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Lot# 5365 - Auction 321-332

  • Lot# : 5365 USA

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    Nashville, Tennessee 1861: Postmaster Provisional Typeset 3 c. carmine on white wove paper, prepared by Postmaster W.D. McNish, the imperforate horizontal strip of five showing all five types, of fine fresh colour with ample to large margins all round, tiny closed corner tear at upper left corner, unused. Unissued due to the denomination being the US rate of 3 cents whilst the Confederate States never had a 3 cent rate. Attractive and seldom seen multiple. Cert. Confederate Stamp Alliance / Civil War Phil. Soc. (1994) Scott = $ 2'250.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 440 CHF