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Lot 969 |
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Confederacy, U.S. 5¢ red brown type I, 10¢ green type II and 30¢ orange (28, 32, 38), tied on 1861 folded letter to France by "New Orleans, La. 27 Feb" c.d.s., red "New Paid York/3" exchange office c.d.s., the "3" annulled with a red grid and replaced by a "New Paid York/ 6" c.d.s., blue sender's handstamp, French boxed "P.D." and Mar 22 entry c.d.s., backstamped Paris-Bordeaux railway and Bordeaux c.d.s., fresh and Very Fine.
Estimate 10,000 - 15,000
AN EXTRAORDINARY THREE-COLOR CONFEDERATE USAGE OF U.S. STAMPS ON OVERSEAS CORRESPONDENCE.
Expertization: 1993 PF Certificate (mistakenly noting the month of the New Orleans cancel as March).
Louisiana was admitted to the Confederacy on February 4.
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Lot 970 |
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Confederacy, Athens, Ga., 1861, 5¢ purple (5X1), type II with large margins and a lightly struck black grid cancel on cover to Griffin, Ga., light "Athens, Ga./ Paid/ Dec 16" c.d.s.; damp stains and other cover faults, stamp Very Fine.
Scott $2,500
Expertization: signed Jakubek BPP with 1964 BPA & 1975 APS Certificates.
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Lot 971 |
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Confederacy, Macon, Ga., 1861, 5¢ black on light blue green, comma after "OFFICE" (53X1), large margins to barely touching at top right, tied by partial Macon c.d.s. on cover to Perry, Ga.; front of cover over-written contemporaneously, apparently for penmanship practice, otherwise Very Fine and exceedingly rare on cover.
Scott $7,500
Provenance: W.C. Michaels
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Lot 972 |
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Confederacy, 1861, 10¢ light blue (2a), two covers, each franked with a large-margined single, first (Paterson) with left sheet margin tied by Yorkville, S.C. to Williams Mills, N.C.; second (stone Y) tied by partial Richmond c.d.s. to Black Walnut, Va.; last with file fold, otherwise Very Fine-Extremely Fine.
Estimate 400 - 500
Expertization: Yorkville with 1983 PF Certificate.
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Lot 973 |
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Confederacy, 1862, 10¢ carmine (5a), clear to mostly large margins, small, barely noticeable scuff at lower right, tied by clear "Greensborough, Ala., Jun 11" c.d.s. on homemade envelope to Greenville, N.C.; sealed tear at left and minor edge flaws, otherwise F.-V.F.
Scott $5,000
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Lot 974 |
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Confederacy, 1862, 5¢ light blue, De La Rue printing (6), full right pane of 100, bright and fresh with full, typically streaky, never hinged original gum, light crease in upper right corner margin and small natural paper inclusion one stamp, otherwise Very Fine.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,500
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Lot 975 |
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Confederacy, 1863, 10¢ blue, "T-E-N" (9), large to oversize margins, tied by undated blue Richmond circular handstamp on homemade envelope to Loundesboro, Va.; small opening tear at top, reduced slightly at right, otherwise Very Fine.
Estimate 750 - 1,000
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Lot 976 |
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Confederacy, 1863, 10¢ blue, "frame lines" (10), large margins including 2½ frame lines, tied by "Mobile Ala., Jul 25, 1863" c.d.s. on cover to Charlottesville Va., Very Fine.
Estimate 1,500 - 2,000
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