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English: New Orleans postmaster provisional single

Scott Catalogue CSA: 62X2 Description:

First printing, 2-cent New Orleans Postmaster's Provisional, not available to public until 1862.
Typographed adhesives stereographed from woodcut. Printing characteristics same
as blue issue (CSA Scott 62X1).
Date
Source New Orleans Post Office
Smithsonian National Postal Museum
Photo image obtained/rendered by Gwillhickers.
Author Postmaster, New Orleans Post Office

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New Orleans postmaster provisional single postage stamp, 1862

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