 5c Green on gray blue, position 1, attractive example with large bottom margin, ample at right and just touching on two sides, tied by typical lightly struck Uniontown, Ala. c.d.s. to buff cover, addressed to Montgomery, Ala. from the Cobbs correspondence, very fine.Only nine covers with the Uniontown Five Cent on gray blue paper are recorded in the Crown census.ex-Walcott. (Image)

$9,000.00

SOLD for $9,500.00
Will close during Public Auction

86X3

#86X3, Uniontown, Ala., 5c Green on gray blue, position 2, with distinctively different design elements from the stamp in the previous lot, the only design in the setting of four that shows Lobe ornaments at top and Loop ornaments at bottom, tight but attractive margins all around, tied by usual light strike of Uniontown, Ala. c.d.s. to buff cover addressed to Montgomery, Ala. from the Cobbs correspondence, trivial edge wear, very fine.Another scarce Five Cent Uniontown Provisional cover. This one bearing a stamp from position 2 that by all rights, given its significant design differences, should be listed as a separate Scott catalog number.ex-Ferrary, Hind. (Image)

$9,000.00

SOLD for $8,000.00
Will close during Public Auction

86X4

#86X4, Uniontown, Ala., 5c Green, position 4, huge margins at top and bottom, clear to barely touched at sides, strong color and impression on bright paper, tied by characteristic light strike of Uniontown, Ala. c.d.s. to pretty canary cover to Montgomery, Ala. from the Cobbs correspondence, trivial facial scuff to stamp at right, otherwise very fine and most attractive.Only thirteen covers bearing the Uniontown Five Cent on white paper are recorded in the Crown census.Accompanied by a 1997 CSA certificate; ex-Caspary, Antrium. (Image)

$7,500.00

SOLD for $6,000.00
Will close during Public Auction

86X5

#86X5, Uniontown, Ala., 10c Red on gray blue, position 2, unusually large margins all around except at bottom left where clear, deep rich color on deeply blued paper, nicely tied by characteristic blurry Uniontown, Ala. (1861) c.d.s. to canary colored cover addressed to Miss Maria Louisa Kidd, Port Royal, Va., cover ever so slightly reduced at top, mended nick at top right well clear of stamp, very fine.An extremely rare stamp and cover, as only eight examples of the Uniontown Postmaster's Ten Cent Provisional are recorded. In total there are only eight stamps known - seven of which are on covers (five of these are sound) - and the eighth example is uncancelled on piece. Therefore, the only way one can obtain a used example is on cover.Very few Ten Cent adhesives from towns east of the Mississippi were issued and used. Those that do exist, like the Ten Cent Uniontown Provisional, are among the greatest rarities in Confederate philately. Illustrated in Ashbrook's article on the Brooks collection (Stamp Specialist, Black Book, 1945); ex-Brooks, Meroni and Kilbourne. (Image)

$37,500.00

SOLD for $24,000.00
Will close during Public Auction

88X2

#86X2, Victoria, Tex., 10c Red brown on green, very large margins at left and at top, touch at right and bottom, tied to 1863 blue folded letter to J. San Roman, Brownsville, Tex. by mostly clear "Victoria Tex./Mar 30" c.d.s., additional "Paid" and "10" handstamps to left of stamp, contents of letter concern goods from Matamoros, Mexico, very faint toning around edges of stamp, very fine.One of only two recorded covers bearing the Victoria Ten Cent Postmaster's Provisional, of which only four examples are known. Considered by many to be one of the most important Confederate States Postmasters' Provisional covers extant.This, and the other known Ten Cent cover, are the only recorded covers for any of the Victoria provisionals. The other cover, ex-Caspary, is not as choice as the one offered here, nor are the margins on the stamp as large. In addition, it has not been seen on the market since 1967 when John R. Boker Jr. acquired it in the Muzzy sale.Illustrated in the Ashbrook article on the Brooks collection (Stamp Specialist, Black Book, 1945); ex-Brooks, Weatherly and Kilbourne. (Image)

