Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-02-15
Confederate Stamps aud Money.

Few petsvns arc aware otthe fac. that postnas
ter5 10 the Confederate States we're permitted TO
issue Stamps for their own convenience durIog
the first moolhs cf tho "febal!lon,' or between
the date of the secession of South Carolina s1d
the final organization Of the government OF ths
Confederate States ct Richmond, Va. This
authority WIS given to postmasoES OIL the
Scu.h By the Confederate States govaromcat
when the Capital Was at Montgomery, Ala.
Many of the pos:naste,s exercised the power
given them, and in .he year 1861 had stamps
printed Ter their Offices. These stamps are
now vary rare The waut OF facilities CT the
towns aul cities Of the South to eoeraVo aud
urint "stlmps" resulted in the Issue OF stamps
of large variety. rnc waat Of Common dc
,iga for them re1ders these Stamps quito DC
sirab,e to collectors aud ucique az q memento
of tho past.
Although &c number and variety Of these
''iocal s.aHp=. we're comparatively largo yci
few persaGs remsuUer to Eavt seen one, q! ne
orgauz, ion OF the Confederate States ,goTe:n
ment i! 2ictnond bforsht with u the reg
ul.r Confederate Safes postage s.sm2a,
which w:rs quickly furnished all p9stmss;eIs
of the Coofydcrate States Of AGserl:a. ltis
now impossible 70 Gnd such s,-mrs except On
old letters, dated 1861, ~hich are hidden away
10 closets, gafrete aaa out q "ay piocss' Mf.
q. L, Jonustoo. 9lS Maip street, Rlch nonS,
Va, who deals largely iu Coufsder,te noa'y.
bocds ard stamps ard old cJi0a Of every de-.
sc;in;ion, sa,s that tic following l0cai s:am!s
arc ralu .re: So Atheps, Ga; 81. B1ton
Rcu;c, L.; 5 aod 10: Charleston, S. O.; 5
and lO,. Couub;l, S. C.. 81 fredericksburg,
Va; So. G;ccnvii!s. Ala; 5 sod lo; Go!lad.
Tex s., Helena, Tx; - NirSs:oo, Ieno; )
aed TO-, k1cxvi!le, lem; 81, Livingston,
Ala Sc. L7acb5urg, Va; Sc. MaooD, Ca; s..
Madison, Fla: Marion, Va; Memphis. Tenn;
Mobile, Ala; Nashville, Tenu. Nsw O:lesrs,
La; Petersburg, Va; Pittsyivaria q. h., Va
Pleasant Shade, Va; Kingston, TcnD Ring
gold, Ca; Salem, \. g.. Dlngiile, Va, and
nspy others. Some Of thcsa local stamps are
exceedingly sca,ce, a1l can 5o sold st high
prices.
We learn that uouc Of the stamps sell fer less
than IS cents (it on origiaal eovelopcs) and
some of them have been sold for fifty dollars
apiece. We advise thcsa in POSSESSION CT let'
ters written 10 the year 1851 to ezanlno tic
stamps on them and ascertain II they arc DOT
the owners OF one or moro OF these rare stamps.
Of the regular ISSUE OF tho Confederate States
stamps the Two caEt," (2rceo) ls the most
valuable. and is worth % cents eooh.
Confederate poEr? issued 10 1851 IS aso
eagerly sought after BY curiosity hunters;
notes issued al Mnnroner, Ala, OF the de-
nominations Of $50 500, $500, aod 81 .OV0
being the rares A set Of these ootes IN good
condition TiiI sell readily for 500 in gold. Next
10 value ara Tie no:cs enaraved by tho ''Sou'h
ere Balk Note Company" 10 1861. Oae ci
these-a twenty dollar note-Ei,h AZ cosraviog
representing lcmac riding deer, is wS!th its
fsce value ia gold. Some Of tho issues OF 1862
arc worth somasbioe; bu: after that year the
iseue Of Confederate States money is scarcely
worth preserving.