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EXTREMELY FINE. ONE OF FIVE RECORDED EXAMPLES OF THE NEW ORLEANS 2-CENT PROVISIONAL ENTIRE. THE STRIKES ON THIS ENTIRE AND ITS OVERALL CONDITION ARE THE BEST OF THE FIVE KNOWN.
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 MacBride, 3) Jan. 24, 1862, circular rate to J. Shelby & Co., Memphis Tenn., the cover offered here, ex Judd, Skinner, 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, Siegel Sale 860 (lot 539, realized $2,500 hammer), 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).
Ex Judd, Skinner and Agre. With 2002 C.S.A. certificate (Image)
A REMARKABLY CHOICE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE PETERSBURG POSTMASTER'S PROVISIONAL SETTING OF TEN. IT WOULD BE EXCEEDINGLY DIFFICULT, IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE, TO ASSEMBLE ANOTHER RECONSTRUCTION OF THIS QUALITY.
We should note that Position 1 is one of the finest used examples of the Petersburg provisional in existence and shows the nearly missing "e" of "Office" variety. Position 5 is also a corner sheet-margin copy and has an extraordinarily deep impression in brilliant red ink. There are three or four reconstructions extant, this is comparable to the ex-Birkinbine reconstruction in our Sale 795.
Ex Moody. Scott Retail as ten singles. (Image)