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Port Gibson, Miss., 1861, 5¢ black, handstamp postmaster provisional entire with manuscript "Wm. T. Morris P.M." postmaster control signature below, to Oakland College, Miss with "Port Gibson, Miss., Jan 6, 1862" cds, with original enclosure datelined "Port Gibson, Miss., Jan 4th 1862" with letter beginning…I send herewith the twenty dollars (Confederate Note, couldn't get New Orleans); entire slightly reduced at right, Very Fine, listed but unpriced in the Scott catalog; with 2003 C.S.A. certificate. C.S.A. Catalog No. POR-MS-E01. Scott No. 142XU1 Estimate $5,000 - 7,500.
THE EARLIEST OF TWO KNOWN EXAMPLES OF THE PORT GIBSON, MISSISSIPPI POSTMASTER PROVISIONAL.