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Many of the CSA unused stamps are without gum, and many of the stamps also have very tiny pinholes. The reasons behind this are due to the collectors and the dealers of years past. Collectors of an earlier time purposefully soaked the gum off the unused stamps to protect the stamps from sticking and cracking. In the days before air-conditioners and climate control, these collectors actually did us a great favor by doing this. Otherwise we may not have these stamps to collect today because of the generally very poor gum that was originally used. The small pinholes were usually caused by the dealers of the late 19th century who had the habit of displaying the stamps that they had for sale by pinning them with small straight pins to cork bulletin boards in their shops. I wonder how the collectors 100 years in the future will view our current methods of collecting and preserving. On unused stamps with original gum remaining, the gum has often yellowed and cracked producing gum creases and toning. These gum creases are readily seen in the scans particularly on the CSA #7 Richmond Print stamps. The scans accentuate the gum creases and make them appear much more prominent than they actually are. There are collectors that are interested only in original pristine full-margined OG NH stamps. To these collectors, I wish you every success. Occasionally, I do have such material listed. But please be advised that OG Confederate Stamps (particularly CSA #7, #11, #12) will have gum creases and cracks because of the generally poor condition of the gum to begin with. This is an expected part of CSA collecting. Unused stamps without gum have actually retained a much better color unaffected by gum toning. To the collector that is willing to temper history with condition, I know that you will be greatly rewarded. To those of you that are interested only in gem "post office fresh" condition material and not the history, then I apologize in advance as I can only be of limited assistance. A complete CSA stamp collection with such rigid criteria is essentially unobtainable. Images are available for all the stamps on this listing. Just click on the Inventory Control Number or the thumbnail preceding the description to call up the image and use the back button to return to the listing. Please order using the Inventory Control Number preceding the Item Description. For convenience, you may order using Check, Visa/Mastercard, American Express, or PayPal by linking to my "Confederate Order Form" which is a secure document for the E-Mail transmission of credit card data. Clicking on the Confederate Order Form link will open the document in a new window which you can easily resize and keep open while you browse the listings. Before ordering, if you have not already done so, please review the Sales Policies and How to Order page.
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USA #26 USED with a Grid Cancel and
tied to a large piece by a full strike
of the Houston, Tex CDS
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APR 1861 (full yeardate in the CDS) USA
Used in CSA Texas.
On the large piece at the left upper corner is a fancy printed advertising corner
card for “John B.
& G. A. Jones, Attornieys and Counselors at Law, Galveston and
Houston, Texas.” Small repaired edge fault at top center not affecting the
stamps, postal markings, or advertising corner card. Ex-Powell.
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USA #26 USED tied to a large piece by a Grid Cancel with a full strike of the small double circle Charleston SC CDS 20 MAR 1861 (full yeardate in the CDS) USA USED in CSA South Carolina. Very Fine. | $150.00 |
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USA #24 USED with two excellent strikes of the Mobile, Ala small double circle CDS 27 MAR 1861 USA Used in CSA Alabama Very Fine. | $200.00 |
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USA #26 USED tied to small piece by a full strike of the Mobile, Ala small double circle CDS 16 FEB 1861 USA Used in CSA Alabama. Minor corner fault upper right which does not detract. Very Fine Appearance. | $50.00 |
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USA #37a USED with a full strike of the Mobile, Ala small double circle CDS 13 JAN 1861 Alabama Independent State two days after secession. The 24c value stamp most likely came from a Trans-Atlantic cover. Scarce Use. Very Fine Appearance. Ex-Powell and a pencil notation on the back "Ex-Judd." | $900.00 |
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USA #38 USED with a full strike of the Mobile, Ala small double circle CDS 19 MAY 1861 USA Used in CSA Alabama. The 30c value stamp most likely came from a cover to a foreign destination. Very Fine Appearance. Scarce Use. Ex-Powell. | $900.00 |
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 | USA 3c Red Star Die Cut Square cancelled with the BROWN Laurel Hill, La CDS 11 FEB (1861) USA Used in CSA Louisiana. The Laurel Hill postmark is catalog listed as brown. But the use of this postmark during the USA Used in CSA Louisiana period is not listed in the catalog Very Fine. | $125.00 |
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10c Flag Essay lithographed and submitted by Hoyer & Ludwig of Richmond, Virginia, but never accepted as a postage stamp by the Confederate Post Office Department. Not Scott cataloged but appears in the Confederate Catalog as E-11 (10c Blue Flag). Examples of this essay are not seen all that often. I have only occassionally been able to offer one for sale. This example has 4 large margins and is Very Fine. Pencil notation on the back which appears to be an old Molesworth price code. | $500.00 |
PROOF/1 4/7/2025  | CSA #6TC1 5c Black De La Rue Proof of the 5c Typograph stamp on Glazed Card cut to the shape of the stamp (CC 6-TCDf) 4-Margin with some slight edge toning (common with the glazed card) and pencil notations on the reverse. Still a Very Fine appearance and scarce. | $700.00 |
