Lot 2271 o
Confederacy, New Orleans, La., 1861, 5¢ Chocolate Brown, position 5, intense characteristic color, four margins, huge at sides, affixed to piece, cancelled by "Paid" handstamp, Very Fine.Scott No. 62X3c $1,500.
The chocolate brown shade appears to have been from the first printing of the New Orleans provisional.
Realized: $700