New Orleans, La., 5¢ brown on white #62X3, used with town cancel, SCV $200. $150.

Charleston S.C., 5¢ Blue #16X1, Type C, ample margins, Oct. 1 [1861] cds, Fine, Very scarce in sound condition, 2014 SCV $ 850. $900.

Charleston S.C., 5¢ Blue #16X1, Type E, ample margins, rich color, January 1862 circular datestamp, few thins, light horizontal crease, Very Fine appearance, used in January after the General Issues were readily available, Very few of the Charleston provisionals extant are sound, 2014 SCV $ 850. $500.

Charleston S.C., 5¢ Blue #16X1, Type D, large margins showing three outer frame lines to just in at upper right, Nov. 19 circular datestamp, thin spot at top, Fine appearance, with 1972 CSA certificate, Very few of the Charleston provisionals extant are sound, 2014 SCV $ 850. $525.

Charleston S.C., 5¢ Blue #16X1, Type L, large margins to just touched, rich color, showing faint second impression shifted approximately 6 mm, a kiss print, small corner creases and small thin spots, appears Very Fine, a fascinating stamp worthy of additional research, illustrated in the Calhoun book on p. 72, Scott does not list any printing varieties for this issue, Scott Catalogue Value as normal used stamp, Very few of the Charleston provisionals extant are sound, 2014 SCV $ 850+ $525.

Memphis, Tenn. 2¢ blue #56X1, used, rebacked over faults, portions of design edge drawn in, Dietz signature on verso. SCV $1,250. $500.

Memphis, Tenn., 5¢ red #56X2, tied on small piece of illuminated cover by town cds, SCV $250. $250.

Memphis, Tenn., 5¢ red #56XU3, cut square from entire, tied by town cds, SCV $3,000 as full entire. $500.

Nashville, Tenn. 5¢ brick red #61X3, used with blue town cancel, faulty, SCV $1,000. $550.

Nashville, Tenn. 5¢ gray #61X4, used with blue town cancel, tiny tear at right edge, perfect margins, Extremely Fine appearance, THE GRAY SHADE OF NASHVILLE IS FAR RARER THAN THE OTHER NASHVILLE SHADES. SCV $1,500. $1,500.

New Orleans, La., 5¢ brown #62X3 pair, used with town postmark Jun 16, fresh, SCV $425. $350.

New Orleans, La., 5¢ red brown #62X4, used with light town cds, Fine, SCV $200. $150.

Memphis, Tenn. 2¢ dark blue #56X1, tied on piece with neat town postmark, slight wrinkling, Fine, 1983 PF certificate, SCV $1,250. Ex Brandon and Stanley. $900.

Memphis, Tenn., 5¢ red #56X2 used with partial town cancel, scissor cut at upper right, SCV $250. $100.

New Orleans, LA 5¢ yellow brown #62X5, unused, no gum, small paper inclusion at center, Very Fine SCV $160. $140.

Memphis, Tenn., 2¢ dark blue #56X1 tied on small piece by town postmark, defective corner lower right (difficult to impossible to see – per 1985 PF certificate, Ex Gallagher, SCV $1,250. $450.

New Orleans, La., 5¢ brown on bluish #62X4 variety, vertical pair with FILLED IN FRAMES variety, tied on small piece by neat town postmark, signed Colby and faintly backstamped J. H. Stolow. $300.

New Orleans, La., 5¢ brown on bluish #62X4 pair boldly tied by 7 NOV New Orleans postmark on small piece. $350.

New Orleans, La., 5¢ brown #62X3 with ample to huge margins all around, tied by light town cancel on piece, Very Fine. SCV $200. $220.

Mobile, Ala., 5¢ blue 56X2 used with neat Mobile, Ala, Nov. 22, 1861, double circle datestamp, SCV $450.  $250.

New Orleans, La., 2¢ blue #62X1, used with PA[ID] cancel, Fine, SCV $800. $400.

New Orleans, La., 2¢ blue #62X1, light town postmark, tiny scissor cut at lower left edge, Fine-Very Fine, SCV $800. $500.

New Orleans, La., 2¢ blue #62X1, light town postmark, small thin otherwise Very Fine, SCV $800. $450.

New Orleans, La., 2¢ red #62X2, used, small faults, Ex Pegram, SCV $1,000. $200.

Charleston S.C., 5¢ Blue 16X1, used with town cancel, sound (most all are faulty). Nice example! $750.

New Orleans, LA 5¢ yellow brown 62X5, used with light town cancel, SCV $250. $180.

New Orleans, La., 5¢ brown #62X3, used with double strike of FACE-FREE postmarks, fresh, Very Fine, SCV $275. Ex Doug Baker. $300.

Charleston, S.C., 5¢ dark blue 16X1 unused, faulty (as are most all), scarce, 2022 SCV $1,400. $1,100.

Madison Court House Fla., 3¢ gold on bluish (3AX1) with large to huge margins, clear strike of Madison C.H. Flo. Feb. 21 (1861) CDS, deep thin and tiny pinhole; Extremely Fine appearance. Ex Judge Frederick A. Philbrick, Sir William Avery, Philipp von Ferrary, William L. Moody III, Henry and Raymond Lapham, John and Patricia Kaufmann, Dr. Deane R. Briggs, and David W. Gorham. CSA certificate 02903. One of the most attractive of the five recorded off-cover copies with stellar provenance. Two copies have pen cancels, the third is the CNETS error; the whereabouts of the fourth is unknown (a poor photocopy of it exists only in the Philatelic Foundation files, apparently submitted by the Weill brothers). This is the fifth example. SCV $20,000. $18,000.

The history of the Madison provisionals is a fascinating one that I have written and spoken about for decades. See the basic story of this revolutionary provisional on my website. A thorough census and provenance article on them was done in September 2021 in the Civil War Philatelist. Both are on the Articles section of this site. Information on the Madison provisionals is also available as a Power Point presentation 

New Orleans, La., 5¢ yellowish brown 62X5, original gum, lightly hinged, Very Fine, SCV $160. $150.

Memphis, Tenn., 2¢ blue 56X1 left sheet margin, unused with pressed creases typical of this delicate pelure paper otherwise Very Fine, SCV $100. Ex Ralph Swap. $75. 

Memphis, Tenn., 5¢ red 56X2 with overinked PAID, fresh, Very Fine, SCV $150. Ex Ralph Swap. $130.

Memphis, Tenn., 5¢ red 56X2 used on piece with bold Sep 1 1861 town postmark, 1984 Philatelic Foundation certificate 0129570, Very Fine, SCV $250. Ex Ralph Swap. $275.

New Orleans, La., 5¢ brown on white 62X3, original gum, light hinge remnant, Very Fine+ SCV $300. Ex Ralph Swap. $325.

New Orleans, La., 5¢ red brown on bluish, Scott 62X4, left sheet margin, used with neat town postmark, Very Fine, SCV $200. $200.