10 Cent Blue #11 - Uncut Confederate Stamp Sheet of 100 - Confederate Stamps

Uncut Sheet of 100 Confederate States Ten Cents Blue Stamps. Original gum, many never hinged but with usual gum aging causing paper wrinkling and toning on some, sheet margins are narrow to touching.

The CSA11 features a portrait of Jefferson Davis. It is similar to CSA10 but does not include framelines. When the Civil War broke out, the United States demonetized its postage stamps and issued new ones to prevent the South from using existing stockpiles. The Confederate Post Office was established in February 1861 and took over postal operations on June 1, 1861. Some Confederate post offices continued to use the old system of paying cash for postage, while others employed their own provisional stamp issues. Unlike the North, the South did not have the resources to produce finely engraved stamps using steel plates. Instead, they relied on less desirable printing methods such as lithography and typography to create their stamps. This changed when they successfully lured John Archer away from the American Bank Note Company.