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5c Jefferson Davis "Local Print" single

1862

Mediumpaper (white wove paper in two distinct grades: either thin glazed paper imported from England or an inferior thick coarse paper of local manufacture); ink (shades from pale blue to dark blue); gum (two distinct gums - thin gum or an inferior thick, darker gum)

DepartmentNational Postal Museum

RightsCC0 — Public Domain

CollectionNational Postal Museum

Issued imperforate. Press-printed locally by Archer & Daly, Richmond, Virginia, from electrotype plates supplied by Thomas De La Rue & Co., Ltd, London. Impressions are coarse with many plate, and printing faults result in recognizable varieties.

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5c Jefferson Davis "Local Print" single

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