Goliad, TX - Stamp Auctions
 Lot 201 - Confederate States Postmasters’ Provisionals Goliad, TX - H. R. Harmer Inc 3070 – ERIVAN XGoliad, Texas, 5c black on rose, large margins on three sides, clear at top, signed “Clarke – PM” in black, cancelled with black PAID handstamp, pressed crease at top, repaired tear at right extending to "M" of "PM", else a fine-appearing example of this Confederate rarity, the sole off-cover example recorded by Crown; ex Steves, Caspary, Kirkland. H. R. Harmer Inc 3070 – ERIVAN XConfederate States Postmasters’ Provisionals Goliad, TX |
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 Lot 202 - Confederate States Postmasters’ Provisionals Goliad, TX - H. R. Harmer Inc 3070 – ERIVAN XGoliad, Texas, 10c black on rose, signed "Clarke / PM" large margin at right, else lightly touching in places, affixed to patriotic cover depicting a soldier, tents, and ten-star flag, to Col. D. Hardeman, Santa Gertrudas, Kings Ranch, Texas, backstamped "R.H.W. Co" (Raymond H. Weill), cover with some toning and trivial edge faults, adhesive with vertical crease, yet a Confederate rarity of great renown, having graced several of the most famed collections ever formed; the only on-cover example recorded by Crown, and one of only two examples extant, the other being a used single. ex Ferrary, Hind, Caspary, and Lilly. Illustrated in Dietz "The New Dietz Confederate States Catalog and Handbook"Dietz records that " these provisionals were press-printed from typeset forms in the office of a local newspaper, the Messenger, owned by the Rev. A.M. Cox, a Methodist minister, who set the time and did the printing." H. R. Harmer Inc 3070 – ERIVAN XConfederate States Postmasters’ Provisionals Goliad, TX |
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 Lot 200 - Confederate States Postmasters’ Provisionals Goliad, TX - H. R. Harmer Inc 3070 – ERIVAN XGoliad, Texas, 5c black on white, large margins at right and foot, just touching at top and lower left, signed “Clarke – PM” in red and cancelled with black “PAID” handstamp, central repaired thin and some light aging, a fine-appearing Postmaster Provisional rarity, one of only two off-cover examples recorded by Crown; ex Kirkland. H. R. Harmer Inc 3070 – ERIVAN XConfederate States Postmasters’ Provisionals Goliad, TX |
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 Lot 95 - Confederate States Postmasters’ Provisionals Goliad, TX - H. R. Harmer Inc "Erivan" Collection Part VIIIfour large margins, light cancel, couple trivial thins, extremely fine appearance, one of the most attractive of the few recorded examples of this stamp (Scott $12,000) H. R. Harmer Inc "Erivan" Collection Part VIIIConfederate States Postmasters’ Provisionals Goliad, TX |
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 Lot 96 - Confederate States Postmasters’ Provisionals Goliad, TX - H. R. Harmer Inc "Erivan" Collection Part VIIIessentially four margins with portion of adjacent stamp at right, tied by black "Paid" handstamp to folded letter (blue lined paper), additional red pen cancel, endorsed "O.B." and addressed to Captain William Headen in Corpus Christi, Texas, contents dated August 18, 1864, very fine, by far the finer of the two examples of the 10c "Goilad" error on cover and in our opinion one of the most desirable items of Confederate States postal history (Scott $30,000) H. R. Harmer Inc "Erivan" Collection Part VIIIConfederate States Postmasters’ Provisionals Goliad, TX |
