Sale 1155 — United States and Confederate States Postal History
Sale Date — Tuesday, 9 May, 2017
Category — Confederate States, General Issues on-Cover
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
3028
5c Blue, Stone 2, 5c Light Blue, De La Rue (4, 6). Tied together by blue "Lynchburg Va. Oct. ?" circular datestamp on "New Southern Gunboat For New Orleans and a Market" captured Union Patriotic design depicting a man riding a giant alligator about to swallow a steamboat, addressed to Stilesborough Ga., 5c Lithograph is defective and cover has some mended tears and light staining, still an exceptional and extremely rare Patriotic design, especially remarkable used with Confederate postage
E. 400-500
1,700