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New Orleans 5c Brown Provisional on Bluish Paper #62x4 USED Vert Pair with a very neat New Orleans, La CDS 25 OCT (1861). Stamps are 4-Margin with a Wide Sheet Margin on the left and narrow margins on the other three sides. |
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CSA #62x3 New Orleans Provisional 5c Brown on White Paper USED Horz Pair on small piece with a clear strike of the New Orleans, La CDS 17 AUG (1861) (margins just touching at left and at bottom right corner) Plated as Pos 33-34. Part Imprint at bottom right. Ex-Skinner. |
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CSA #62x4 New Orleans Provisional 5c Red Brown on Bluish Paper USED Horz Pair with two PAID cancels (margin close at the bottom and into the design at the UR corner) Plated as Pos 11-12. Ex-Skinner. | $350.00 |
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CSA #62x4 New Orleans Provisional 5c Red Brown on Bluish Paper USED Horz Pair with a very neat strike of the New Orleans, La CDS 12 NOV (1862). The pair is 4-Margin with a large left sheet margin but is a little close at the upper left. Small pieces of the two adjacent stamps are also visible at the bottom. Plated as Pos 17-18. Ex-Skinner. |
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CSA #62x4 New Orleans Provisional 5c Red Brown on Bluish Paper USED Horz Pair with two full bold strikes of the “PAID” cancellation. The pair is 4-Margin but just a little close at the bottom left. Plated as Pos 37-38. Ex-Skinner. |
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CSA #62x4 New Orleans Provisional 5c Red Brown on Bluish Paper USED Horz Pair on Small Piece with a full strike of the New Orleans, La CDS 12 OCT (1861). Very decent margins with a right sheet margin but just barely touches at the upper right. Plated as Pos 31-32. Ex-Skinner. |
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CSA #62x4 New Orleans Provisional 5c Red Brown on Bluish Paper USED Horz Pair with two strikes of the “PAID” cancellation. The pair is 4-Margin with a small part of the imprint visible at the top. Plated as Pos 3-4. There is an extremely tiny corner crease at the upper left seen only from the back which does not in the least detract from an otherwise Very Fine appearance. Ex-Skinner. |
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CSA #62x4 New Orleans Provisional 5c Red Brown on Bluish Paper USED Horz Pair with two full strikes of the “PAID” cancellation and also a partial strike of the New Orleans, La CDS (date not apparent). The pair has 4 large margins including part of the imprint at top right and pieces of the two adjacent stamps visible at the bottom. This is the left upper corner pair Plated as Pos 1-2. There is a light pressed vertical crease between the stamps and a very light corner crease at the lower left seen only from the back. Still a Very Fine appearance. Ex-Skinner. |
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CSA #62x3 5c Brown New Orleans Provisional on White Paper Vertical Pair USED (margin just in at top right) tied to small piece by the New Orleans, La CDS 16 JUN 1861. Very early use dated only 4 days after the Ealiest Known Use. |
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CSA #62x4 5c Brown New Orleans Provisional on Bluish Paper two singles USED (one stamp with margins touching bottom and right but with a large left sheet margin, and the other stamp with margins close at the bottom and left) on small piece tied together and to the piece by the New Orleans, La CDS 18 NOV (1861). Stamps show two distinct color shades on the same bluish paper indicating that they come from different sheets. |
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CSA #62x3 New Orleans 5c Brown on White Paper Provisional Horz Pair USED (margin just touches at bottom) and tied to small piece by the New Orleans, La CDS 25 JUL (1861). Very Fine appearance. |
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CSA #62x1 2c Blue New Orleans Provisional USED (margin a little close on left) with the New Orleans, La CDS 1 JAN (1862) (New Years Day). | $550.00 |
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CSA #62x1 2c Blue New Orleans Provisional USED (margin just touches at left) with the CSA #62xu3 Pd 2 Straight Line Handstamp used as a cancel applied dockside. Believed to be the only recorded example of the 2c Blue New Orleans Provisional cancelled by the Pd 2 Handstamp. Professionally repaired tear at upper left. CSA Certificate 2009. | $850.00 |
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CSA #62x4 5c Brown New Orleans Provisional on Bluish Paper USED (4-Margin but margins are a little tight) with the Baton Rouge STEAM cancellation. Very nice stamp. | $650.00 |
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CSA #62x4 5c Brown New Orleans Provisional on Bluish Paper USED (4-Margin) with an excellent strike of the Pd 5cts NOPD Straight Line Handstamp CSA #62xu1. Shallow central thin but still a Very Fine appearance. CSA Certificate 2006. | $600.00 |
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Stamps come from the Calhoun Collection. The type
letter refers to the
position of the stamp in the transfer block of 15 (3 rows of 5
with 6 transfer blocks forming one sheet in a vertical format) as
determined by Mr. Calhoun and explained in detail in his book Charleston SC and the
Confederate Postmaster Provisionals
(2012). These stamps in used condition almost all have faults of some
type due to the quality of the paper and the printing. These faults are
mostly light creases and/or small thins and/or small edge nicks or
tears. It is very rare to find a completely sound used example showing
all four outer frames complete. This would be a great rarity
and
would command a large premium in value. The stamps offered here have
minor flaws, but it is a good opportunity to add one of these stamps to
a general Confederate collection at a reasonable price. The average used stamp will
