lot # 92 - Confederate States of America Postal History Confederate Postmasters Provisionals
86X4, Uniontown, Alabama, 5c Green, horizontal bottom sheet margin pair, Type III-IV, ted on a homemade envelope by light strike of Uniontown Jun 13 (inverted "3") 1862 cds, addressed to "Col A P Calhoun/ Pendleton Village/ South Carolina", left stamp small faults, envelope repaired at top, Very Fine appearance; unique pair on cover from the Calhoun correspondence and described in the Caspary sale as "one of the most outstanding Confederate items in existence" (Scott $22,500)rnIllustrated in Crown, "Surveys of the Confederate Postmasters' Provisionals", Quarterman 1982 reprint, page 346-47rnrnProvenance: Alfred H. Caspary (H.R. Harmer Sale 991, 1956)rnJosiah K. Lilly (R.A. Siegel Sale 317, 1967)Confederate States Postmasters' Provisionals
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