Stamps of the United States

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English: Note that US stamp designs since 1978 are copyrighted by the United States Postal Service, and not in the public domain. Up to the end of 1977 the designs are all PD.

Deutsch: Briefmarken aus den USA nach 1978 der United States Postal Service sind urheberrechtlich geschützt und dürfen hier nicht abgebildet werden!

Español: Tome en cuenta que los diseños de timbres/sellos de correo de los Estados Unidos apartir de 1978 están protegidos por derechos de autor, y no en el dominio público. Aquellos diseños de timbres/sellos de correo apartir del fin de 1977 y antes están en el dominio público.

[edit] Provisional stamps

Providence, RI
5¢, 1846
imperforate

[edit] 1847 Issue

Imperforate. Printed by Rawdon, Wright, Hatch & Edson

Benjamin Franklin, 5¢
Premier timbre des États-Unis (First US stamp)

Benjamin Franklin, 5¢

George Washington, 10¢

This was the first series of federally issued US postage stamps. They were issued under an act of congress on March 3, 1847 and first sold in New York City on July 1, 1847. (Ref. National Postal Museum)

[edit] 1851-57 Issue

Imperforate. Printed by Toppan, Carpenter, Chasilear & Co.

Benjamin Franklin
1¢, Type II, 1851

Benjamin Franklin
1¢, 1 Type II, 2 Type IVs, 1851

Benjamin Franklin
1¢

George Washington
3¢, 1851, possibly from a cracked plate

George Washington
3¢, 1851, detail of previous

George Washington
3¢, 1851

Thomas Jefferson
5¢, 1856

George Washington
10¢, Type III, 1855

George Washington
10¢, 1855

George Washington
12¢, 1851

[edit] 1857-61 Issue

Perforated 15. Printed by Toppan, Carpenter & Co.

George Washington
3¢

George Washington
3¢, 1861

[edit] 1861-66 Issue

Perforated 12. Printed by the National Bank Note Co.

George Washington
3¢, 1862
revenue stamp

Andrew Jackson
2¢, 1863, the "Black Jack"

Andrew Jackson
2¢

Abraham Lincoln
15¢ 1866

[edit] 1867 Issue

Perforated 12 and grilled. Printed by the National Bank Note Co.

George Washington, 3¢

George Washington, 3¢
with "F-grill"

[edit] 1869 Issue

Perforated 12 and grilled. Printed by the National Bank Note Co.

Locomotive, 3¢

3¢ with "G-grill"

Locomotive, 3¢

Landing of Columbus, 15¢

[edit] 1870-71 Issue

Perforated 12. Printed by the National Bank Note Co.

Benjamin Franklin, 1¢	Andrew Jackson, 2¢ (brown)	Andrew Jackson, 2¢ (red)	George Washington, 3¢
George Washington, 3¢	Washington, 3¢ detail	Edwin M. Stanton, 7¢	Stanton, 7¢ (detail)
Thomas Jefferson, 10¢

[edit] 1873 Issue

Perforated 12. Printed by the Continental Bank Note Co.

George Washington, 3¢	George Washington, 3¢ detail showing secret marks	George Washington 3¢, 1873	Washington, 3¢ detail showing secret marks
Edwin M. Stanton, 7¢	Edwin M. Stanton, 7¢ detail showing secret marks	George Washington, 3¢ U.S. War Dept. stamp

[edit] 1879 Issue

Perforated 12. Printed by the American Bank Note Co. on soft porous paper.

Oliver Hazard Perry, 90¢

[edit] 1881-82 Issue

Perforated 12. Printed by the American Bank Note Co.

[edit] 1883 Issue

Perforated 12. Printed by the American Bank Note Co.

George Washington, 2¢

[edit] 1887 Issue

Perforated 12. Printed by the American Bank Note Co.

Benjamin Franklin, 1¢

George Washington, 2¢

[edit] 1890-93 Issue

Perforated 12. Printed by the American Bank Note Co.

