paper (white wove paper in two distinct grades: either thin glazed paper imported from England or an inferior thick coarse paper of local manufacture); ink (shades from pale blue to dark blue); gum (two distinct gums - thin gum or an inferior thick, darker gum)
Type:
Postage Stamps
Place:
Confederate States of America
Date:
1862
Description:
CSA 5-cent Jefferson Davis. Issued imperforate. Press-printed locally by Archer & Daly, Richmond, Virginia, from electrotype plates supplied by Thomas De La Rue & Co., Ltd, London. Impressions are coarse with many plate and printing faults, resulting in recognizable varieties.
