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July 1866 Cartersville, Georgia wallpaper cover to Mt. Zion,
Georgia, 3c rate paid with 3c 1861 issue, bright green postmark
The
United States re-opened post offices in the recently occupied South as
soon as contractors to carry the mails could be found. Envelopes made of
wallpaper were a hold-over from the severe paper shortages in the Confederacy.
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1865
three cent coin minted in Philadelphia
In
1865 three cent pieces were first minted using a nickel composition
rather than silver as previously. The composition was 75% copper
and 25% nickel. The designer was James B. Longacre.
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