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5c Jefferson Davis block of four
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5c Jefferson Davis block of four

1862

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, unevenly distributed)
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Block of four 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. "POD" [Post Office Department] stamped on back.

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