$125,000.00

SOLD for $95,000.00
Will close during Public Auction

CONFEDERATE PATRIOTIC COVERS

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Dawson, Ga./Oct. 1861 nearly complete c.d.s., with matching "Paid" handstamp on very scarce 11-Star Confederate Flag patriotic cover (Dietz F11-9), with "Bartow" slogan, very faint and unobtrusive toning, very fine. (Image)

Est. $1,500-2,000

SOLD for $1,200.00
Will close during Public Auction

Newbern, N.C./Jun 13 clear c.d.s. in blue, along with matching "Paid" and "5" on handsome South Carolina Palmetto flag patriotic cover (Dietz FSC-3), very fine; an especially scarce design in excellent condition; accompanied by a 1971 CSA certificate; ex-Everett. (Image)

Est. $1,500-2,000

SOLD for $1,350.00
Will close during Public Auction

Richmond, Va., Jun 30 1862 bold c.d.s. and matching "paid" handstamp on captured General McClellan Magnus patriotic cover (Walcott 3225) to Greenville C.H., S.C., endorsed by a member of Wade Hampton's Legion at top right, light soiling, very fine.One of the most spectacular examples of a captured Union patriotic in existence. A beautiful and rare use of a multi-colored Magus design; ex-Walcott, Judd, Haas and Myers. (Image)

Est. $10,000-15,000

SOLD for $10,000.00
Will close during Public Auction

GENERAL ISSUES ON COVER

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#1, 5c Green, Stone 1, ample to mostly large margins, tied to an immaculate Confederate Flag & Cannon patriotic cover (Dietz CN-4) by "Waynesville Ga./Mar" c.d.s., addressed to Macon, Ga., cover slightly reduced at top (just touching top of flag pole), very fine; a fresh and attractive example of this rare design. (Image)

Est. $2,000-3,000

SOLD for $3,750.00
Will close during Public Auction

#1b, 5c Dark green, Stone 1, bottom sheet-margin example, with other margins quite large as well, just touching at top right, deep rich color, tied to handsome Confederate 11-Star Flag patriotic cover (Dietz F11-16, verse 2, imprint 1) by red-orange "Smithfield Va./Mar 6" c.d.s., addressed to Buffalo Paper Mills in Cleaveland, N.C., very fine; a wonderfully choice patriotic cover; ex-Brown. (Image)

Est. $2,000-3,000

SOLD for $2,100.00
Will close during Public Auction

1 var.

#1 var., 5c Green, Stone 1, Baton Rouge Roulette, horizontal pair, roulettes on all four sides, strong fresh color, tied by clear central strike of "Jackson Miss./Oct 3 1862" ("3" inverted) c.d.s. to orange buff cover which originated in Baton Rouge (September 24, according to docketing) and addressed to Miss Jeannie Mort at Vernon Miss., from the well-known correspondence from which many Baton Rouge provisional covers emanate, Federal troops had evacuated Baton Rouge on August 21, 1862 after a three month occupation, Confederate postal services were resumed, with supplies of the rouletted stamps (from the pre-May 1862 Confederate occupation) still on hand, backflap lifted and replaced, tiny edge nick at top, very fine.The only recorded use of the Baton Rouge Roulette from Jackson, Mississippi. Mailed during the Second Confederate Occupation.In addition, this is one of only five unsevered pairs on cover of this roulette. A wonderfully attractive and important Confederate cover rarity; ex-Caspary, Birkinbine and McCarren. (Image)

Est. $4,000-5,000

SOLD for $3,000.00
Will close during Public Auction

#2b, 10c Dark blue, Hoyer & Ludwig, small even margins, excellent bright shade, tied to small cover by blue "Pendleton S.C./Jul 23" (1862) c.d.s., addressed to Greenville, S.C., bit reduced at left, very fine. (Image)

