CSA #56X2, Memphis Provisional on Jeff Davis patriotic, 2009 PFC, Scott $9,000
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CSA #56X2, Memphis Provisional on Jeff Davis patriotic, 2009 PFC, Scott $9,000:
$1000.00
ConfederateStates of America
Memphis,Tennessee
Scott#56X2
5c Red –issued in 1861
tied by“Memphis, Ten.” cds to blue on yellow Jefferson Davis / Our First Presidentpatriotic portrait medallion envelope with elaborate allegorical scenedepicting cannon, train, ship, cotton bale and a sunburst with star above, withPatriotic verse (\"Men of the South! A free-born race…\") at bottomleft (Kaufmann type #JD-1B), to Monticello, Arkansas (Drew County), vividlycolored deep red shade of the 2c provisional that has been extensivelyrepaired, the faults are difficult to see without an ultraviolet light, thecover is reduced at right.
with 2009Philatelic Foundation certificate #480312
(stating “itis a Scott #56X2, extensively repaired, including an 8 mm tear at bottom,through the “PH” in “MEMPHIS”, margins added on three sides, a portion of thepostmark painted in at bottom, and genuinely used on this cover.”)
the 2018 Scott Catalogue value, for use on a patriotic cover, is $9,000
Provenance:Robert A. Siegel (sale #772 12/11/1995, lot #3147, realized $6,050)
Review ofSiegel Powersearch:In the past decade ten different Memphis patriotic covers have been sold. Therealized prices range between $3,000 hammer and $16,500 hammer. The mostrecently sold cover is:
RAS, sale#1104, 6/24/2015, lot #2167, realized $3,450 (described “slightly reduced atright affecting stamp, few light vertical file folds, one barely affectingstamp”)
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CSA #56X2, Memphis Provisional on Jeff Davis patriotic, 2009 PFC, Scott $9,000:
$1000.00