Lot
4308 
Confederacy, Macon, Ga., 1861, 5¢ black on light blue green, comma after "OFFICE", large to huge margins all around, small scuff and tiniest sealed tear, tied by light "Macon, Ga., Oct 2, 1861" cds on cover to Sparta, Ga., with illustrated N. Weed, Hardware, Macon, Ga. Padlock corner card; cover lightly cleaned., Very Fine appearance, only one other recorded such ad cover design and it bears a pair of C.S.A. #7 with the left side of cover added. Scott No. 53X1 Estimate $5,000 - 7,500.
A STRIKING AND EXTREMELY RARE EXAMPLE OF THE SQUARE 5¢ MACON POSTMASTER PROVISIONAL STAMP USED ON A ILLUSTRATED ADVERTISING CORNER CARD COVER.
The Macon provisional with "Post Office, Macon, Ga." added to the setting is very rare on cover (Peter W. W. Powell reported 24 on cover in The Confederate Philatelist, Sep.-Oct. 2000). Only three advertising covers were known with this stamp prior to this find, in addition to four or five printed college covers. This is the only the second recorded example of the comma after "Office" variety on an advertising cover. A similar blue "lock" hardware cover with a Macon provisional sold for $37,375 in our 2009 sale of the Ballard collection.
Realized: $4,250