provisional "Paid 5" in circle handstamp at top center, matching "Carolina City, N.C. Oct 7" datestamp and straightline "Carolina City, N.C." control marking, addressed to Sandy Grove, North Carolina, very fine, the earlier of just two recorded provisional entires from Carolina City (Scott $5,000)

Provenance: Judge Robert S. Emerson

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

Alexander Hall (R.A. Siegel Sale 795, 1997)