National Postal Museum
Atlanta, GA postmasters' provisional fake cover
1861
This is a genuine handstamped Paid 5 applied at Columbia, South Carolina, and addressed to the 1st Regiment of South Carolina Volunteers (exact location unknown). The Atlanta, Georgia, circular date stamp is a counterfeit, which was applied many years later to deceive collectors.
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