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2c New Orleans postmaster provisional single

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2c New Orleans postmaster provisional single

Smithsonian National Postal Museum — Postage Stamps · US · English · 1862

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LineUS
Set / seriesSmithsonian National Postal Museum — Postage Stamps
LanguageEnglish
Year1862
Date1862
Kindstamp
PlaceLouisiana
ScottCSA 62X2
Mediumpaper (white wove); ink (shades of red)
Regionus
Npm recordnpm_2005.2004.1524
DescriptionThe 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).
Oracle ID36596288

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