Confederate States of America

Kind

republic

Region

Southern United States, North America

Recorded period

1861 – 1865

Dissolved in 1865; territory returned to the United States.

Objects are filed under the historical authority that actually issued or made them. A recorded period comes from the issuer's own reference description and is left blank where no source states it.

Sorted by date, earliest first.

Smithsonian National Postal Museum

stamps

3c Nashville, TN postmaster provisional single

1861

3c Nashville, TN postmaster provisional single — postage stamp in the Smithsonian National Postal Museum collection (object 2005.2004.1504), catalogued by the museum as Scott CSA 4AX1. Dated by the museum: 1861. Medium: Paper; Ink (carmine). Postmaster provisionals were stamps or handstamps produced by individual p…

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Smithsonian National Postal Museum

stamps

Confederate Postmaster Provisional adhesive on cover

1861

Memphis, Tennessee, 5-cent red adhesive provisional used on envelope to Russellville, Tennessee. The Memphis provisionals were printed by Col. M.C. Galloway, who was the owner and editor of the "Avalanche" as well as the local postmaster. The designs were engraved on wood from which stereotypes were made. Museum re…

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CSA Post Office via Wikimedia Commons

stamps

Confederate States general issue stamps

1861-1865

Confederate States general issue stamps comprise the series of adhesive postage stamps issued centrally by the Confederate Post Office Department during the American Civil War. Provided for by the Confederate Constitution, which required the postal service to become entirely self-financing from 1 March 1863, the nat…

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National Numismatic Collection, National Museum of American History via Wikimedia Commons

banknotes

Confederate States treasury notes

1861-1865

Confederate States treasury notes were paper banknotes issued by the Department of the Treasury of the Confederate States of America. Authorised by the Provisional Confederate Congress in March 1861 and first entering circulation in April 1861, these notes were commonly nicknamed 'Graybacks'. Rather than being secur…

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Smithsonian National Postal Museum

stamps

5c Petersburg, VA Confederate postmaster provisional single on cover

March 5, 1862

Petersburg, Virginia, 5-cent red, Confederate postmaster provisional (CSA Scott 65X1), tied by blue Petersburg, Virginia, March 5, circular date stamp on yellow envelope addressed to Nottaway, Virginia. The envelope contains a letter dated March 1862 and embossed corner card for A. D. Thompson, Dealer in Family Groc…

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Smithsonian National Postal Museum

stamps

20c Washington CSA single

1863

20c Washington CSA single — postage stamp in the Smithsonian National Postal Museum collection (object 2005.2004.1521), catalogued by the museum as Scott CSA 13b. Dated by the museum: 1863. Medium: paper (white wove paper of strong texture and varied thickness); ink (wide range of shades from milky green, bluish gre…

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