Stamps of the United States
1840sEdit
Provisional stampsEdit
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Providence, RI
5¢, 1846
imperforate -
Alexandria, D. C.,
5¢, 1846
imperforate -
[[Alexandria
"Blue Boy"]] -
New York, NY]],
5¢, 1845
imperforate
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St. Louis, MO
5¢, 10¢, 1845; 20¢, 1846
imperforate
1847 IssueEdit
Imperforate. Printed by Rawdon, Wright, Hatch & Edson
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Benjamin Franklin, 5¢
Premier timbre des États-Unis (First US stamp) -
Benjamin Franklin, 5¢
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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 archive copy)
1850sEdit
1851-57 IssueEdit
Imperforate. Printed by Toppan, Carpenter, Chasilear & Co.
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Benjamin Franklin
1¢, Type II, 1851 -
Benjamin Franklin
1¢, 1 Type II, 2 Type IVs, 1851 -
Benjamin Franklin
1¢
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George Washington
3¢, 1851, possibly from a cracked plate -
George Washington
3¢, 1851, detail of previous -
George Washington
3¢, 1851
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Thomas Jefferson
5¢, 1856 -
George Washington
10¢, Type III, 1855 -
George Washington
12¢, 1851
1857-61 IssueEdit
Perforated 15. Printed by Toppan, Carpenter & Co.
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George Washington
3¢ -
George Washington
3¢ -
George Washington
3¢, 1861
1860sEdit
1861-66 IssueEdit
Perforated 12. Printed by the National Bank Note Co.
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George Washington
3¢, 1862
revenue stamp -
Andrew Jackson
2¢, 1863, the "Black Jack" -
Andrew Jackson
2¢ -
Abraham Lincoln
15¢ 1866
1867 IssueEdit
Perforated 12 and grilled. Printed by the National Bank Note Co.
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George Washington, 3¢
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George Washington, 3¢
with "F-grill"
1869 IssueEdit
Perforated 12 and grilled. Printed by the National Bank Note Co.
1869 issue | 1869 issue | 1869 issue |
1869 issue | 1869 issue | S.S. “Adriatic" 1869 issue |
Type I, 1869 issue | 1869 issue | 1869 issue | 1869 issue |
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Locomotive, 3¢
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3¢ with "G-grill"
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Locomotive, 3¢
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Landing of Columbus, 15¢
1870sEdit
1870-71 IssueEdit
Perforated 12. Printed by the National Bank Note Co.
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Benjamin Franklin, 1¢
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Andrew Jackson, 2¢
(brown) -
Andrew Jackson, 2¢
(red) -
George Washington, 3¢
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George Washington, 3¢
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Washington, 3¢ detail
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Edwin M. Stanton, 7¢
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Stanton, 7¢ (detail)
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Thomas Jefferson, 10¢
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Winfield Scott, 24¢
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30¢ mute, Alexander Hamilton
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30¢ unused
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90¢ used, Oliver Hazard Perry
1873 IssueEdit
Perforated 12. Printed by the Continental Bank Note Co.
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George Washington, 3¢
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George Washington, 3¢
detail showing secret marks -
George Washington
3¢, 1873 -
Washington, 3¢
detail showing secret marks -
Lincoln, 6¢ with location of secret marks
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Edwin M. Stanton, 7¢
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With location of secret marks
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Edwin M. Stanton, 7¢
detail showing secret marks -
George Washington, 3¢
U.S. War Dept. stamp
1879 IssueEdit
Perforated 12. Printed by the American Bank Note Co. on soft porous paper.
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Oliver Hazard Perry, 90¢
1880sEdit
1881-82 IssueEdit
Perforated 12. Printed by the American Bank Note Co.
1883 IssueEdit
Perforated 12. Printed by the American Bank Note Co.
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George Washington, 2¢
1887 IssueEdit
Perforated 12. Printed by the American Bank Note Co.
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Benjamin Franklin, 1¢
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George Washington, 2¢
1890sEdit
1890-93 IssueEdit
Perforated 12. Printed by the American Bank Note Co.
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Benjamin Franklin, 1¢
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George Washington, 2¢
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George Washington, 2¢
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George Washington, 2¢
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Ulysses S. Grant, 5¢
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Daniel Webster, 10¢
1893 Columbian Exposition CommemorativesEdit
World Columbian Exposition, Chicago, Illinois
Perforated 12. Printed by the American Bank Note Co.
