Q On Confederate Stamp

At some time in the past, I acquired a copy of a Confederate Provisional Baton Rouge issue, SC 11X2a, the J. McCormick version. It is described in Scott as green and carmine. My copy is missing the green color and I assumed it is either a printing error or a press proof and so identified it in my album. It is unused.

Now I want to see if the Forum has any experience with this item. Perhaps there are other copies out there or it is a forgery or reprint. I thought perhaps the green color had been bleached out but my experience has been that greens are not so susceptible, that reds and blues are more likely to fade.

All comments and information are welcome.

Donald

I love Confederate stamps, but sadly have no experience with the provisionals. I would love to see an image of yours, if you can post a scan. Please, please, please, please, please!?

Hi dlambert1,

This site may help you. Scroll down to the "Baton Rouge" paragraph.
http://www.jlkstamps.com/fakes/prov.htm

Terry

Terry: Great site! Thank you.

James: My scanner is out of order. The Scott Specialized for Classic stamps has a good color reproduction or see the web site that Terry identified above.

Because my copy has only one color, the carmine, it's either a printing error, a press proof of the carmine, printer's waste or an incomplete or inept forgery. I suspect the last, because the price was so low.

Thanks to you both.

Donald

Donald