Lot
4302 
Confederacy, Uniontown, Ala., 1861, 5¢ Green on Gray Blue, Position 2, the only one of four positions with Lobe ornaments at top and Loop ornaments at bottom, close margins all around, tied by usual light strike of Uniontown Ala. cds on orange buff cover addressed to Mrs. R.A. Cobbs in Montgomery Ala., a Very Fine and attractive cover from the Cobbs correspondence, ex-Ferrary (purple clover h.s.), Hind, Hall and Gross. Scott No. 86X3 $12,500.
ONLY NINE COVERS WITH THE UNIONTOWN 5-CENT GREEN ON GRAY BLUE PAPER ARE RECORDED IN THE CROWN CENSUS.
Although the Scott Catalogue does not distinguish between types, the distinctive typography of Position 2 with the floral ornaments at upper corners should qualify it as a major variety of Uniontown provisionals.
Realized: $6,250