Lot 2950 o
Confederacy, Goliad, Tex., 1861, 10¢ black on gray, light town cancel, large even margins, couple trivial thins, Extremely Fine appearance, ex-Caspary, Kirkman & Haub.Scott No. 29X7 $12,000.
ONE OF THE MOST ATTRACTIVE EXAMPLES OF THE GOLIAD 10¢ TYPE II PROVISIONAL - WITH ONLY SEVEN EXAMPLE ARE KNOWN IN PRIVATE HANDS.
Goliad Postmaster, John A. Clarke, was tired of customer complaints about the lack of stamps for sale. So he contacted the local newspaper the Goliad Messenger to print some for him. Newspaper owner, Rev. A.F. Cox, set the type and printed some very simple 5¢ and 10¢ stamps that are now among the rarest of all the world's postage stamps with only seven now known, including three on cover, to be in private hands.
Realized: $9,500