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10c Archer & Daly Type I on cover
Object Details
- Description
- 10-cent Confederate Jefferson Davis stamp (Scott #11), tied by "Albany, Ga. Jan 2 1864" circular datestamp on envelope addressed to Starkeville, Georgia.
- The stamp was printed by Archer & Daly, a company based in Richmond, Virginia, that also engaged in work for the Treasury Department. Frederick Halpin, a former employee of the American Bank Note Company, engraved the steel plate-printed stamp of Jefferson Davis. Earliest known cancellation is April 21, 1863.
- Data Source
- National Postal Museum
- Date
- January 2, 1864
- Object number
- 0.227902.2
- Type
- Covers & Associated Letters
- Medium
- paper; ink (blue) / handwritten, handstamped
- Dimensions
- Height x Width: 3 1/16 × 5 7/16 in. (7.78 × 13.81 cm)
- Place
- Georgia
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- National Postal Museum Collection
- Title
- Scott Catalogue CSA 11
- Topic
- Civil War and Reconstruction (1860-1877)
- Covers & Letters
- Record ID
- npm_0.227902.2
- Usage
- CC0
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