Lot
1126 
Confederacy, Athens, Ga., 1861, 5¢ purple, horizontal pair, Types I-II, margins to touched, tied by grid cancel and "Athens Ga., Paid, Oct 15" 1861 cds, additional strike at left on pink lavender cover addressed to Lamar Cobb, Sergt. Major, 16th Regt Ga. Vol., care Howell Cob at Richmond Va., pencil "Athens, Oct 14th 1861" docketing at left, Very Fine and choice, ex-Hart, Walske; with 1982 C.S.A. certificate. Scott No. 5X1 Estimate $3,000 - 4,000.
ONE OF THE FINEST COVERS BEARING A PAIR OF THE ATHENS GA. POSTMASTERS PROVISIONAL. THIS TYPE I-II COMBINATION REFLECTS THE TWO-SUBJECT WOODCUT ENGRAVING.
The Athens two-subject woodcut engraving showing the small "Paid" at left and large "Paid" at right. Lamar was a son of Howell Cobb (1815-1868). Howell married Mary Ann Lamar, daughter of Colonel Zachariah Lamar of Milledgeville Ga., by whom he had 12 children.
Realized: $2,800