National Postal Museum
5c Archer & Daly typograph “Richmond Print” on cover
April 24, [1863]
The envelope, postmarked Charleston, South Carolina, April 24, bears a pair of Jefferson Davis 5-cent blue stamps, used to prepay the ten-cent rate. The postage rate was increased to ten cents for all distances on July 1, 1862.
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