Lot 2129
Confederacy, Barnwell Court House, S.C., 1861, 5¢ black, provisional handstamp with large "5" in center with boxed "Paid" straight line on cover to Lawton, S.C., attractive and impressive, Very Fine, Only two recorded examples in the Crown census, but seven total now recorded in recent years.Scott No. 123XU1 $3,000.
THIS IS ONE OF THE FINEST EXAMPLES OF THIS RARE POSTMASTERS' PROVISIONAL.
All examples of this provisional entire are used and addressed, but do not have origin postmarks.