Benjamin Franklin, 1¢	George Washington, 2¢	George Washington, 2¢	George Washington, 2¢
Ulysses S. Grant, 5¢	Daniel Webster, 10¢

[edit] 1893 Columbian Exposition Commemoratives

World Columbian Exposition, Chicago, Illinois


Columbus in Sight of Land 1¢	Landing of Columbus 2¢	Landing of Columbus 2¢

Columbus Presenting Natives 10¢	Columbus Presenting Natives 10¢

[edit] 1894 Issue

Perforated 12. Printed by the Bureau of Engraving and Pinting

Benjamin Franklin, 1¢, ultramarine	George Washington, 2¢, type III, pink	George Washington, 2¢, type III, carmine	Andrew Jackson, 3¢
James Garfield, 6¢	William T. Sherman, 8¢	Daniel Webster, 10¢

[edit] 1895 Issue

Perforated 12 with double-line "USPS" watermarks. Printed by the Bureau of Engraving and Pinting.


Benjamin Franklin 1¢, blue	George Washington 2¢	William T. Sherman 5¢

[edit] 1898 Issue

Perforated 12 with double-line watermark. Printed by the Bureau of Engraving and Pinting


Benjamin Franklin 1¢, green	Abraham Lincoln 4¢	Ulysses S. Grant 5¢

[edit] 1898 Trans-Mississippi Exposition Commemoratives


Father Jacques Marquette on the Mississippi, 1¢	Father Jacques Marquette on the Mississippi, 1¢	Farming in the West, 2¢

Fremont on the Rocky Mountains, 5¢	Troops Guarding Train, 8¢	Hardships of Emigration, 10¢

Western Cattle in Storm, $1.00 "Black Bull"	Flag cancellation mark on 2¢ stamp

[edit] 1898 Revenue stamps

½¢ revenue stamp

$1.00 revenue stamp

[edit] 1901 Envelope

1¢, 1901
Savannah-Mulhouse

[edit] 1901 Pan-American Exposition Commemoratives


294. Fast Lake Navigation 1¢ (postcard rate)	295. Fast Express 2¢ (domestic letter rate)	296. Automobile 4¢	297. Bridge at Niagara Falls 5¢ (foreign rate)	298. Canal Locks at Sault de Ste Marie 8¢ (registry fee)	299. Fast Ocean Navigation 10¢

[edit] 1902-03 Issue


300 — 1¢ Benjamin Franklin 02/1903	301 — 2¢ George Washington 01/1903	302 — 3¢ Andrew Jackson 02/1903	303 — 4¢ Ulysses S. Grant 02/1903	304 — 5¢ Abraham Lincoln 01/1903

307 — 10¢ Daniel Webster 02/1903	308 — 13¢ William Henry Harrison 11/1902	309 — 15¢ Henry Clay 05/1903	311 — $1.00 David Glasgow Farragut 11/1903

[edit] 1903 Issue

319.
George Washington
2¢
11/1903

[edit] 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commemoratives

Thomas Jefferson, 2¢

[edit] 1907 Jamestown Exposition Commemoratives


Captain John Smith, 1¢	Pocahontas detail	Captain John Smith, 1¢	Powhatan detail	Founding of Jamestown, 2¢

[edit] 1908-09 Issue


Benjamin Franklin 1¢	George Washington 2¢	George Washington 3¢	George Washington 15¢

[edit] 1908-10 Coil Stamps

George Washington
1¢, 1908 series
coil stamp

[edit] 1909 Lincoln Memorial Commemoratives

[edit] 1910s

Post Office Clerk
1¢, 1913
Parcel Post

George Washington
2¢, 1914

George Washington
3¢, 1917
perf-10 line (2)

Curtiss JN4
24¢, 1918
"Inverted Jenny"

Curtiss Jenny
24¢, 1918

Curtiss Jenny
24¢, 1918
"Fast Plane"

Comparison of normal and "Fast Plane" varieties

[edit] 1920s

Norse-American
5¢, 1925

Norse-American
5¢, detail

15¢, 1928
Special Handling

James Garfield
6¢, 1929
cancelled "Kans."

