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Confederate Postal History
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First United States Postmaster Benjamin Franklin
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First US Postage Stamps July 1,1847
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George Washington has appeared on more stamps than any other person
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Thomas Jefferson 1856 issue
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Confederate Postmaster John H Reagan (1818-1905)
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Confederate Post office established
Feb 21, 1861 Postmaster Reagan selected Mar 6, 1861 Confederate Post Office begins operation Jun 1, 1861 First Confederate Stamp issued October 16, 1861
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Time between Secession and CSA Post Office began operation
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Time between Jun 1, 1861 and first issue of stamps
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Madison, Florida Provisional Stamp
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First Confederate Stamp (Oct ‘61 stone printing by Hoyer & Ludwig of Richmond Virginia)
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Second Confederate Stamp (Nov ‘61 Lithograph by Hoyer & Ludwig)
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Third Confederate Stamp (Mar ‘62 Litho by Hoyer & Ludwig)
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Fourth Confederate Stamp (1862 by Hoyer & Ludwig)
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Fifth Confederate Stamp (1862 by Hoyer & Ludwig – Patterson Print)
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Sixth & Seventh Confederate Stamps (‘62 by Thomas de la Rue of England)
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Eighth Confederate Stamp (1863 by Archer & Daly of Richmond, Virginia)
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Ninth Confederate Stamp (1863 by Archer & Daly – copper plates)
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Tenth Confederate Stamp (1863 by Archer & Daly – copper plates)
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Confederate Stamps 11, 12 (1863 Steel Plates Archer & Daly and Keating & Ball)
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Confederate Twenty Cent Stamp (1863 by Archer & Daly steel plates)
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Confederate One Cent Stamp (1862 de la Rue of England – never issued)
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Confederate Postal Covers
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Mourning Cover
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POW Dual postage
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CSA Security Envelope
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CSA Patriotic Cover
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Confederate Postal Firsts
First to depict a living person on a stamp First to have stamps printed in another country First to print stamps from plates made in another country First to print a 2 cent stamp.
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Confederates and the US Post Office since the WBTS
General Robert E Lee has been depicted on five US postage stamps. General Stonewall Jackson has been depicted on three US postage stamps. President Jefferson Davis has been on two US postage stamps.
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Lee & Jackson 1937 issue
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Lee & Washington 1949 issue
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Robert E Lee 1954 issue
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Stone Mountain Stamp 1970 Lee, Jackson, and Davis
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General Lee 1995 issue
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General Jackson 1995 issue
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President Davis 1995 issue
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Admiral Semmes 1995 issue
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General Stand Waite 1995 issue
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General Joe Johnston 1995 issue
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Mary Chestnut 1995 issue
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Phoebe Pember 1995 issue
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Sidney Lanier 1972 issue
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Last Confederate Reunion 1951
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