Postage Stamps of the United States First Issued in 1852   President: Millard Fillmore Postmasters General: 1/1-8/30: Nathan K. Hall  ·  8/31-12/31: Samuel D. Hubbard Postage Rates: Domestic Letter Rate under 3000 mi. per 1/2 oz.: Prepaid: Three Cents · Not Prepaid: Five Cents Domestic Letter Rate over 3000 mi. per 1/2 oz.: Prepaid: Six Cents · Not Prepaid: Ten Cents Foreign Letter Rate under 2500 mi. per 1/2 oz.: Ten Cents - except where otherwise adjusted by treaty Foreign Letter Rate over 2500 mi. per 1/2 oz.: Twenty Cents - except where otherwise adjusted by treaty Rate for Drop Letters: One Cent - prepayment not required - no weight restriction Rate for Newspapers and Circulars up to 3 oz.: 1¢, 1¢ for each additional oz., prepayment required, rate did not change until 1863 The following postage stamp varieties were first issued by the U.S. in 1852: Ordinary issue:  Imperforate Scott 9 -   1¢ Blue Franklin Type IV (from Plate 1L only)  - EDU: June 5, 1852 - 1c Scott 9a - 1¢ Blue Franklin Type IV - Printed on both sides with one side inverted  also: (Scott 7) 1¢ Blue Franklin Type II from Plate 1 Late (1L) - June 1852  The number issued of the 1851Type IV Imperforate Scott 9, is not known. However, judging by the proportions of known copies of the Type IV to the other types of the one cent imperforate, the number issued of the Type IV imperforate must certainly be greater than all of the other one cent imperforate types combined. For the design of the one cent stamp see: Designs of the 1851-1860 Regular Issues Commemoratives: The first commemorative stamps were not issued until 1893 Special Delivery: The first Special Delivery stamps were not issued until 1885 Postage Dues: The first  Postage Due stamps were not issued until 1879 Previous: 1851 Next: 1853

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