Lot
2571 
Confederacy, New Orleans, La., 1861, 2¢ blue, large margins to just shaving frameline at bottom tied by "New Orleans, La., Jul 26" cds on folded priced current to Mansfield, La., Very Fine. Scott Nos. 62X1 $5,000.
A SCARCE USE OF THE 2¢ BLUE NEW ORLEANS POSTMASTER'S PROVISIONAL PAYING THE CIRCULAR RATE.
The addressee, B.F. Jenkins, owned a cotton plantation, was a Captain in the state militia and an enrollment officer for the Confederacy.
Realized: $3,750