National Postal Museum
Confederate handstamp Paid 5
July 19, 1861
Confederate handstamp Paid 5 cents on cover with Richmond, Virginia, July 19, 1861, circular date stamp, on an envelope addressed to Cobham, Virginia. The cover is docketed at left "July 1861" and is addressed to William Cabell Rives, who was at that time a member of the Confederate Congress. Rives had served in the United States Senate, the House of Representatives, and as Ambassador to France.
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