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Lot 1026
Early Imprint From An Altered Confederate Stamp Plate
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Circa 1900, consisting of a coated sheet printed with a frame of 70 proposed Confederate ten-cent stamps that were never issued during the Civil War. The printing plate for these, though English-made in 1862, was kept in storage until the 1890s when sections were first used for souvenir impressions.

9.75 x 13.25 in.

Light age toning with the tiny bumps to the corners, else mint condition.