Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-11-26

Knoxville, Tenn Spandrels 81
namental scroll work ineloee5 VI
double line frame also appears5 y !
this unique stamp. %
flve varieties OF stamps were issn
ed by the New Orleans Postns.sSts.u--
Mr.. j. L r ddell. Two of these stapa.
were of the two cent value ana ~ Il
other three Of the cent. 'He
There are but two copies ~ Il
stamp issued at Baton Rouge nav 'i
existence. The ground work is er;n =
ed in green, and the border ana L.
tering IN carmine ink. Its tra
set design. with the inscription yP'
o. Baton Rouge, La. - above a la,a.
in the center and j. NcCornicgsS
the name of the postmaster. belon
Two designs of this stamp were issnej
a 2 cent red stamp and a 5 cent rod
and green. The Postmaster at Greer
vile, Ala issued three stamns for
his town during 1862. 5 and n
cent stamps. These were printed on
heavy glazed paper, the frame Of tba
5 cent stamp being in blue ink. wifi
the letter and inscription in red whiIs
on the 10 cent stamp the frame i IN
red and the letters in blue. The let
tering was executed by hand and
the stamp, on the whole. is verv nm,
graceful and inartistic. The Living.
ston stamp, also from the State ~
Alabama, shows artistic taste 10 design
in fact, the BEST designed stamp issued
by the Confederacy. II was a fine
lithograph, 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 <
rests on a shield supported by an oak
and lamal 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 a cherub. Az
cent stamp was issued for the Kings.
ton. Tenn, Post Cffice in May. 1861.
1t is something like the Livingston
stamp. the design being less artistic.
The Five appears in the center, with
Gents below in curved lines. The
whole is surrounded by an outer
frame of pearls. The stamp was print
cd on white paper with green ink At
various times during the year 1861 pro.
visional stamps were also issued by
Postmasters of Charleston. S. c. ave
varieties; Columbia, S. c.; Freder-
lcksburg, Va, Jackson, Mss, Macon,
Ca, LyRchburg, Va, Memphis,
Tenn, Qhree vaTieties) Pennsylvania.
Va. Binggold, Ga; UnioAtown. Va.
and two or three other towns These
conclude the issues of the Confederate
provisional stamps. 1t was toward
the end of 1851 that the Confederate
Government produced its first set Of
stamps for general use throughoutthe
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:
Two cents, green; cents, green;
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 tAe head OF
James Madison. In 1868 the Confed-
crate Government issued . 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-sEe-
cuted specimens of the postage stamp
Of to-day. The 1868 issue consisted OF
the following: 1 cent, orange: 2
cents, red; 5 cents, blue; 10 cents,
blue; 20 cents, green. Tke head Of
| Calhoun appears upon the 1-cen
stamp, and IS q fair likeness. JACK
sons face is on the 2-cent stamp
while a portrait of Jefferson Davis,
similar to that on tine 1861 issue, COW
ers the face of the and 1O-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, 70,
gether with Confederate notes ana
bonds.
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