Lot
1135 
Confederacy, Baton Rouge, La., 1861, 5¢ green & carmine, large even margins all around, tied by partial "Baton Rouge La. Dec 9, 1861" cds on orange buff cover to L. H. Reynaud of New Orleans La.; cover has minor scuff spots and small edge tears, vertical folds well clear of stamp, most of backflap removed, an Extremely Fine stamp, ex-Hussman, Worthington, Caspary, Skinner and D.K. Collection; with 2001 P.F. certificate. Scott No. 11X3 $10,000.
ONE OF ONLY 11 RECORDED ON COVER USAGES OF THE BATON ROUGE 5¢ CRISS-CROSS BORDER STAMP, THIS BEING ONE OF ONLY TWO WITH A FOUR-MARGIN STAMP.
The Crown census records only eleven covers, all of which are single frankings. Only two covers have four-margin stamps with almost all covers having minor faults or flaps removed. The addressee, L. H. Reynaud, was a member of the prominent Reynaud-Favrot family of New Orleans.