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1c John C. Calhoun CSA single
Smithsonian National Postal Museum — Postage Stamps · US · English · 1862
Catalog record
| Line | US |
|---|---|
| Set / series | Smithsonian National Postal Museum — Postage Stamps |
| Language | English |
| Year | 1862 |
| Date | c. 1862 |
| Kind | stamp |
| Place | Confederate States of America |
| Scott | CSA 14a |
| Medium | paper (thin white wove hard-surfaced paper); ink (shades from pale dull to deep orange); gum (transparent colorless gum) |
| Region | us |
| Npm record | npm_2005.2004.1523 |
| Description | CSA 1-cent John C. Calhoun. Imperforate, engraved in relief on steel, electrotyped, and flat bed printed by Thomas De La Rue & Co., Ltd., London. Delivered in half sheets of two hundred. F. Joubert engraved the portrait of Calhoun. The 1-cent value was never issued, and thus no genuinely used copies exist. |
| Oracle ID | 36594238 |
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Source credit: Smithsonian National Postal Museum