South Carolina

South Carolina
The Stamp Champs
Meeting City: Salem, South Carolina
Sponsored by: Tri County Home Educators (TCHE)
Meeting Location: Walhalla Library, 941 Burnt Tanyard Rd.
Meeting Time: 3rd Tuesday, 9:30-10:30 p.m.

6: with eagle and United States of America: South Carolina Custom House revenue seal. 7: (Fr.) beau, good to very good, without apparent faults. 8: auction firm abbreviation for block. 9. overprint, British post office at Bangkok, 1882-85. 10.

In the United States, some references suggest that the first shipment of mail carried on a train (sorted at the endpoints and merely carried in a bag on the train with other baggage) occurred in 1831 on the South Carolina Rail Road.

The civil war that Americans are most familiar with is our own. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as president of the United States, South Carolina passed an ordinance of secession Dec. 20, 1860.

See also: Stamp, Carolina, Philatelic, Cover, Postal history