Unused stampsEdit
1893 issue | 1893 issue | 1893 issue |
1893 issue | 1893 issue | 1893 issue |
1893 issue | 1893 issue | 1893 issue |
1893 issue | 1893 issue | 1893 issue |
1893 issue | 1893 issue |
1893 issue | 1893 issue |
Used stampsEdit
Columbus in Sight of Land 1¢ |
Landing of Columbus 2¢ |
Landing of Columbus 2¢ |
Columbus Presenting Natives 10¢ |
Columbus Presenting Natives 10¢ |
1894 IssueEdit
Perforated 12. Printed by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing
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Benjamin Franklin, 1¢, ultramarine
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George Washington, 2¢, type III, pink
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George Washington, 2¢, type III, carmine
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Andrew Jackson, 3¢
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James Garfield, 6¢
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Daniel Webster, 10¢
1895 IssueEdit
Perforated 12 with double-line "USPS" watermarks. Printed by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing.
Benjamin Franklin 1¢, blue |
George Washington 2¢ |
William T. Sherman 5¢ |
1898 IssueEdit
Perforated 12 with double-line watermark. Printed by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Benjamin Franklin 1¢, green |
Abraham Lincoln 4¢ |
Ulysses S. Grant 5¢ |
1898 Trans-Mississippi Exposition CommemorativesEdit
1898 issue | 1898 issue | 1898 issue |
1898 issue | 1898 issue | 1898 issue |
1898 issue | 1898 issue | 1898 issue |
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 |
1898 Revenue stampsEdit
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½¢ revenue stamp
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$1.00 revenue stamp
1900s-oughtsEdit
1901 EnvelopeEdit
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1¢, 1901
Savannah-Mulhouse
1901 Pan-American Exposition CommemorativesEdit
1902-03 IssueEdit
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 |
1903 IssueEdit
319. George Washington 2¢ 11/1903 |
1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition CommemorativesEdit
1903 issue | 1903 issue | 1903 issue |
1903 issue | 1903 issue |
Thomas Jefferson, 2¢ |
1907 Jamestown Exposition CommemorativesEdit
1907 issue | 1907 issue | 1907 issue |
Captain John Smith, 1¢ | Pocahontas detail |
Captain John Smith, 1¢ | Powhatan detail |
Founding of Jamestown, 2¢ |
1908-09 IssueEdit
Benjamin Franklin 1¢ |
George Washington 2¢ |
George Washington 3¢ |
George Washington 15¢ |
1908-10 Coil StampsEdit
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George Washington
1¢, 1908 series
coil stamp
1909 Lincoln Memorial CommemorativesEdit
1910sEdit
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Post Office Clerk
1¢, 1913
Parcel Post -
Issue of 1912
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George Washington
2¢, 1914 -
George Washington
3¢, 1917
perf-10 line (2)
Parcel Post Stamps 1912-13Edit
Further Washington-Franklin IssuesEdit
Issued 1912 |
Issued 1915 |
issue of 1919 |
Issue of 1918 |
issue of 1920 |
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Curtiss JN4
24¢, 1918
"Inverted Jenny" -
Curtiss Jenny
24¢, 1918 -
Curtiss Jenny
24¢, 1918
"Fast Plane" -
Comparison of normal and "Fast Plane" varieties
1913-1915 Panama-Pacific ExpositionEdit
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1-cent Explorer Balboa
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2-cent Pedro Miguel Locks, Panama Canal
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5-cent "Golden Gate", San Francisco Bay
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10-cent Spanish expedition to San Francisco Bay
1920sEdit
Pilgrim Tercentenary Issue of 1920Edit
1920 issue | 1920 issue | 1920 issue |
Huguenot-Walloon tercentenary Issue of 1924Edit
1924 issue | at Fort Orange (Albany) 1924 issue | at Duval County FL 1924 issue |
Lexington-Concord Issue of 1925Edit
1924 issue | by Henry Sandman 1924 issue | by Daniel Chester French 1924 issue |
Norse-American Issue of 1925Edit
1925 issue | 1925 issue |
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Aeronautics Conference Issue of 1928Edit
1928 issue | 1928 issue |
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15¢, 1928
Special Handling -
James Garfield
6¢, 1929
cancelled "Kans."
