Provisional stamp

[3] These were replaced by another provisional set produced by overprinting U.S. stamps in the United States for Cuba.

The U.S. civilian provisionals also included overprinted postal cards and stamped envelopes.

Between 1845, when the United States standardardized national postage rates, and 1847, when the post office issued its first stamps, postmasters' provisionals were introduced in eleven American cities, including New York, Providence, Rhode Island and St. Louis, Missouri.

[5] Many of these stamps (particularly from smaller cities such as Millbury, Massachusetts) are notable for their great rarity,[6] or for their relative crudity of design.

[citation needed] Postmasters' provisionals also played a significant role in early history of the Confederate States of America.