Printer:

Archer & Daly  Search this

Depicts:

Jefferson Davis, American, 1808 - 1889  Search this

Medium:

paper; ink (blue) / engraving (steel plate intaglio)

Dimensions:

Height x Width: 11 × 9 in. (27.94 × 22.86 cm)

Type:

Postage Stamps

Place:

Confederate States of America

Date:

April 21, 1863

Description:

Printed by Archer & Daly, a Richmond, Virginia, company also engaged by the Treasury Department. Frederick Halpin, a former employee of the American Bank Note Company, engraved the stamp of Jefferson Davis, which is printed from a steel plate. The earliest known cancellation is May 1, 1863.

This was the first philatelic object collected by the National Philatelic Collection in 1886. Four of the stamps have been removed.

Topic:

Civil War and Reconstruction (1860-1877)  Search this

U.S. Related Areas  Search this

Object number:

0.017975.1.1-96

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National Postal Museum Collection

Data Source:

National Postal Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm8904f98b8-f59c-464d-8153-c887a285f7b6

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npm_0.017975.1.1-96