Lot
2957 
Confederacy, Petersburg, Va., 1861, 5¢ red, bottom margin single, position 6 showing missing comma after "Petersburg" variety, large margins all around, tied by central strike of blue "Petersburg, Va., Feb 11" cds on 1862 cover to Goldsboro, N.C., Extremely Fine, with only four on cover examples of this variety are known to us, ex-Gimelson.Scott No. 65X1 $2,000 for normal on cover.
AN EXCEPTIONAL AND EXTREMELY RARE ON COVER EXAMPLE OF THE PETERSBURG, VA. 5¢ PROVISIONAL MISSING COMMA VARIETY.
Realized: $950