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lot # 68 - Confederate States of America Postal History Confederate Postmasters Provisionals

Thursday Dec 10, 2020 16:00 America/New_York

31XU1, Greensboro, Alabama, 5c Black, small white envelope with 5c provisional double circle handstamp and "Greensborough Ala. Aug 12" cds (both partially extending over the edge of the cover), addressed to Marion, Alabama, torn backflap and light creasing from the enclosure (original letter accompanies), Very Fine, the Crown book only records three examples of this provisional, one of which is reported to have been lost in the mail in 1899, extremely rare and attractive, with Creighton Hart's green heart backstamp (Scott $3,000)rnProvenance: Frank Hart (Private Transaction)rnStephen D. Brown (Harmer, Rooke London, 1939)rn Judge Robert S. Emerson (Private Transaction)Confederate States Postmasters' Provisionals

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