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August 1864 Greenwood, South Carolina through the lines to Hamilton, New
York, trime attached by wafer
10 September 1864 Old Point Comfort, Virginia entered US postal system,
trime replaced by stamp
Civilian
mail between the Confederate States and the United States was handled
via a flag of truce boat that operated between Richmond (CSA) and Old Point Comfort (US)
between March 1862 and end of the war. The above
cover is from the Mott-Bostick correspondence. For a North to South
example see here.
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1861
three cent coin, type III, minted in Philadelphia
The
trime design was modified in 1854 (three outlines to the star and
reverse ornaments, type II). The star design was changed to two outlines
in 1859 (type III).
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