Keywords: CSA paid-10c 1862.jpg en Confederate hand stamped provisional cover 1862 Cover mailed after the new uniform postage rate of ten cents had gone into effect July 1 1862 <br/>Addressee reads William Cabell Rives who was at that time a member of the Confederate Congress Rives had also served in the United States Senate and House of Representatives and as Ambassador to France Former Confederate States of America Post Office<br/>http //arago si edu/index asp con 2 cmd 1 id 159179 img 1 mode 1 pg 1 tid 2028297 Smithsonian National Postal Museum Confederate Hand-stamped covers<br/>Photo image obtained/rendered by Gwillhickers Former Confederate States of America Post Office 1862-07-17 PD-old Confederate States of America Postal history of the United States Stampless covers of the United States Ambassadors of the United States Rives William Cabell Ambassadors to France Rives William Cabell Rubber stamp imprints |