Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-03-02
THE CONFEDERATE
POSTAGE STAMPS
Some Specimens Are Worth Hun
dredS of Dollars.
IN, scroRs FIND la ISSUES

administers az the Beginning " "e
w.r-singe Specimens onIy Known
Of Some Varieties.
-. Washington Post OF recent date
..,,,in. the following Interesting az
80. in regard 20 postage s'amIs -
"a nv the Conieteracy during the
var between the States;
Among the rsrest Of postage stamps
A.. homaIy Cor 'ederate Issues used IN
i.,,s,s transported through the South
1, the early days OF the Civil War.
ys.,lv every one Of them is unpleNsinr
"A the eve. yet they sre treasured
.oseinens in the collections ~ those
,n,,uuate enough 10 possess them.
A, the beginning Of the war no reg
.,,, Confederate stamps were on
hand. and the postmssters were apth-
o,i,sd 10 receive money in payment
for the postage on letters 70 b. for
x,,ded. small change was scarce,
.,d in order 20 facilitate matters
,o.trnasters issued local stamps OF
,h.ir own design and sold them 10 pa.
Trims A number at time. These
s,smps could thereafter be presented
TO the postmaster in payment OF post
age.
Confederate provisional stamps and
envelopes include IA different varie.
ties, and the majority are held at n
very high premium. or many varieties
not more than one specimen 10 known.
although it is not at all improbable
that other specimens OF some OF these
nrities are now resting on old war
time letters. slowed away and forgot
ten.
So scarce are the stamps and so rare.
y do they come up for sale that stan.
dsrd catalogues do not mention the
prices at which they are held. Wheo
specimen does come 10 light il usual
~ changes hands AZ q private sale, and
thus not even expert collectors are ale
vars sware Of the Approximate value
OF rare issues. In what follows, most
Of the estimates Of the value OF the
stamps mentioned were supplied by Z.
N. Carpenter snd A. W. Batcheller.
The ooliad Issues.
Leading the rare Confederate
stamps are the issues Of Goliad, Tex.
Eight varieties are knoSn. All are
practically upobtainable.
The scarcest are the scent gray and
the l0-,ent red. with the name
"Goliad" misspelled at the top OF q
square OF ornamental type border. In
the center is the denomination, either
IS" or TO-" at the bottom being the
word postage" Al the left.hsnd
side is the name OF the postmaster. -.
A, Clarke" On the opposite side is
the word postmaster"
Both Of these rarities are valued sc
$500. Another variety, OF the denom-
nation OF five aud ten cents, without
The name OF the postmaster, is valued
o. 1900 when il appears on pink paper,
while on ordinary paper q specimen is
quoted a. $3.50. The scent and the
Decent dark blue are Likewise valued
o. $50 apiece.
10 the 1880 class il 5-cent blue
stamp issued at Livingston. Ala. Ii is
nther ornamental in pattern. Al
either side is the inscription, Living
s'on Postmaster. In the center, on
shield, 10 the numeral IS" with a sun
and spread ing rays overhead, while at
the extreme TOP and bottom are the
words Pad" and Gents"
A!so OF the same value 10 rated the
iwo'eent green gray green stamp OF
Macon, Ga. This shows the words
Two Cents" in the center OF 2 small
rectangular stamp OF ornate border.
HE stamp j. unpretentious in design,
DOT lie the scarcest " al the stamps
issued al Macon.
Three other types were issued ct
Macon, all Of the denomination OF five
cents. The design was somewhat alike
-'qlare frames OF typeset border,
With the words Five Gents" 10 two
hnes, One design contained the adj
ci'IohAl words. "Postma.ter, Macon,
Ga"
New Orleans Stamps.
his in gray blue 10 worth s35, while
70 gray green the value 10 placed at
20 The tive-cent yellow with orns-
mental border is valued AZ SEQ, while