Stamps of the United States
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[edit] Provisional stamps
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Providence, RI |
[edit] 1847 Issue
Imperforate. Printed by Rawdon, Wright, Hatch & Edson
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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.
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Thomas Jefferson |
[edit] 1857-61 Issue
Perforated 15. Printed by Toppan, Carpenter & Co.
[edit] 1861-66 Issue
Perforated 12. Printed by the National Bank Note Co.
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Andrew Jackson |
Abraham Lincoln |
[edit] 1867 Issue
Perforated 12 and grilled. Printed by the National Bank Note Co.
[edit] 1869 Issue
Perforated 12 and grilled. Printed by the National Bank Note Co.
[edit] 1870-71 Issue
Perforated 12. Printed by the National Bank Note Co.
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Edwin M. Stanton, 7¢ |
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[edit] 1873 Issue
Perforated 12. Printed by the Continental Bank Note Co.
[edit] 1879 Issue
Perforated 12. Printed by the American Bank Note Co. on soft porous paper.
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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.
[edit] 1887 Issue
Perforated 12. Printed by the American Bank Note Co.
[edit] 1890-93 Issue
Perforated 12. Printed by the American Bank Note Co.
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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
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James Garfield, 6¢ |
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
[edit] 1901 Envelope
[edit] 1901 Pan-American Exposition Commemoratives
[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
[edit] 1909 Lincoln Memorial Commemoratives
[edit] 1910s
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Curtiss JN4 |
[edit] 1920s
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James Garfield |
[edit] 1930s
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Graf Zeppelin |
Mount Vernon |
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Martin Van Buren |
[edit] 1940s
[edit] 1950s
[edit] 1960s
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Mary Cassatt, 5¢, 1966 (Mr. Zip in margin) |
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[edit] 1970s
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Edgar Lee Masters, 6¢, 1970 |
LOVE Stamp, 8c, 1973, designed by Robert Indiana |
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Robert Frost, 10¢, 1974 |
[edit] US local stamps
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1845, Boyd's City Express 2¢ #20L4 (black on green) |
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1877, Hussey's Special Message & Letter Post. Reprint. #87L55 |
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Pony Express 25¢, |

