Confederate 'Mount Lebanon, La.' Postmaster's Provisional
- Maker
- Confederate States of America — Mount Lebanon, La. P.O. (postmaster J.W. Murrell)
- Year
- 1861
- Rank
- 24 of 100
Confederate 'Mount Lebanon, La.' Postmaster's Provisional
Confederate 'Mount Lebanon, La.' Postmaster's Provisional by Confederate States of America — Mount Lebanon, La. P.O. (postmaster J.W. Murrell) (1861) is ranked 24 in the FLOAT 100 for Stamps. It sold for $385,000 on 9 September 1999. The unique Mount Lebanon provisional held the world-record price for any Confederate philatelic item — the apex of Civil War postal history.
What is it, and why is it in the FLOAT 100?
The unique Mount Lebanon provisional held the world-record price for any Confederate philatelic item — the apex of Civil War postal history.
Scott 60X1, 5c provisional; the unique recorded example
What is the best-sourced number for it?
- Figure
- $385,000
- Kind
- Realized at auction
- Date
- 9 September 1999
Robert A. Siegel, Sale 815, 1999: $385,000 hammer to William H. Gross — a world record for a Confederate item. The unique recorded example. Historic record, retained per methodology (trades once a generation).
This is a realized sale. Somebody paid it. Source.
How this is made
- The figure
- One reference price, taken from a named public source and shown with its own kind. FLOAT does not average it with anything or adjust it for time.
- Realized or not
- A realized price is a completed sale. A market asking price and a price-guide value are not sales, and are labeled as such wherever they appear.
- Why no grade ladder
- Most FLOAT 100 entries are individual objects. There is one of this, so there is no population and no spread across grades to show.
- Archive
- 2026-08-08