Confederate PP1 Two Cent Stamp Printed from Original Plates

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NOTE: BEWARE,
A quick review of the Confederate PP1 Two Cent Stamps being offered on ebay reveal most to be reproductions NOT printed from the original plates!!!
In October of 1861 the Confederate Postmaster General sent B. F. Ficklin to London, England to arrange for printing of Postage stamps.  He contracted with Thomas De La Rue & Company to produce plates for printing one cent and five cent stamps.  At that time Major Ficklin arranged for De La Rue to print quantities of stamps and deliver them along with the printing plates and a quantity of paper to the Confederacy.  The shipment arrived around March or April of 1862.  Since there was no one cent postal rate, these stamps were never placed on sale.  On July 1, 1862 the Confederate Post Office Department changed the letter rate from five cents to ten cents.  The Confederacy asked De La Rue to produce plates for a ten cent stamp and at the same time ordered plates for a two cent stamp.  Since time was short De La Rue altered the five cent plates to ten cent plates and the one cent plates to two cent plates.  These altered plates were shipped and arrived in the Confederate States but for some reason unknown no stamps were printed from these.  The two cent plate was found in 1926 by August Dietz (Father of Confederate Philately) who printed a quantity of sheets in emerald green ink.  The grandson of August Dietz gave a man that was doing some work for the Dietz Printing Company some of these sheets.  I obtained a small number of these stamps from him.  The example that I am offering was cut from one of August Dietz sheets. Every Confederate Stamp collection should have an example of this stamp.
INCLUDED WITH EACH STAMP:  STORY OF YOUR STAMP AND A DIAGRAM INDICATING FROM WHICH PANE YOUR STAMP WAS TAKEN AND THE POSITION THAT YOUR STAMP OCCUPIED ON THAT PANE.
THESE PP1 STAMPS PRINTED FROM THE ORIGINAL PLATES ARE BECOMING HARDER TO FIND.  I have a full sheet, four panes of 100 stamps each, Signed by August Dietz, that I am keeping intact for my collection.  In addition to these I have several loose stamps cut from sheets that I will be selling.  After these loose stamps are sold, I will not have more to sell.
I HAVE A NUMBER OF THESE...ALL IN SIMILAR CONDITION...THE EXAMPLE IN THE PHOTO MAY OR MAY NOT BE THE EXACT ONE YOU WILL RECEIVE.  Refund if you aren't pleased.