Third issue of CSA notes authorized
August
27-28
Forts Clark and Hatteras, North Carolina taken by Union forces
September 2
Third issue of notes
September 3
Confederate troops enter Kentucky
September 20
Lexington, Missouri surrenders to Confederates
October 1
CSA Post Office issues Instructions to Postmasters
October ?
CSA Major B.F. Ficklin sent to England to buy supplies
October 16
CS1 first placed on sale
November 6
Jefferson Davis elected regular president of the Confederacy
November 8
Earliest use of CS2
Confederate commissioners Mason and Slidell seized on British ship Trent
November 28
Missouri admited to Confederacy
Confederate Stamps -- 1861
Provisionals 1862 1863 1864
October 1, 1861: The Confederate Post Office issues "Instructions to Post Masters:
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Lithographed Issues
On October 16 1861, Confederate general issue postage stamps made their first appearance. Because of the haste involved, the first issue of stamps used the relatively crude printing method of lithography. The first stamps were printed by Hoyer & Ludwig of Richmond, Virginia.
CS 1 Five cents Jefferson Davis |
With the issuance of this stamp on October 16, 1861, Confederate President Jefferson Davis became the first living American to be portrayed on a postage stamp. |
| Thomas Jefferson of Virginia was the third President of the United States. Also lithographed by Hoyer & Ludwig. Earliest use November 8, 1861. Later printings were made by J.T. Patterson & Co. of Augusta, Georgia (earliest use July 25, 1862). |
CS 2 Ten cents Thomas Jefferson |
