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Tredegar Iron Works  Tredegar Iron Works

Detail from envelope depicting Tredegar Iron Works; the other side of this hand-stamped envelope is postmarked Richmond June 15, 1861. By then, Virginia has seceded, but did not yet have its own postage. The first Confederate adhesive stamp would appear in October 1861.








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