Sale 1291 — United States Postal History

Sale Date — Tuesday-Wednesday, 25-26 July, 2023

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Category — Florida in the Civil War: Towns and Handstamped Paid

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Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
469
c
Sale 1291, Lot 469, Florida in the Civil War: Towns and Handstamped PaidSaint Augustine Fla. Oct. 31 (1861). Circular datestamp with matching "PAID" and "5" handstamps, "5" rate overstruck "10" on buff cover to Captain Gibbs in Richmond Va., charge box notation at top, fresh and Extremely Fine, a possible provisional cover but more likely struck 5c in error and revalued for the over-500 miles rate to Richmond, in either case the only recorded example, ex McNeal and Dr. Briggs, illustrated in Briggs book on p. 224

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