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1. Designer: John Archer
2. Engraver: John Archer
3. Printing Method: Copper Plate Intaglio
4. Printer: Archer & Daly -- Richmond, Va
5. Number Printed: 1,000,000
6. Number of Plates: One
7. Earliest Recorded Date of Use: 23 APR 1863
8. Plating: Complete
9. Inscription: None
10. Plate Numbers: None
11. Arrangement: Sheets of 200, Panes of 100
12. Major Colors: Milky Blue, Blue, Dark Blue
13. Minor Colors: Grey Blue
14. Largest Known Multiple Unused: Block of 30
15. Largest Known Multiple Used: Block of 4 (Strip of 7 known on cover)
16. Major Print Varieties: Minor recurring double and short transfers and a shadow indicating a damaged plate
17. Most Typical Use: 10c letter rate
18. Secondary Use: Pairs paying overweight double rate (only 6 covers recorded). Other multiples are extremely rare.
19. Miscellaneous Data: There is a story (which may or may not be true) that Varina Davis did not like the portrait of her husband on this stamp because she thought it looked too much like Abraham Lincoln and asked that the stamp be removed from usage. The more likely explanation for its low printing is the fact that the copper plates probably did not hold up very well.