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CSA #16x1 Charleston 5c Blue Provisional USED Type A (4-Margin with full outer frame at bottom, most of the outer frame at top, and part of the frame at left) with a neat strike of the large single rim Charleston SC CDS 18 DEC 1861. Very minor thins and creases. Very Fine overall appearance. |
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CSA #16x1 Charleston 5c Blue Provisional USED Type B (4-Margin with full outer frames at top and bottom, a full double outer frame at right, and part frame at left) with the large single rim Charleston SC CDS 23 SEP 1861. Unusual two-tone blue color with the bottom half of the stamp a darker blue than the top half. Hinge thin and a minor edge irregularity at left which do not detract from the appearance. | $500.00 |
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CSA #16x1 Charleston 5c Blue
Provisional USED Type C
(margin touches main border at top with full outer frames at bottom and
right with almost full double outer frame at right) with the large
single rim Charleston SC
CDS with an OCT 1861 date. Small hinge thin and also thinned at the
left upper corner with a slight clip to the same corner. |
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CSA #62x1 New Orleans 2c Blue Provisional USED (cut into at the right but with part of the adjacent stamp visible at the left) with a partial light strike of the New Orleans, La CDS 4 SEP (1861). CSA Certificate 2014. | $325.00 |
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CSA #56x2 Memphis 5c Red Provisional USED (margin just in at left center but part of the stamp above is visible) tied to small piece by the Memphis, Ten CDS (date not fully apparent). | $200.00 |
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CSA #56x2 Memphis 5c Red Provisional Horz Pair USED (margin touches at top right) tied to small piece by the Memphis, Ten CDS 12 OCT 1861. Very Fine Appearance. | $500.00 |
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CSA #62x5 New New Orleans 5c Yellow-Brown Provisional USED (margin close at the top) with the New Orelans, La CDS (date not apparent). | $150.00 |
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Brown New Orleans Provisional stamps have the small double circle New
Orleans "River Mail" postmark. This postmark is believed to have been
used dockside on incoming and outgoing river mail. Compared to the
several variations of the large single rim New Orleans postmarks, which
are the most commonly seen New Orleans Confederate postmarks, this
"River Mail" postmark is found only infrequently on the provisional
stamps with also a few examples known on the 5c Green and 5c Blue
Lithographs. The "River Mail"
postmark is known in both red and black. The red example was only used
for a brief two week period in mid June 1861 possibly by Postmaster
Riddell himself and is extremely scarce. It is noted that there
are those who believe that this postmark was not strictly river mail
but could have been used at the general post office as stated
on
Page 471 of the new CSA catalog. The river mail use is based on the
beliefs and writings of noted New Orleans postal historian
the late Dr. Hubert Skinner (Forty-Fourth American Philatelic
Congress Book 1978).
The rarity of the postmark compared to the other New Orleans postmarks
and the association with river mail of the known covers with this
postmark seem to bear this out and speak against the theory
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CSA #62x3 New Orleans 5c Brown Provisional USED (margins tight on all sides) with the RED small double circle New Orleans River Mail CDS (date not apparent). Only a small handful of off-cover provisional stamps are recorded with this scarce red river mail postmark as it was struck in red only for a very limited two week period in mid-June 1861. Believed to have been used by Postmaster Riddell himself. Hinge remnants and thins. APS Certificate 2002. | $1,250.00 |
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CSA #62x3 New Orleans 5c Brown Provisional USED (tight margin at the top) with a light strike of the RED double circle New Orleans River Mail CDS (date not apparent). Only a small handful of off-cover provisional stamps are recorded with this scarce red river mail postmark as it was struck in red only for a very limited two week period in mid-June 1861. Believed to have been used by Postmaster Riddell himself. Tiny thin at the top which does not detract.PF Certificate 1983 which only identifies the stamp and does not mention the postmark. | $850.00 |
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CSA #62x3 New Orleans 5c Brown Provisional USED (clipped lower left corner) with the RED small double circle New Orleans River Mail CDS. The date appears to by 11 JUN (1861) which would make this an Earliest Known Use predating the Scott listed date of 12 JUN 1861 by one day. Only a small handful of off-cover provisional stamps are recorded with this scarce red river mail postmark as it was struck in red only for a very limited two week period in mid-June 1861. Believed to have been used by Postmaster Riddell himself. | $500.00 |
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CSA #62x3 New Orleans 5c Brown Provisional USED (4-Margin) with the black small double circle New Orleans River Mail CDS with a JUN 1861 date. Very Fine, | $250.00 |
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CSA #62x3 New Orleans 5c Brown Provisional USED (4-Margin but close top and bottom) with the black small double circle New Orleans River Mail CDS with a NOV date. Shallow thins with a Very Fine appearance. | $200.00 |
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CSA #62x4 New Orleans 5c Red-Brown on Bluish Paper Provisional Vert Strip of 3 USED (margins tight top, left, right) tied to small piece by two strikes of the New Orleans, La CDS 15 OCT (1861). Very attractive item representing a 3x rate. | $400.00 |
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CSA #62x5 5c Yellow-Brown New Orleans Provisional on Off-White Paper UNUSED (4-Margin) Small Part OG and VLH. Pencil notation on the back. Very Fine. | $150.00 |
