New Orleans, Louisiana, postmaster provisional forgery

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Object Details

Description

Crude forgery of New Orleans, Louisiana, postmaster provisional as identified by 'waving hand' or 'fork' at lower left corner.

Date

1861-1865

Object number

2006.2004.187

Type

Postage Stamps

Medium

paper; ink

Place

Louisiana

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National Postal Museum Collection

Data Source

National Postal Museum

Topic

Civil War and Reconstruction (1860-1877)

U.S. Stamps

U.S. Classics

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm8a593fcd9-4e0b-4996-bafe-b05a677f3174

Record ID

npm_2006.2004.187