CSA_paid-10c_1862.jpg
Description CSA paid-10c 1862.jpg |
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Confederate hand stamped provisional cover, 1862
Cover mailed after the new uniform postage rate of ten cents had gone into effect, July 1, 1862.
Addressee reads: William Cabell Rives , who was at that time a member of the Confederate Congress. Rives had also served in the United States Senate and House of Representatives and as Ambassador to France. |
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Former Confederate States of America Post Office
Smithsonian National Postal Museum Confederate Hand-stamped covers Photo image obtained/rendered by Gwillhickers . |
Author | Former Confederate States of America Post Office |
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