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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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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
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
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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