Lake City Fla., 10c Black entire (96XU1). "Paid 10" provisional handstamp with "E. R. Ives" straightline handstamp on top flap, "Lake City Fla. Jul. 25" (1864) circular datestamp, on cover to Thomasville Ga., choice condition

EXTREMELY FINE. ONE OF THE FINEST EXAMPLES OF THE RARE LAKE CITY, FLORIDA, 10-CENT POSTMASTER'S PROVISIONAL.

Edward R. Ives served as the Lake City postmaster from Mar. 11, 1859, until he was replaced by Arthur S.T. Wright on Sep. 25, 1860. White was then appointed the Confederate postmaster from July 25, 1861, until Ives was re-appointed sometime prior to Nov. 26, 1863.

There are two types of Lake City Provisional control marks -- the "E. R. Ives" postmaster straightline as seen on this cover and the undated circular handstamp. Only eight examples of any Lake City Postmaster's Provisional are recorded in the Briggs census, including six with the postmaster straightline and two with the circular control mark. The covers are split between two correspondences, the other addressed to Sparta Ga.

Illustrated in Briggs Florida Postal History During the Civil War on p. 119. C.S.A. Catalog value for either control mark $5,000.00. Scott value for either control mark.

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