Lot 1185 o
Confederacy, Rheatown, Tenn., 1861, 5¢ red, Position 2 in setting, Type II with inverted ornament at top right, huge margins all around, deep shade, neat manuscript "X" cancel, Extremely Fine, ex-Hessel, Brandon.Scott No. 69X1 $6,000.
A GEM EXAMPLE OF THE RHEATOWN 5¢ POSTMASTER’S PROVISIONAL, ONLY ABOUT A DOZEN EXAMPLES ARE RECORDED.
The 5c provisional stamps issued by Postmaster D. Pence were printed by the same printer who produced the Tellico Plains Tenn. provisional. There are about a dozen recorded examples including a unique unused pair and five covers.
Realized: $4,500