[edit] 1930s

2¢, 1930 revenue stamp	Graf Zeppelin 65¢, 1930	Mount Vernon 1¢, 1936	6¢, 1936 Souvenir Sheet of 4
George Washington 2¢, 1938, precancelled	Martin Van Buren 8¢, 1939

[edit] 1940s

10¢, 1941 Airmail	13¢, 1944, Special Delivery	Four Chaplains, 3¢, 1948 (stamp)	Four Chaplains, 3¢, 1948 (envelope)
Overrun countries stamps

[edit] 1950s

Newspaper Boys, 3¢, 1952 (4 stamps)	Thomas Jefferson, 2¢, coil (2 stamps)	Liberty, 3¢ , 1954	15¢, 1955, Certified Mail
3¢, 1956, Friendship - Key to World Peace.	US Flag, 4¢, 1957

[edit] 1960s

Camp Fire Girls, 4¢, 1960	Project Mercury, 4¢, 1962	Dag Hammarskjold, 4¢, 1962, inverted yellow	Robert H. Goddard, 1964
Mary Cassatt, 5¢, 1966 (Mr. Zip in margin)	Washington, 5¢, 1966	Washington, 5¢, 1967 (updated drawing)	National Grange, 5¢, 1967
Oliver Wendell Holmes, 15¢, 1968	First Man on the Moon, 10¢, 1969, Air Mail

[edit] 1970s

Edgar Lee Masters, 6¢, 1970	Save our Cities, Soil, Air, Water, 6¢, 1970	South Carolina, 6¢, 1970	LOVE Stamp, 8c, 1973, designed by Robert Indiana
Robert Frost, 10¢, 1974

[edit] US local stamps

1845, Boyd's City Express 2¢ #20L4 (black on green)	1859, Brady & Co., New York, #22L1, Forgery D	1857, Clark & Co., New York, #46L1, Forgery C	1866, Hussey's Special Message Post. 10¢, #87LE2 (gold on green)
1877, Hussey's Special Message & Letter Post. Reprint. #87L55	1857, Price's City Express - Post 2c, #119L1 (black on red)	1857, Price's City Express - Post 2c, #119L2 (black on green)	1858, Price's City Express - Post 2c, #119L3 (black on green)
1851, Priest's Despatch, Paid (2¢) #121L3 (black on yellow) prob. forgery	1851, Priest's Despatch, Paid (2¢) #121L4 (black on rose) prob. forgery	1851, Priest's Despatch, Paid (2¢) #121L5 (black on blue) prob. forgery	1851, Priest's Despatch, Paid (2¢) #121L5 (black on blue) Forgery A
Pony Express 25¢, used at Virginia City

[edit] Other US stamp-related images

Première édition du catalogue Scott / 1st edition cover of the Scott catalog

[edit] Copyright-Note up to 1978

English: Note that US stamps issued after 1 January 1978 are copyright United States Postal Service, and not in the public domain. Up to the end of 1977 the designs are all PD.

Deutsch: Briefmarken aus den USA nach 1 Januar 1978 der United States Postal Service sind urheberrechtlich geschützt und dürfen hier nicht abgebildet werden!

Español: Tome en cuenta que los diseños de timbres/sellos de correo de los Estados Unidos apartir de 1978 están protegidos por derechos de autor, y no en el dominio público. Aquellos diseños de timbres/sellos de correo apartir del fin de 1977 y antes están en el dominio público.

[edit] See also

Stamps of the United States

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Contents

[edit] Provisional stamps

[edit] 1847 Issue

[edit] 1851-57 Issue

[edit] 1857-61 Issue

[edit] 1861-66 Issue

[edit] 1867 Issue

[edit] 1869 Issue

[edit] 1870-71 Issue

[edit] 1873 Issue

[edit] 1879 Issue

[edit] 1881-82 Issue

[edit] 1883 Issue

[edit] 1887 Issue

[edit] 1890-93 Issue

[edit] 1893 Columbian Exposition Commemoratives

[edit] 1894 Issue

[edit] 1895 Issue

[edit] 1898 Issue

[edit] 1898 Trans-Mississippi Exposition Commemoratives

[edit] 1898 Revenue stamps

[edit] 1901 Envelope

[edit] 1901 Pan-American Exposition Commemoratives

[edit] 1902-03 Issue

[edit] 1903 Issue

[edit] 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commemoratives

[edit] 1907 Jamestown Exposition Commemoratives

[edit] 1908-09 Issue

[edit] 1908-10 Coil Stamps

[edit] 1909 Lincoln Memorial Commemoratives

[edit] 1910s

[edit] 1920s

[edit] 1930s

[edit] 1940s

[edit] 1950s

[edit] 1960s

[edit] 1970s

[edit] US local stamps

[edit] Other US stamp-related images

[edit] Copyright-Note up to 1978

[edit] See also

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