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10c Jefferson Davis type I block of four

1864

Mediumpaper (white wove paper of strong texture and varied thickness); ink (blue, which ranges from dull to deep cobalt); gum (brown streaked)

DepartmentNational Postal Museum

RightsCC0 — Public Domain

CollectionNational Postal Museum

CSA block of four 10-cent Jefferson Davis. Issued imperforate. Printed by Keatinge & Ball, Columbia, South Carolina, in 1864 from the Archer & Daly plates. This firm continued to supply 10-cent stamps until the fall of the city on February 17, 1865. Recognized by the generally inferior printing and molasses-colored gum laid on thickly in uneven streaks. "POD" [Post Office Department] stamped on back.

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