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Confederate Postal History

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1 Confederate Postal History

2 First United States Postmaster Benjamin Franklin

3 First US Postage Stamps July 1,1847

4 George Washington has appeared on more stamps than any other person

5 Thomas Jefferson 1856 issue

6 Confederate Postmaster John H Reagan (1818-1905)

7 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

8 Time between Secession and CSA Post Office began operation

9 Time between Jun 1, 1861 and first issue of stamps

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11 Madison, Florida Provisional Stamp

12 First Confederate Stamp (Oct ‘61 stone printing by Hoyer & Ludwig of Richmond Virginia)

13 Second Confederate Stamp (Nov ‘61 Lithograph by Hoyer & Ludwig)

14 Third Confederate Stamp (Mar ‘62 Litho by Hoyer & Ludwig)

15 Fourth Confederate Stamp (1862 by Hoyer & Ludwig)

16 Fifth Confederate Stamp (1862 by Hoyer & Ludwig – Patterson Print)

17 Sixth & Seventh Confederate Stamps (‘62 by Thomas de la Rue of England)

18 Eighth Confederate Stamp (1863 by Archer & Daly of Richmond, Virginia)

19 Ninth Confederate Stamp (1863 by Archer & Daly – copper plates)

20 Tenth Confederate Stamp (1863 by Archer & Daly – copper plates)

21 Confederate Stamps 11, 12 (1863 Steel Plates Archer & Daly and Keating & Ball)

22 Confederate Twenty Cent Stamp (1863 by Archer & Daly steel plates)

23 Confederate One Cent Stamp (1862 de la Rue of England – never issued)

24 Confederate Postal Covers

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28 Mourning Cover

29 POW Dual postage

30 CSA Security Envelope

31 CSA Patriotic Cover

32 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.

33 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.

34 Lee & Jackson 1937 issue

35 Lee & Washington 1949 issue

36 Robert E Lee 1954 issue

37 Stone Mountain Stamp 1970 Lee, Jackson, and Davis

38 General Lee 1995 issue

39 General Jackson 1995 issue

40 President Davis 1995 issue

41 Admiral Semmes 1995 issue

42 General Stand Waite 1995 issue

43 General Joe Johnston 1995 issue

44 Mary Chestnut 1995 issue

45 Phoebe Pember 1995 issue

46 Sidney Lanier 1972 issue

47 Last Confederate Reunion 1951


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