Lot
1282 
Canton, Miss., 1861, 5¢ black, sharp bold strike of provisional handstamp and with matching neat "Canton Miss. Jul 2" cds on fresh 1861 buff cover from the Carroll Hoy & Co. correspondence to New Orleans La., usual light file holes, Extremely Fine, the second earliest recorded use of this Provisional, ex-Walcott, Everett. Scott No. 14XU1 $4,000.
A CHOICE EXAMPLE OF THE CANTON MISS. PROVISIONAL ENTIRE.
Realized: $4,500