provisional "Paid 5" surrounding star in circle handstamp with "Pensacola Fla. Jul 26" datestamp on 1861 cover to Camden, Mississippi, expertly restored at upper right not affecting the marking, very fine and rare, one of just four recorded examples of the 5c Pensacola provisional envelope (Scott $5,000)

Provenance: Morris Everett (R.A. Siegel Sale 754, 1993)