Navigate from drop-down boxes above or TABLE OF CONTENTS
In lot descriptions:
SCV = Scott Catalogue Value
CCV = 2012 CSA Catalog Value
Unused = no gum unless noted
Content anywhere underlined in blue is a clickable link - follow it
CSA Catalog vs. Scott Color Designation Chart
Click on thumbnails to enlarge
and see full item information
Please use Secure Interactive Order Form and carefully read the
Ordering and Sales Policies page before ordering.
Item# 7015
Price: $800
SHREVEPORT LA. JAN 1861 double-circle datestamp without day slug tyingU.S.12¢ black #36 on buff legal-size courthouse cover to Rusk Tex., docketed with Jan. 27, 1861 receipt date (received after secession but probably mailed from Louisiana before it seceded), reduced at left (also folded to reduce width for display purposes), some wear at bottom, otherwise Fine, scarce use of single 12¢ 1857. Louisiana was only an Independent State for 9 days, Ex-Gunter [LA]