Est. $300-400

SOLD for $725.00
Will close during Public Auction

#3, 2c Green, choice horizontal pair with large margins all around and deep rich color, lightly folded between stamps prior to use, used in combination with 5c Blue (#7) which has large margins almost all around, tied by "Goldsborough N.C./Jan. 31" c.d.s. to brown homemade cover addressed to Haywood, N.C., 1863 docketing, extremely fine.A marvelous and eye appealing combination of General Issues. One of perhaps only two or three such 2c and 5c combinations in existence and this is believed to be the only one in combination with a Two Cent pair.An extremely rare and choice cover; ex-Freeland, Green. (Image)

Est. $10,000-15,000

SOLD for $13,500.00
Will close during Public Auction

#4, 5c Blue, Stone 2, horizontal pair, with huge margins on three sides, each showing portions of adjoining stamps, just touching at top, stunning dark over inked impression, tied by two strikes of "Mobile Ala./Jun 5 1862" c.d.s. to orange cover, paying the 500 mile rate and addressed to Dr. Geo. W. Bagby, Richmond, Va. (an early Virginia humorist, Dr. Bagby was a prolific author who survived the war and died in 1883), an extremely fine and choice cover; ex-Bleuler. (Image)

Est. $400-500

SOLD for $1,050.00
Will close during Public Auction

#5a, 10c Carmine, large to mostly huge margins all around, wonderfully intense shade, tied to handsome brown Flag with Cannon and verse patriotic cover (Dietz CN-3) by blue "Portsmouth Va./May 9 1862" double circle datestamp, addressed to Madison, Ga., some skillful restoration around edges of cover and stamp has been lifted to lighten gum soaks and replaced, overall very fine.One of the few patriotic covers known franked with the rare and distinctive Ten Cent Carmine.Accompanied by 1982 PF certificate showing cover prior to minor restoration. (Image)

Est. $4,000-5,000

SOLD for $2,500.00
Will close during Public Auction

#6, 5c Light blue, De La Rue, ample margins to just clear, tied to lovely orange cover by bold blue "Lynchburg Va./Jun 11" (1862) c.d.s., addressed to Faber's Mills, Va., with merchant's corner card, extremely fresh, very fine; an immaculate cover. (Image)

Est. $300-400

SOLD for $3,000.00
Will close during Public Auction

#8, 2c Brown red, an extraordinary quality horizontal strip of five, with very large margins all around, deep rich color and impression, except closer at left, wonderfully tied to a small neat grey (blue lined) folded entire by "Sparta Ga./Mar 25" (1865) c.d.s., addressed to Warrington, Ga., extremely fine.A select strip of the Two Cent "Red Jack" to pay the Ten Cent rate. One of the keys of Confederate philately in uncommonly choice condition. Very few similarly franked covers can compare in quality to the one offered here from the Gross collection.Accompanied by a 1969 PF certificate; ex-Myerson. (Image)

Est. $3,000-4,000

SOLD for $5,250.00
Will close during Public Auction

#9b, 10c Gray blue "TEN", a gem example with lavishly large margins all around, plus its color is particularly vibrant, cancelled by pen strokes with "Clinton La./June 14/64" manuscript postmark to left on orange cover, addressed to Calvin Taylor, Handsboro, Harrison Co., Miss., docketed "via Jackson, Miss and Mobile" as to elude Federal troops who occupied routes south, insignificant cover reduction at left, extremely fine; a choice example of a scarce stamp and a very late Louisiana usage; ex-Bleuler. (Image)

Est. $1,000-1,500

SOLD for $1,250.00
Will close during Public Auction

#10, 10c Blue, Frame Lines, very rare vertical pair, with complete frame lines at left, bottom and between stamps, bit of frame line also shows at top right, tied by two bold strikes of "Mobile Ala./Jul 18 1863" double circle datestamps to cover addressed to Richmond, Va., some lightened gum stains, otherwise a very fine and choice cover.One of the finest of the few Ten Cent "Frame Line" pairs known on cover.Particularly desirable on a normal-sized envelope; ex-Green. (Image)

Est. $5,000-7,500

SOLD for $5,000.00
Will close during Public Auction