Auction Detail
Spring 2022
June 22-24, 2022 in New York City
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LOT# :97 - Bridgeville, AL
13X1, Bridgeville, AL 5c Black & red
Date: 06/24/2022 - 17:00
13X1, Bridgeville, AL 5c Black & red, horizontal pair with pen cancels on neat 1862 folded letter to Columbia, South Carolina, light July 31 Bridgeville postmark at top left, horizontal crease away from stamp, right stamp with a pre-use vertical crease, very fine, described in the Caspary sale as "one of the outstanding Confederate items known" and illustrated in that catalogue's full-color frontispiece, this pair are the only two recorded examples of the Bridgeville Provisional either on- or off-cover, an extraordinary cover, 2022 Philatelic Foundation certificate (Scott $20,000, an outdated value)
Provenance: Count Philipp von Ferrary (Gilbert Sale 4, 1922)
Alfred H. Caspary (H.R. Harmer Sale 989, 1956)
Josiah K. Lilly (R.A. Siegel Sale 317, 1967)
David Carnahan (Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1978)
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Starting Price: $7,500
Hammer Price: $7,500