Lot Details

Galveston, Texas, 10c black handstamped envelope, "3" of "3 PAID" not removed, black "10" struck above, fair strike at upper right, with "Galveston / Tex / Apr / 19 / 1864" double-circle c.d.s. postmark, paying the uniform letter rate to Anderson, Texas, some hinge repairs to back, of no importance given the tremendous rarity of this provisional, the finer of the only two examples recorded in Crown of this change in denomination.