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CSA #62x1 2c Blue New Orleans Provisional USED (margin a little tight at lower left) with a bold strike of the New Orleans, La CDS 4 NOV (1861). | $650.00 |
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CSA #56x1 Memphis 2c Blue Provisional Block of 6 Positions 23-25, 28-30 (nice dark blue color) UNUSED (4-Margin but just a little close at the left center), No Gum. The top middle stamp has a light hinge mark, the others are NH. Multiples more than a Block of 4 are not commonly seen. This stamp is printed on tissue paper thin paper, so a few shallow thins are to be expected. | $750.00 |
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CSA #58x2 5c Blue Mobile Provisional USED (4-Margin with about 1/4 of the adjacent stamp on the right visible) tied to small piece by a full strike and a second partial strike of the Mobile, Ala CDS 25 AUG (1861). This was obviously at one time a pair on cover. Whoever cut the piece, for whatever reason, turned it into a very nice single stamp by cutting through the second stamp. "JACUBEK BPP" (German Expertizer) small handstamp on the back. Very Fine. | $450.00 |
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CSA #56x1 2c Blue Memphis Provisional Horz Block of 6 Positions 31-33, 36-38 UNUSED (margin just touches at upper right and with a small left sheet margin) No Gum. This stamps are printed very close together on tissue thin paper and consequently have light creases. Small pinhole in the center of the middle stamp top row which does not detract. Larger multiples are not commonly seen. | $750.00 |
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CSA #62x5 5c Yellow Brown New Orleans Provisional UNUSED Position 37 (4-Margin with lower sheet margin) No Gum, Part Lower Imprint "New Orlea," small hinge thin top center. | $150.00 |
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CSA #62x5 5c Yellow Brown New Orleans Provisional UNUSED Position 39 (4-Margin with lower sheet margin) No Gum, Part Lower Imprint "ice". | $200.00 |
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CSA #62x5 5c Yellow Brown New Orleans Provisional UNUSED Position 4 (margin touches at the bottom but with upper sheet margin) No Gum, Part Upper Imprint "ely by the". | $150.00 |
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CSA #62x2 New Orleans 2c Red Provisional UNUSED (margins close at top and right) No Gum. Unusual over inking at the top which partially obliterates the name panel. A random printing flaw in this stamp which is not often seen. | $125.00 |
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CSA #62x4 New Orleans 5c Red-Brown Provisional on Bluish Paper USED (4-Margin but close at the top) with the New Orleans, La CDS 14 NOV (1861). Pencil notation on the back. Very Fine. | $150.00 |
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CSA #62x5 5c Yellow Brown New Orleans Provisional UNUSED (4-Margin) Part OG LH. Pencil signature on the back which may be that of an old expertizer or prior owner, but I do not recognize it. Very Fine. | $140.00 |
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CSA #62x5 5c Yellow Brown New Orleans Provisional UNUSED (4-Margin with a lower sheet margin) NG LH Very Fine. | $150.00 |
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CSA #62x5 5c Yellow Brown New Orleans Provisional UNUSED (4-Margin) Part OG, Hinged, Deep Color Shade, Very Fine | $225.00 |
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CSA #56x2 5c Red Memphis Provisional USED (margin just in at the left) tied to small piece by the Memphis, Ten CDS with an OCT 1861 date. Plated as Position 38 with a notation on the back, but cannot guarantee the plating. | $125.00 |
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CSA #16x1 Charleston 5c Blue Provisional USED (margin a little tight and a little irregular at the left) with a neat strike of the large single rim Charleston SC CDS (date not fully apparent). Small central thin which does not detract. | $400.00 |
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CSA #62x1 2c Blue New Orleans Provisional USED (4-Margin) with a light strike of the New Orleans, La CDS with an AUG (1861) date. Extremely tiny pinhole in the margin at the upper right and a very light corner crease also at the upper right neither of which detract from a Very Fine appearance. | $575.00 |
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CSA #62x4 5c Red-Brown on Bluish Paper New Orleans Provisional (3 singles) USED (affixed horizontally and slightly overlapping each other and paying a 3X rate) tied together and to a small piece by two strikes of the New Orleans, La CDS 18 AUG (1861) Very Fine. | $600.00 |
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CSA #56x1 2c Blue Memphis Provisional USED (4-Margin) with the Memphis, Ten CDS 24 SEP (1861). APS Certificate 1998 which describes a very trivial light "tip" crease at the lower left corner. Very Fine. Appearance. | $950.00 |
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CSA #62x3 5c Brown New Orleans Provisional USED (4-Margin) with a PAID cancel. Few small thins which do not detract. Very Fine Appearance. | $200.00 |
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CSA #62x3 5c Brown New Orleans Provisional USED (4-Margin but tight at the top) with a neat strike of the New Orleans, La CDS with a NOV (1861) date. | $150.00 |
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CSA #62x1 2c Blue New Orleans Provisional UNUSED (4-Margin), No Gum, Very Fine. | $225.00 |
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CSA #82xu2 Stampless Thomasville, Ga PAID 5 Provisional 22 JAN (1862). Small piece cut from the full envelope ("cut square") with the postmark and the provisional PAID 5 mark and a small part of the address.. | $200.00 |
