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Image: CSA Treasury 1863 JD-Richmond

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Description: CSA Stamp on cover from Richmond during Confederacy period. Various departments of the Confederate government used envelopes which were printed with the names of their department. Examples where the words 'Official Business' are often common, however these envelopes were not official in any way, and required payment of postage, unlike official envelpes of the US government whose postage is free, referred to as the free franking privilege.
Title: CSA Treasury 1863 JD-Richmond
Credit: Stamp from US Post Office / Postmark made during time of Confederacy Smithsonian National Postal Museum Photo image obtained/rendered by Gwillhickers.
Author: US Post Office (stamp)
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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