By: H. R. Harmer Inc
lot # 113 - Postmaster Provisionals Nashville (Tenn.)
61X2, Nashville, TN, 1861 5c Carmine, single applied to uncancelled US 3c Nesbitt entire (U10) to Athens, Tennessee (Cleage correspondence), tied by blue "Nashville Ten. Aug 9 1861" datestamp, docketing in two different inks, «From Planters Bank, Nashville» embossed oval on flap, certificate notes indentation at right from the indicia beneath (barely perceptible and not worth mentioning in our opinion), very fine provisional use on a demonetized United States envelope, 2022 Philatelic Foundation certificate (Scott $3,500)
Provenance: George H. Worthington (Private transaction)
Charles and Lucy Kilbourne (R.A. Siegel Sale 815, 1999)
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