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CSA #4ax1 3c Nashville Provisional -- For many decades it was believed that this stamp was prepared by the Nashville postmaster, W. D. McNish, to use for the US rate but was never issued. Recent research and historical evidence suggest that was not the case and that the stamp is really a fantasy item instead. This stamp shown is one that was considered to be genuine for over 150 years and listed as a Confederate 3c Provisional. Because of the recent research, the stamp cannot be certified as genuine. The CWPAS (CWPS Authentication Service) will decline to examine the stamp and decline to issue a certificate either way. There are also known fakes of this stamp by Petrie and others. However, the stamp is still listed and priced in the Scott Catalogue but with the proviso that it is most likely a fantasy item. The 3c Nashville is also listed and priced in the 2012 CSA Catalog because that catalog was published before the new research came to light. The stamp is not for sale but posted for demonstration purposes only. | Not For Sale |
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CSA #58x1 2c Black Mobile Provisional UNUSED (margin just in at the bottom), Part OG, LH, and thinned at the right center. | $1,100.00 |
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CSA #62x3 5c Brown New Orleans Provisional USED (4-Margin but a bit tight left and right) tied to small piece by a PAID cancel Very Fine. | $200.00 |
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CSA #1 USED Stone 2 (2 singles arranged to appear as a Vert Pair 4-Margin) on small piece with the Suffolk, Va CDS 30 MAR (1862). The lower stamp has what looks like a small stone flaw (very difficult to tell if such things are actual stone flaws or just a small scuff since stone flaws are so prevalent on these stamps). Very Fine appearance. |
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CSA #1 Stone 2 and CSA #4 Stone 2 USED in Combination for the double rate over 500 miles (both stamps are 4-Margin but the CSA #1 overlaps the top part of the CSA #4) tied to each other and to a small blue paper piece by two strikes of the Mobile, Ala double circle CDS 18 MAY (1862). Excellent combination piece. |
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CSA #1c Stone 1 two singles USED (Olive Green with one stamp 4-Margin with the other just touching at the left) tied together and to small piece by two strikes of the Blue Nashville, Ten CDS with a MAR 1862 date. Very Fine. |
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CSA #1 Stone 1 Horz Pair USED (4-Margin) tied to small yellow paper piece by a full strike of the Tudor Hall, Va CDS 23 DEC 1861. Extremely Fine. |
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CSA #1 Stone 2 USED (4-Margin) tied to small orange paper piece by the Southern Express Company New Orleans large double ring CDS (partial but easily recognizable strike in black with date not fully apparent). Very Fine. |
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CSA #1 Stone 1 Horz Pair Plated as Positions 48-49 (98-99) USED (almost 4-margin but just barely touches at the top center of the left stamp with lower sheet margin) with a neat strike of the Tudor Hall, Va CDS 6 MAR (1862). Very faint vertical crease between the stamps and some very light toning at upper right. Still a very fresh appearing used pair. | $500.00 |
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CSA #1 Stone 1 Plated as Position 42 USED (margin touches at the top) tied to small orange paper piece by a full strike of the smaller 29mm single rim Charleston SC CDS 27 JAN (1862). This particular Charleston postmark is a pre war mark and is seen used in the Confederate period only very rarely. The standard single rim Charleston postmark used in the Confederate period is 32mm. Very Fine Appearance. | $350.00 |
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CSA #1 Stone 1 Position 10 USED (4-Margin with a large right sheet margin) tied to small piece by the Houston, Tex CDS 2- DEC 1861. The stamp shows a small linear random stone flaw at the lower right and a prominent short transfer at the lower right. Very Fine. Ex-Powell. | $300.00 |
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CSA #1 Stone 2 Position 14 USED (4-Margin) tied to small piece by the Camp Shenandoah, Va CDS 11 APR (1862). A small post office complete with a postmarking device was established at Camp Shenandoah, Va in Augusta County in the Shenandoah Mountains. There are only a small handful of covers known with this postmark (BE115 in the Bush Exhibit Section) and all are dated between 11 APR 1862 and 16 APR 1862 and all the known covers are army related. Camp Shenandoah served as a temporary army camp at that time. It seems apparent that the Camp Shenandoah post office was established in order to service the army mail as the post office ceased operations by 20 APR 1862 when the army moved on. The Camp Shenandoah, Va postmark is listed as an army field postmark in the 1986 New Dietz catalog but has been deleted from the army listings by the editors of the new CSA catalog with the statement that the post office was opened on personal initiative and did not have official status. Unfortunately, the Camp Shenandoah mark is not illustrated or valued in the new CSA catalog. Whether the Camp Shenendoah post office was official or unofficial is really beside the point. It was definitely a functioning temporary post office serving the army with its own postmark of which there are less than 10 recorded covers and only a few recorded off-cover stamps with this postmark. All the stamps are 5c lithographs -- most are the 5c Blue with a few being the 5c Green. This stamp shows the earliest recorded date of use for this limited postmark. Minor edge gum toning, otherwise Very Fine. | $750.00 SOLD |
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CSA #1 Stone 1 Position 36 USED (margin just in at lower left but with a lart of the adjacent stamp visible below) tied to blue paper piece by a full strike of the Port Lavaca, Tex CDS 16 JUN (1862). Very Clean with a not commonly seen Texas postmark. Ex-Powell. | $200.00 |
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CSA #1c Stone 1 Olive Green (not plated) USED (4-Margin with a slight edge clip at the upper right and a corner clip in the margin only at the lower right) tied to small piece by the BLUE Nashville, Ten CDS 23 NOV (1861). | $200.00 |
