Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-11-26

Knoxville, Tenn" SpandreIs of or
namental scroll work inclosed in !
soluble line frame also appeared on
this unique stamp.
rive Varletles of stamps were issu-
ed by The New Orleans Postmaster.
Mr.. j. l. r ddell. Two of these stamps
were Of the two cent value and the
other three of the cent. N
There are but two copies of the
stamp issued at Baton Rouge now ia
existence. The ground work is print
ed IN green, and the border and let
terlng IN carmlne ink. 1t is a type
set design. with the inscription, "P.
.. Baton Rouge, La" above large
IN the center and ]. Mccormick"
the name OF the postmaster, below.
Two designs of this stamp were issued
a cent red stamp and cent red
and green, The Postmaster at Green
vile, Ala, issued three stamps for
his town during 1S61-2, 5 and 10
cent stamps, These were printed on
heavy glazed paper, the frame OF the
5 cent staIup being in blue ink, with
the letter and inscription in red, while
on the 10 cent stamp the frame is IN
terlng was executed by hand, and
the stamp, on the whole. is very I'M
graceful and inartistic. The Living
ston stamp, also from the State of
Alabama, shows artistic taste in design
IN fact, the best designed stamp issued
by the Confederacy. 1t was q fine
lithogra ph, and was impressed In
blue on white paper of an extra fine
manufacture. The stamp was evident.
ly the work OF thorough artist. The
design is unique. The large figure 5
rests on shield supported by an oak
and laural branch; above appears a
many-rayed star. A border surrounds
the entire design, and is inscribed
Paid" above, Gents" below. and
Livingston Post Office" at the sides.
At each angle rests q cherub. A
cent stamp was issued for the Kings
ton, Tenn, Post Cfice in May, 1861.
1t is something like the Livingston
stamp. the design being less artistic.
The Five appears m the center, with
Gents" below in curved lines. The
whole is surrounded by an outer
frame of pearls. The stamp was print
ed on white paper with green ink st
various times during the year 1861 pro-
vislonal stamps were also issued by
Postmasters of Charleston. S. O. Give
varieties); Columbia, S. c.; Freder-
lcksburg, Va, Jackson, Mss, Macon,
Ga, Lynchburg, Va, Memphis,
Tenn, Qhree varieties) Pennsylvania,
Va; Binggold, Ga. Uniontown. Va.
and two or three other towns These
conclude the issues of the Confederate
provisional stamps. Tt was toward
the end of 1861 that the Confederate
Government produced It's first set of
stamps for general use throughout the
Confederate States. The first issue
was printed during the fall and win
ter of 1861 and the spring of 1852
The set comprises five stamps of the
following denominations and colors:
cents, blue; 10 C ents, blue and red.
On the2 cent stamp appeared fair
likeness of Andrew Jackson. The
head of Jefferson Davis was
engraved on the two Scent stamps.
the design being made from a,
fine photograph by Mr.. Davis. The
10-cent stamps bore the head of
James Madison. In 1868 the Confed-
crate Government issued a new and
more complete series of postage
stamps, and the dies of the 1861 issue
were destroyed by order of President
Davis. The new series were of finer
design than the original issue, and
compare favorably with the well-exe-
cuted specimens of the postage stamp
of to-day. The 1868 Issue consisted of
the following: 1 cent. orange: 2
cents, red; cents, blue; 10 cents,
blue; 30 cents, green. The head of
Calhoun appears upon the 1cent
stamp, and is fair likeness. Jack
sons face is on the 2-cent stamp;
while portrait of Jefferson Davis,
similar to that on the 1861 issue, COW
ers the face of the 5 and 10-cent
stamps. The head of Washington is
on the 20-cent stamp.
Nearly all the Confederate postage
stamps were destroyed. When the
Union soldiers entered the Southern
towns the unused stamps and dies
were either destroyed or turned over
to the authorities at Washington, to-
gether with Confederate notes and
bonds.
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