Provisionals - Other

Alexandria - 5c - Black - Type I
40 asterisks in circle
Scott #1X1 - 1846
Courtesy of Mark Scheuer
Auction: $125,000 (on cover)
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Alexandria - 5c - Black - Type I
Known as the "Blue Boy"
Scott #1X2 - 1846
Last sold in 1981 by David Feldman for $1,000,000

Annapolis - 5c - Carmine red
Scott #2XU1 - 1846
Courtesy of Mark Scheuer


Annapolis - 5c - Blue
Scott #2XU1var - 1841
Auction 2006 : $3,750 (on cover)

Baltimore - 10c - Black 
Scott #3X2 - 1845
Courtesy of Mark Scheuer
Baltimore - 5c - Black
Bluish paper - Scott #3X3 - 1845
Auction: $5,750 - $23,000 (on cover)
Baltimore - 10c - Black 
Bluish paper - Scott #3X4 - 1845
Auction: $9,000 ($37,000 on cover)
Baltimore - 5c - Blue
Envelope - Scott #3XU1 - 1845
2000 Auction: $8,000 (on cover)
2007 Auction: $4,500 (on cover)
2008 Auction: $4,500 (on cover)
Baltimore - 5c - Red
Envelope - Scott #3XU2 - 1845
Auction: $4,750 (on cover)
Baltimore - 10c - Blue
Envelope - Scott #3XU3 - 1845
Courtesy of Mark Scheuer
Baltimore - 10c - Red
Envelope - Scott #3XU4 - 1845
Courtesy of Mark Scheuer
Boscawen, New Hampshire - 5c - Dull Blue
Yellowish paper - Scott #4X1 - 1846(?)
Courtesy of Mark Scheuer

Brattleboro, Vermont - 5c - Black
Scott #5X1 - 1846
52 known examples (20 on cover).
Commonly forged (to view a larger image click here)

 
NY Auction Houses
 
MH
Used
Fall 2007
$10,000
$5,000-$8,500
Spring 2008
-
-
Fall 2008
-
$4,750

Fall 2007 Auction: $28.000 (on cover)

Lockport, New York - 5c - Red
Scott #6X1 - 1846
Courtesy of Mark Scheuer
Millbury, Mass. - 5c - Black
Scott #7X1 - 1846
Winter 2005 Auction: MH $40,000

New Haven, Conn. - 5c - Red or blue
Envelopes - Scott #8XU - 1845


New Haven, Conn. - 5c - Reprint
Scott #8XUR - 1845
New Haven, CT. 1877

Providence, Rhode Island. - 5c - Gray black
Yellowish paper - Scott #10X1 - 1846

 
NY Auction Houses
 
MH
Used
MNH
MH
Used
Fall 2004
-
-
-
$200-$250
-
Spring 2005
-
-
-
-
-
Fall 2005
-
-
-
$525
-
Spring 2006
$355
-
$675
$350
-
Fall 2006
-
-
$725
-
-
Spring 2007
-
-
-
-
-
Fall 2007
$145
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-
-
-
Spring 2008
-
-
-
-
-
Fall 2008
-
-
-
-
-

 

Providence, Rhode Island. - 10c - Gray black
Scott #10X2 - 1846

Winter 2004 Auction - MNH $650-$750
Spring 2006 Auction - MNH $850, MH $350

 
ONLY RECORDED COVER WITH TWO OF THE BRATTLEBORO POSTMASTER'S PROVISIONAL STAMPS
2000 Auction: $100,000
Fall 2007 Auction: $200,000
Baltimore Md., 5c Black (3X1).
Position 1 tied on 1846 cover by blue Baltimore circular datestamp
Gavit & Co., 5c Blue, Franklin Die Essay - 1Xa-E1d.
Spring 2005 Auction: $375


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