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CSA #1 Stone 1 (not plated) USED (4-Margin and a very dry printing) tied to small piece by the large single rim Charleston SC CDS 24 JAN 1862. Very Fine. | $225.00 |
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CSA #1c Stone 1 Olive Green Strip of 4 UNUSED (4-Margin with part of adjacent stamp visible at left with right and bottom sheet margins) Faults with thins, light creases, and small edge tears but still an excellent position piece Positions 47-50. | $800.00 |
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CSA #1 Stone 1 (not plated) USED (4-Margin) tied to small piece by a full strike of the large single rim Charleston SC CDS 6 DEC 1861 Very Fine. | $175.00 |
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CSA #1 Stone 1 (not plated) USED (4-Margin with a little edge gum toning) tied to small piece by the Hayneville, Ala CDS 15 APR. Very Fine. | $175.00 |
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CSA #2 Stone 2 Horz Pair Pos 35-36 (all four corners clipped prior to affixing) tied to small piece by the Yorktown, Va CDS (date not fully apparent). The piece was cut from a Type F11-17 Stars and Bars Patriotic Cover with the flag design in black. The piece contains the entire flag and a small part of the Slogan and Verse. Sealed tear at the top of the piece not affecting the flag. | $350.00 |
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CSA #1 Stone 1 Position 19 (4-Margin) USED in combination with CSA #6 (margin touches at top) to make the 10c rate. An excellent strike of the Chattanooga, Ten CDS 27 OCT 1862 ties both stamps together and to a small orange paper piece. Very Fine combination use piece. | $400.00 |
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CSA #1 Stone 2 Position 40 USED (4-Margin with a right sheet margin and part of the adjacent stamp visible above) tied to small yellow paper piece by the large single rim Charleston SC CDS 21 DEC 1861. Very Fine. | $200.00 |
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CSA #1 Stone 1 Position 30 USED (margin in a bit at the left but with a small right sheet margin) tied to small piece by the small single rim Loachapoka, Ala CDS (date not apparent). This is a very scarce Alabama postmark and is a listed CSA post office in Macon County. Loachapoka, Ala still exists today as a small town suburb of Auburn, Ala and is now in Lee County. This is the only example of this scarce Confederate Alabama postmark that I have been able to offer for sale. | $225.00 |
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CSA #1 Stone A/B Olive Green Vertical Pair USED (margin touches at the left tied to small yellow paper piece by a full strike of the Pensacola, Fla CDS 10 JAN (1862). The Stone A/B stamp is currently not cataloged with a Florida postmark. | $400.00 |
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CSA #1 Stone 2 (not plated) USED (margin close at top left and touches at right) tied to small piece by the Pensacola, Fla CDS 27 JAN (1861). | $150.00 |
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CSA #1 Stone 1 Position 14 USED (4-Margin with a large part of the adjacent stamp visible at the left) tied to small piece by the Grahamville SC CDS 3 FEB (1862). Very Fine. | $200.00 |
CS01/386
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CSA #1 Stone 1 (not plated) Vert Pair (4-Margin with a portion of both of the adjacent stamps right and left of the top stamp visible and small scissors cut between the stamps at the left) tied to small piece by the New Orleans, La CDS 7 FEB (1862). Very Fine. | $500.00 |
CS01/388
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CSA #1 Stone 1 Position 16
(4-Margin with a little light gum toning and a somewhat dry printing) USED tied to large
blue paper piece by the New
Orleans, La CDS 24 MAR (1862). On the piece is a blue double
oval handstamp from a New Orleans forwarding agent Ernest Quertica
& Co.
The piece with the forwarding agent's mark most likely comes from an
inbound Trans-Atlantic cover either through the blockade or more likely
around the blockade through Mexico. This is the only example of this
particular forwarding agent's mark that I have ever seen. Very Fine. The most likely scenario is that the cover originated in Europe (possibly in France) and was sent under separate cover with other letters to the forwarding agent in New Orleans. British Royal Mail steamers had regular runs to Tampico and Vera Cruz on the east coast of Mexico. Once in Mexico, the packet containing the letters addressed to the forwarding agent in New Orleans would enter Texas through Btrownsville and then very possibly went on to New Orleans via the Antonio Costa Express Service. Once in New Orleans, the forwarding agent would affix the CSA stamp and send the cover on to its final destination less than 500 miles from New Orleans. Without the full cover, this is speculation. But this is very likely what happened because that is how forwarding agents of the time operated, and going around the blockade to New Orleans via Royal Mail through Mexico and Texas was easier and more certain of delivery than trying to go through the blockade. |
$650.00 |
CS01/389
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CSA #1c Olive Green Stone 1 Position 1 USED (4-Margin with large sheet margins at top and left) tied to large piece with the small double circle Mobile, Ala CDS 8 FEB 1862. The large piece shows part of the address and was cut from on overall pink Advertising Cover with some of the unidentified advertising visible. Very Fine Ex-Knapp, Ex-Hall. | $300.00 |
CS01/394
 | CSA #1 Stone 2 Position 45 (95) (margin tight at the bottom left but with a large bottom sheet margin) tied to a large piece by the BLUE Columbia SC CDS (date not fully apparent). The large piece has the "Adams Southern Express." imprint at the top. "Adams" is lined through and "Co." added in manuscript as the Express Company's name was changed to "Southern Express Co." after secession. Part of the address to Mrs. E. E. Boyd, Leesville, So. Ca. is also on the large piece. Horizontal file fold at bttom of the piece not affecting the stamp. Very nice stamp on piece cut from an Express Company envelope. | $250.00 |
