10c Jefferson Davis Type II sheet
Object Details
- Description
- Printed by Archer & Daly, a Richmond, Virginia, company also engaged by the Treasury Department. Frederick Halpin, a former employee of the American Bank Note Company, engraved the stamp of Jefferson Davis, which is printed from a steel plate. The earliest known cancellation is May 1, 1863.
- This was the first philatelic object collected by the National Philatelic Collection in 1886. Four of the stamps have been removed.
- Data Source
- National Postal Museum
- Date
- April 21, 1863
- Object number
- 0.017975.1.1-96
- Printer
- Archer & Daly
- Depicts
- Jefferson Davis, American, 1808 - 1889
- Type
- Postage Stamps
- Medium
- paper; ink (blue) / engraving (steel plate intaglio)
- Dimensions
- Height x Width: 11 × 9 in. (27.94 × 22.86 cm)
- Place
- Confederate States of America
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- National Postal Museum Collection
- Title
- Scott Catalogue CSA 12
- Topic
- Civil War and Reconstruction (1860-1877)
- U.S. Related Areas
- Record ID
- npm_0.017975.1.1-96
