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1c John C. Calhoun single

Imperforate, engraved in relief on steel, electrotyped and flat bed printed by Thomas De La Rue & Co., Ltd., London, England. Delivered in half sheets of two hundred. The central design is a portrait of John C. Calhoun, engraved by F. Joubert. The one-cent value was never issued, thus no genuinely used copies exist.

Date

1862

Type

Postage Stamps

Medium

thin white wove hard-surfaced paper paper; ink (shades from pale dull to deep orange); gum (transparent colorless)

Department

NPM

Institution

National Postal Museum

Object number

npm_2005.2004.1777