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1. Designer: Charles Ludwig
2. Engraver: Charles Ludwig
3. Printing Method: Stone Lithography
4. Lithographer: Hoyer & Ludwig -- Richmond, Virginia
5. Number Printed: 1,150,000
6. Number of Stones: One
7. Earliest Recorded Date of Use: 10 MAR 1862 (27 MAY 1862 Carmine)
8. Plating: Complete
9. Inscription: Lith of Hoyer & Ludwig, Richmond, VA
10. Plate Numbers: None
11. Arrangement: Sheets of 200, Panes of 100, Transfer Stone of 50
12. Major Colors: Pink, Rose, Dull Rose, Deep Rose
13. Minor Colors: Brown-Rose, Carmine (both shades are very rare)
14. Largest Known Multiple Unused: Block of 10
15. Largest Known Multiple Used: Block of 6
16. Major Print Varieties: Same as the 10c Blue (H&L) (CSA #2)
17. Most Typical Use: 10c letter rate over 500 miles prior to 1 JUL 1862 and 10c rate for all letters after 1 JUL 1862
18. Secondary Use: Multiples used for overweight envelopes (usually legal size) are scarce
19. Miscellanous Data: The same transfer stone was used to print the 10c Rose (CSA #5) and the 10c Blue (H&L) (CSA #2). The last of the Lithograph stamps.
