Lot
2432 
Confederacy, Nashville, Tenn., 1861, 5¢ grayish brown, horizontal strip of five, plated on verso as positions 3, 2, 1, 3, 2, dark intermediate shade between Violet Brown and Gray, tied by blue "Nashville, Ten. Oct 23, 1861" cds on rebacked buff cover front only to Capt. Daniel Coleman, Danville Va.; strip lifted and repaired with parts of design drawn in., Fine appearance, ex-Hobbs, Wiseman, Gallagher, Rudy, Powell. Scott No. 61X5 var. Estimate $4,000 - 6,000.
THE LARGEST RECORDED USED MULTIPLE OF ANY NASHVILLE PROVISIONAL.
Captain Daniel Coleman (1821-1905) was born in Pittsylvania County, October 31, 1821, near Spring Garden, Va. and was the son of the late Col. Daniel Coleman, the chief justice of the county and a former member of the state legislature. He grew up in the farming business. At the opening of the Civil War enlisted in the Spring Garden Blues, Eighteenth Virginia Regiment. Prior to the war he was the Captain of a militia company. He served throughout the entire struggle, and in one of the closing battles was shot through his face, a scar from which he carried all of his life. He was also an honored member of the legislature.