5c Petersburg, VA Confederate postmaster provisional single on cover
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
March 5, 1862
Issuing entity
Confederate States of AmericaPetersburg, 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 Groceries. The Petersburg provisional stamps were typeset and press-printed on thick white wove paper by A.F. Crutchfield & Co., publishers of the Daily Express.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 1
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Historical context
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 Groceries.
Physical characteristics
- Medium
- paper; ink / handwritten, handstamped
- Dimensions
- Height x Width: 3 3/16 x 5 1/2 in. (8.1 x 13.97 cm)
- Materials museum
- paper; ink / handwritten, handstamped
Identification
- Topic
- Civil War and Reconstruction (1860-1877)
- Date recorded
- March 5, 1862
- Museum object number
- 2003.2004.25
Catalogue references
- ScottCSA 65X1
Research required
- Research required: this record describes one National Postal Museum object; confirm the wider issue, printings and varieties against philatelic references.