CS01/395
 | CSA #1 Stone 1 Position 12 (4-Margin) with a neat strike of the small double circle New Orleans, La., River Mail CDS 11 MAR 1862. Very Fine. | $250.00 |
CS01/396
 | CSA #1b Dark Green Stone 1 (not plated) USED (4-Margin) tied to small piece by a full strike of the Griffin, Ga CDS 27 JAN (1862) Very Fine. | $250.00 |
CS01/397
 | CSA #1b Dark Green Stone 1 (not plated) USED (4-Margin) Richmond, Va CDS 11 FEB (1862 Very Fine. | $225.00 |
CS01/398
 | CSA #1 Stone 2 two singles rejoined pair Positions 19 and 20 off-cover (4-Margin) tied together by an excellent strike of the Afton VA C RR (Virginia Central Railroad) CDS 10 FEB (1862). One of only three recorded examples of this scarce railroad postmark. These stamps were part of the Bush Exhibit of Fancy and Unusual Cancels and were sold when the Bush Exhibit was initially offered for sale in 2013. These stamps have been recently reacquired and are again offered for sale. The stamps have been removed from the exhibit mount. These stamps were used as an illustration on Page 322 of the Collectors Guide to Confederate Philately Second Edition and are the subject of a Mar-Apr 2002 Confederate Philatelist article. Very Fine. Ex-Hannen CSA Railroad Collection. | $1,000.00 |
CS01/399
 | CSA #1 Stone 1 (not plated) USED (4-Margin with just a little edge gum toning) tied to small piece by the BLUE Columbia SC CDS 25 MAR (1862). Very Fine. | $175.00 |
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CSA #1 Stone 2 USED (margin touches at the right and minor edge thins) canceled by an Arc Due 5 handstamp (traces of a town cancel can be seen on the stamp as well). Stamp was on a cover that was either underpaid or forwarded requiring that postage due be assessed, and the due mark was struck on the stamp perhaps because the town mark inadequately canceled the stamp. |
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CSA #2 Paterson Horz Pair USED (4-Margin but close on the right but with a small left sheet margin) with a neat strike of the small double circle Macon, Ga CDS 29 OCT (1862). Signed “OK Dietz” on the back. Very Fine. |
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CSA #2e Paterson Stone Y Horz Pair UNUSED (bottom margin touches the outer frame of the bottom of the left stamp) Part OG LH with two small thins which do not detract from the overall appearance. While unused singles of the Stone Y stamp are quite scarce, unused multiples are very scarce. | $2,500.00 |
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CSA #2 H&L Horz Pair Positions 7-8 USED (4-Margin with an upper sheet margin). Very light strike of the Mobile, Ala small double circle CDS (date not apparent). The left stamp is thinned and there are thins in the upper sheet margin. Small sealed edge tear at top right center in the sheet marginonly. Despite the faults, the pair retains an overall very fine appearance. | $500.00 |
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CSA #2b H&L Horz Pair Positions 42-43 USED (margin just slightly irregular at the top right Dark Blue) tied to small orange paper piece by two strikes of the Tudor Hall, Va CDS 4 MAR (1862). | $450.00 |
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CSA #2e Paterson Stone Y Horz Pair USED (margin a little irregular at the lower right and a little light gum toning Milky Blue) affixed to small piece with a socked-on-the-nose Austin, Tex small double circle CDS 7 APR. The piece has a silk lined back which is from a silk lined envelope used at the time for money letters. The Scott Catalog lists but does not price a Stone Y pair as used multiples of the Stone Y are very scarce. The new CSA catalog values a used Stone Y pair at $1,200.00 plus a 200% premium for a Texas cancel. Light pre-affixing crease at top right. | $1,000.00 |
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CSA #2e Paterson Stone Y USED (margin significantly in at bottom) tied to large piece by the Austin, Tex small double circle CDS with a FEB date. Piece contains the “State of Texas Adjutant and Inspector General’s (“Office” cut off) Official Business” semi-official imprint. Ex-Powell. | $150.00 |
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CSA #2 H&L USED (faulty stamp which has been re-backed for preservation) with a neatstrike of the Lake City, Fla CDS 11 APR. Very decent spacefiller type stamp which is not commonly seen with a Florida postmark. | $100.00 |
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CSA #2e Paterson Stone Y UNUSED Light Milky Blue (4-Margin with a small right sheet margin), No Gum, small toned spot at right center. Unused Stone Y stamps are quite scarce. | $650.00 |
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CSA #2 Paterson USED (4-Margin) with the Estelle Springs N&C RR (Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad) oval postmark 19 APR 1863. Stamp has a very fine appearance but has multiple thins and a pinhole. This stamp with a railroad postmark is very scarce. | $500.00 |
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CSA #2 H&L Position 47 USED (margin touches the outer frame at the bottom) tied to small piece by the Atlanta, Ga CDS 11 MAR. The stamp was affixed over the obsolete Atlanta PAID 5 Provisional Handstamp CSA #6xu5. The stamp has been lifted and hinged back into place so that the provisional marking underneath can be demonstrated. Very Fine. Pencil notation on the back "Ex Lehrmann Coll." | $750.00 |
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CSA #2 H&L USED (4-Margin) with the small double circle Little Rock, Ark CDS (date not fully apparent). Very Fine. | $400.00 |
