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Confederate States of America (1860-1865)

Plate numbers appeared only on the last two Confederate issues, Scott 11 and 12. Some earlier issues had imprints, but no plate numbers. Illustrated here are printings from Hoyer & Ludwig, Richmond, VA; Keating & Ball, Charleston, SC; and Archer & Daly, Richmond.

CSA Scott 1c, 5¢, imprint pair

CSA Scott 2b, 5¢, imprint single

CSA Scott 5, 10¢, used imprint single

CSA Scott 11, 10¢, Keating & Ball printing, plate number 1 (right)

CSA Scott 11, 10¢, Keating & Ball printing, plate number 2 (right)

CSA Scott 11, 10¢, Keating & Ball printing, plate number 2 (center)

CSA Scott 11, 10¢, Keating & Ball printing, plate number 2 (left)

CSA Scott 11, 10¢, Archer & Daly printing, plate number 2 (left)

CSA Scott 11e, 10¢, plate number 1

CSA Scott 12, 10¢, Archer & Daly printing, plate number 3 (left)

CSA Scott 12b, 10¢, Keating & Ball printing, plate number 3 (left)

CSA Scott 12b var, 10¢, Keating & Ball printing, plate number 3

CSA Scott 12b, 10¢, Archer & Daly printing, plate number 4 (right)

CSA Scott 12d, 10¢, Keating & Ball printing, plate number 5 (left)

Some Confederate postmaster's provisional issues are known with imprints. However, none are known to have been printed with plate numbers.

Celestia / Nation of Celestial Space (1948-??)

Celestia, 100m ergs of energy, plate number 12048

Image courtesy of Lewis Burchett - eBay / honestyplus

I frankly don't know quite where to put this Cinderella. Celestia, or the Nation of Celestial Space, was a micronation declared as the owner of all outer space on Dec. 21, 1948. This plate number single was photographically cropped from a first day cover of a plate block of 4 issued for the 15th anniversary of the founding of the micronation. In addition to stamps denominated in ergs, the country also produced a silver 1 Joule coin and a gold 1 Celeston coin.

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