1930sEdit
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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
National Parks Issue of 1934Edit
Yosemite, California 1934 issue | Arizona 1934 issue | Mirror Lake, Washington 1934 issue |
Mesa Verde Park, Colorado 1934 issue | Yellowstone, Wyoming 1934 issue | Oregon 1934 issue |
Army Issue of 1936-1937Edit
Mount Vernon 1936-7 issue | The Hermitage 1936-7 issue | 1936-7 issue |
Stratford Hall 1936-7 issue | 1936-7 issue |
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1936-7 issue | 1936-7 issue | 1936-7 issue |
1936-7 issue | 1936-7 issue |
Territorial Issues of 1937Edit
Hawaii Territory 1937 issue | Alaska Territory 1937 issue |
San Juan, Puerto Rico 1937 issue | St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands 1937 issue |
Presidential Issues of 1938Edit
1940sEdit
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10¢, 1941 Airmail
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13¢, 1944, Special Delivery
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Four Chaplains, 3¢, 1948 (stamp)
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Four Chaplains, 3¢, 1948 (envelope)
Famous Americans Series, 1940Edit
Overrun Countries Series, 1943-44Edit
1950sEdit
National capital sesquicentennialEdit
Washington DC 1950 issue | Washington DC 1950 issue |
Washington DC 1950 issue | Washington DC 1950 issue |
Wildlife conservation issues of 1956-7Edit
1956 issue | 1956 issue | 1956 issue |
1957 issue |
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Newspaper Boys, 3¢, 1952 (4 stamps)
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Thomas Jefferson, 2¢, coil (2 stamps)
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Liberty, 3¢ , 1954
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15¢, 1955, Certified Mail
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3¢, 1956, Friendship - Key to World Peace.
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US Flag, 4¢, 1957
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United States postage stamp honoring Simon Bolivar (1958)
1960sEdit
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Camp Fire Girls, 4¢, 1960
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Project Mercury, 4¢, 1962
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Dag Hammarskjold, 4¢, 1962, inverted yellow
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Robert H. Goddard, 1964
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John F. Kennedy, 5¢, 1964
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100 years Salvation Army, 5¢, 1965
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Mary Cassatt, 5¢, 1966 (Mr. Zip in margin)
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Washington, 5¢, 1966
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Washington, 5¢, 1967 (updated drawing)
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National Grange, 5¢, 1967
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Oliver Wendell Holmes, 15¢, 1968
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First Man on the Moon, 10¢, 1969, Air Mail
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United States postage stamp honoring Amelia Earhart (1963)
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US stamp honoring Johnny Appleseed
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US stamp honoring Montgomery Blair
1970sEdit
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Edgar Lee Masters, 6¢, 1970
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Save our Cities, Soil, Air, Water, 6¢, 1970
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South Carolina, 6¢, 1970
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LOVE Stamp, 8c, 1973, designed by Robert Indiana
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Robert Frost, 10¢, 1974
American Bicentennial Issue: Flag Series, 1976Edit
US local stampsEdit
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1845, Boyd's City Express 2¢ #20L4 (black on green)
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1859, Brady & Co., New York, #22L1, Forgery D
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1857, Clark & Co., New York, #46L1, Forgery C
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1866, Hussey's Special Message Post. 10¢, #87LE2 (gold on green)
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1877, Hussey's Special Message & Letter Post. Reprint. #87L56
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1857, Price's City Express - Post 2c, #119L1 (black on red)
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1857, Price's City Express - Post 2c, #119L2 (black on green)
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1858, Price's City Express - Post 2c, #119L3 (black on green)
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1851, Priest's Despatch, Paid (2¢) #121L3 (black on yellow) prob. forgery
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1851, Priest's Despatch, Paid (2¢) #121L4 (black on rose) prob. forgery
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1851, Priest's Despatch, Paid (2¢) #121L5 (black on blue) prob. forgery
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1851, Priest's Despatch, Paid (2¢) #121L5 (black on blue) Forgery A
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Pony Express 25¢,
used at Virginia City
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Première édition du catalogue Scott / 1st edition cover of the Scott catalog