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CSA #2 H&L Horz Pair and CSA #1 Stone 2 USED in combination and tied to a large piece and to each other with two partial strikes of the Chattanooga, Ten CDS 20 APR 1862. The postal use represents a 5x rate with the large piece containing part of an address “To the Adjutant General of Tennessee.” Most likely cut down from a large oversize envelope containing official documents. The CSA #1 stamp is 4-Margin although close at the top and the right and appears to be without faults and is plated as Stone 2 Position 49. The CSA #2 H&L Horz Pair (appears to be 4-Margin but the CSA #1 stamp slightly overlaps) has a top sheet margin and plates to Positions 6 and 7, but some faults are present. The right stamp has a slight surface scuff, and the left stamp also has a slight surface scuff and an apparent pre-affixing crease involving the lower left. Despite the faults, the item still has an overall Very Fine appearance (stamps affixed upside down with respect to each other) and represents a significantly scarce 5x rate combination use. | $750.00 |
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CSA #2 H&L USED (stamp has pre-affixing damage and is missing the lower left corner) tied to small piece by the BLUE large single rim Norfolk, Va CDS 11 FEB 1862. The stamp is Position 10 (joined "GE" of "POSTAGE" variety 2-H-v2) with part of the Position 1 stamp visible to the right and therefore demonstrates the wide Vertical Gutter. Despite the stamp fault, the piece still has a nice appearance and is a rare item showing the Vertical Gutter. | $100.00 |
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CSA #2 H&L USED (old repair to the upper left corner) with two strikes of the Pensacola, Fla CDS (date not apparent). Despite the old repair, the stamp is still quite presentable. This stamp with a Florida postmark is scarce. | $150.00 |
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CSA #2 H&L USED (margins tight top right and lower right) with a "PAID" cancelation. | $200.00 |
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CSA #2 Paterson USED (4-Margin) tied to small piece by a full strike of the Savannah, Ga, Paid CDS 10 OCT. Very Fine. | $150.00 |
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CSA #2 H&L Position 36 USED (margins close top and left) with a face free strike of a Va CDS. Printing flaw right center is a constant finding of the Position 36 stamp. | $175.00 |
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CSA #2 H&L UNUSED (4-Margin) Part OG, Hinged, Small Hinge Thin, a tiny pinhole, and a small surface scuff between the "C' and "E" of "CENTS.". | $175.00 |
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CSA #2 H&L USED (4-Margin) tied to small piece by the large single rim Norfolk, Va CDS 27 MAR (1862). Extremely Fine Stamp. | $300.00 |
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CSA #2 H&L Vert Pair Positions 33, 43 (4-Margin) Part OG LH. Very Fine. | $950.00 |
 | CSA #2 Paterson USED (4-Margin) with the Estelle Springs N&C RR (Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad) oval postmark (date not fully apparent). This stamp with a railroad postmark is very scarce. Very Fine. | $650.00 |
 | CSA #2e Paterson Stone Y Light Milky Blue USED (margin tight on the right) with a neat strike of the Richmond, Va CDS Powel Type 4a 23 DEC 1862. Very nice stamp. | $250.00 |
 | CSA #2 Paterson Horz Pair UNUSED (4-Margin with an upper sheet margin) OG with slight toning seen from the back, LH with small shallow hinge thins. Very Fine overall appearance. Thin horizontal streak of blue printer's ink visible just above the center of both stamps which is an interesting uncataloged random printing flaw. | $400.00 |
CS02/327  | CSA #2 H&L USED Staggered Block of 7 (large margins on all sides) (top row of 4, bottom row of 3). Plated as Positions 33-36, 44-46. Tied to large blue paper piece by multiple strikes of the New Orleans, La CDS 1 APR (1862). The block has internal pre-affixing faults which do not detract from the overall appearance. In April 1862, the block paid a very large 14x rate for a large packet. The piece is linen lined which means it was a security packet made to send currency, bonds, or other important papers or documents. The linen lining prevented anyone from seeing through the paper packet. This is currently the largest recorded used block of the CSA #2 H&L stamp. There is also believed to be a used Strip of 7 whose current whereabouts is unknown to me. Ex-Seybold (John Friedrich Seybold 1857-1909 an early major collector) with his handstamp on the reverse. A great rarity of Confederate philately. | $3,500.00 |
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CSA #3 USED (4-Margin but a bit close at top right and some very minor edge toning at top) San Antonio, Tex CDS. Small thins and a minor crease which do not visibly detract from an overall very neat appearance. This stamp with Texas usage is SCARCE. CSA Certificate 1994. |
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CSA #3 Vert Pair UNUSED (4-Margin but close at the bottom left corner and with a right sheet margin) Part OG, LH with a small hinge thin at the top center of the top stamp. Dry printing with mutiple short transfers where parts of the design failed to print most prominent along the right edge and at the right lower corner of the bottom stamp. | $900.00 |
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CSA #3 UNUSED (4-Margin) Part OG LH. Very light central hinge thin which does not detract. Very Fine Appearance. | $750.00 |
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CSA #3 UNUSED (4-Margin) No Gum. Top Knot variety at the top left with part of the top knot visible (CC 3-v2). Stamp is from Position 31R and is a 1/50 stamp. Small part of the adjacent stamp visible at the bottom. Small random printing flaw at the left of the portrait. Very Fine. | $800.00 |
 | CSA #3 UNUSED (margin touches at right center) Part OG, hinged with small hinge thins. Prominent short transfer at the bottom which is a listed variety and a constant to Position 95L (CC 3-v4) a 1 / 200 stamp. Light horizontal crease which does not detract. | $750.00 |
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