1861 - 5¢ Confederate States First Issue |
South Carolina Scrip |
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16 December 1861
Charleston to Bennettsville, South Carolina |
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| The first stamp issued by the Confederate States was the five cent green adhesive portraying Jefferson Davis, issued in October 1861. It was issued to prepay the postal rate for a single letter sent under 500 miles. |
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State Bank of South Carolina 5¢ demand note of July 1, 1861 |
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The shortage of small coins and paper in the Confederacy was acute from the start of the war. This note was printed on the reverse of an unissued $1 bank note of The Commercial Bank at Macon, Georgia. |
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Richard Frajola, May 2006 |
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