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Lot 4253 Confederate States Postmasters' Provisionals
- Scott53X4
Description
Macon Ga., 5c Black on Yellow Wove (53X4). Huge top right corner sheet margins, full to barely touched other sides, tied by partly clear strike of “Macon Ga. ? 11” (likely June 1861) double-circle datestamp on orange-buff cover to Tennville Ga., light file fold near bottom and minor soiling VERY FINE. A BEAUTIFUL CORNER-MARGIN COPY OF THE MACON PLAIN BORDER 5-CENT PROVISIONAL ISSUE ON COVER. The person most likely to be the Macon postmaster who issued the provisional stamps is Dr. Edward L. Strohecker, a graduate of the Medical College of South Carolina, who was elected three times as Macon's mayor. He helped to organize the Georgia Medical Association, and travelled to visit and treat Confederate troops during the war. Another postmaster and possible stamp issuer is Washington Poe, a relative of the poet, who also served a term as mayor and was elected as a Union delegate to the Georgia Secession Convention in Milledgeville. Based on dated examples, it is certain that the 5c with plain border was the first stamp issued in Macon, despite its Scott listing as 53X4. Almost all of the recorded covers are dated during the first half of June 1861, including an uncancelled stamp on a cover dated June 1, the first day of the Confederate postal system. Ex Col. Green, Meroni and Dr. Brandon. Small Dietz backstamp. With 1960 P.F. certificate. SCV $7,500
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2000.00 - 3000.00 USD
Price (no guarantee)
4000.00 USD
(app. 3720 EUR)
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Thursday June 27th, 2024, 08:30 EDT
