CSA Index              

Nashville Provisionals
(Genuine Issue and Forgeries)

The Postmaster at Nashville, Tennessee, after preparing a 3c stamp that was not issued, did proceed to issue 5c and 10c Provisionals in 1861.

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Nashville 3c Provisional

This stamp (Scott catalog #4AX1) was prepared, but not issued, by Nashville, Tennessee postmaster W.D. McNish prior to June 1, 1861.

csa4X1_3.jpg (23476 bytes)

 

Genuine

 

typeset in strips of five (five different subtypes)
Genuine characteristics:
   a. all have small break in top frame line above "N"		 Genuine colors seen:
    a. carmine

 

Illustration of the Five Subtypes

 

frame breaks in corners differ slightly

csa4X1f_2.jpg (18132 bytes)

Forgery Type 1.

typographed on wove paper, produced by J.W. Scott
Type 1. characteristics:
   a. no break in frame line at top
   		 Type 1. colors seen:
    a. red on white (shades)
    b. red on bluish
    c. black (catalog illustration)

csa4X1f_1.jpg (23068 bytes)
Forgery Type 1. illustration from 1888 Scott's catalog

Nashville 5c Provisional

These stamps (Scott catalog #61X1 to #61X5) were issued by Nashville, Tennessee postmaster W.D. McNish in 1861.

 

Genuine

 

photograph of sheet of twelve (five different subtypes)
Genuine characteristics:
   a. all have small break in top frame line above "N"		 Genuine colors seen:
    a. carmine

csa61Xf_1.jpg (46210 bytes)

Forgery Type 1.

lithographed from Moens catalog of 1864

csa61Xf_2.jpg (18325 bytes)

Forgery Type 2.

maker unknown, matches illustration in 1863 "Stamp Collector Review" (Liverpool)
Type 2. characteristics:
   a. long, upturned top stoke to numeral   		 Type 2. colors seen:
    a. red brown on wove (rare)

csa61Xf_5.jpg (16383 bytes)

Forgery Type 3.

typographed on wove paper, produced by J.W. Scott
Type 3. characteristics:
   a. no break in frame line at top
   		 Type 3. colors seen:
    a. red on white (shades)
    b. red on bluish
    c. black (catalog illustration)

csa61Xf_3.jpg (24517 bytes)
Forgery Type 3. illustration from 1888 Scott's catalog

csa61Xf_6.jpg (27153 bytes)

Forgery Type 4.

typographed on wove paper, produced by J.W. Scott
Type 4. characteristics:
   a. no break in frame line at top
   		 Type 4. colors seen:
    a. red on white (shades)
    b. red on bluish
    c. black (catalog illustration)

Reference for genuine: The New Dietz Confederate States Catalog And Handbook, 1986

Richard Frajola (September 18, 2001)