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2c Andrew Jackson block of four
Object Details
- Description
- Mint, 2-cent brown-red; "POD" [Post Office Department] stamped on back. Issued imperforate; line engraved on steel by Frederick Halpin, transferred to a steel plate, and printed by Archer & Daly, Richmond, Virginia. The central design is a full-face portrait of Andrew Jackson modified from the vignette of the U.S. 2-cent 'Black Jack' stamp of 1863, thus sometimes referred to as the 'Red Jack' by collectors.
- Data Source
- National Postal Museum
- Date
- 1863
- Object number
- 2005.2004.1512
- Type
- Postage Stamps
- Medium
- paper (white wove of strong texture which varied in thickness); ink (first printing in soft pale rose red; later printings in brown red); gum (colorless)
- Dimensions
- Height x Width: 2 x 1 3/4 in. (5.08 x 4.45 cm)
- Place
- Confederate States of America
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- National Postal Museum Collection
- On View
- Currently on exhibit at the National Postal Museum
- Title
- Scott Catalogue CSA 8
- Topic
- National Stamp Collection
- U.S. Related Areas
- Record ID
- npm_2005.2004.1512
- Usage
- CC0
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