2c New Orleans postmaster provisional single
Object Details
- Description
- The first printing of the 2-cent New Orleans, which was put aside and not made available to the public until early 1862, not long before the fall of the city. Typographed adhesives stereographed from woodcut. The printing characteristics are the same as the blue issue (CSA Scott 62X1).
- Data Source
- National Postal Museum
- Date
- 1862
- Object number
- 2005.2004.1524
- Type
- Postage Stamps
- Medium
- paper (white wove); ink (shades of red)
- Dimensions
- Height x Width: 1 1/16 x 13/16 in. (2.7 x 2.06 cm)
- Place
- Louisiana
- See more items in
- National Postal Museum Collection
- On View
- Currently on exhibit at the National Postal Museum
- Title
- Scott Catalogue CSA 62X2
- Topic
- National Stamp Collection
- U.S. Stamps
- Civil War and Reconstruction (1860-1877)
- U.S. Classics
- Record ID
- npm_2005.2004.1524
