| CS0541 |
CSA
#5 USED (4-Margin and a very nice color with just a
little brownish
tinge) with a very neat strike of the Warrington, Fla CDS
with an AUG
(1862) date. Usage is well after the fall of the
Pensacola-Warrington area
to the Union in MAY 1862 and represents usage from Pollard, Ala as the
Warrington postmaster fled north to Pollard (just across the state line
north of Pensacola) where he continued to service army mail using the
Warrington, Fla postmark at least into NOV 1863. There
are only a
small handful of examples of the CSA #5 stamp either on or off cover
showing a Florida postmark. This postmark is unusual in that the date
slugs
are upside down resulting in an inverted month and a large bar where
one
would expect to see the day and year. Unusual but not unknown as the
slugs
were sometimes inadvertently inverted when they were changed. The stamp
itself has a few minor thins and minor creases which do not detract
from an
otherwise Very Fine appearance. Old prior owner's tiny handstamp on the
reverse. Very scarce usage. |
$1,000.00
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