April 12, 2024
Confederate States Postage Stamp That Never Was
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In mid-1861 the Confederate States raised the postal rates and an agreement between the Confederate Postal Department and the well known engraving company of Thomas De La Rue and Company of London was reached calling for De La Rue to prepare printing plates for a two cent stamp. Time did not permit the engraving of new plates so De La Rue re-engraved an existing one cent plate (Scott No. 14) changing the "One" to "Two" cents. The plates were then shipped on a blockade runner to Richmond. The two cent plate, for some unknown reason, never reached Richmond. It was found near New Orleans in about 1930. The stamp attached was printed from that original plate in the 1930s by a well known Confederate stamp expert and printer by trade in Richmond by the name of August Dietz. It bears the likeness of John C. Calhoun of South Caroline. It was printed without gum in green as opposed to orange which was used for the one cent stamp. The stamp comes with its history. Winner pays $1 postage.
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