2c New Orleans postmaster provisional single
National Postal Museum

2c New Orleans postmaster provisional single

1862

paper (white wove); ink (shades of red)
National Postal Museum
CC0 — Public Domain
National Postal Museum

The first printing of the 2-cent New Orleans, which was put aside and not made available to the public until early 1862, not long before the fall of the city. Typographed adhesives stereographed from woodcut. The printing characteristics are the same as the blue issue (CSA Scott 62X1).

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