black handstamp "Paid" with manuscript "5cts" and "J.T. Hall", matching "Demopolis Ala Nov 27" datestamp at top right, addressed to "Hon Moses McGuire, Probate Judge, Tuskaloosa", very fine, the unique Demopolis provisional with manuscript rate and the earliest recorded provisional envelope from Demopolis (Scott lists the three varieties out of chronological order), illustrated by M. Clinton McGee in his 1960 Confederate Philatelist article (Vol. 5, No. 11) which explains the discovery and history of these rare envelopes (Scott $4,000)