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Postage Stamps of the United
States First Issued in 1857
Presidents: 1/1-3/3:
Franklin Pierce · 3/4-12/31:
James Buchanan |
| Postmasters General: 1/1-3/5:
James Campbell · 3/6-12/31: Aaron V.
Brown |
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Postage Rates:
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| Domestic Letter Rate under 3000 mi. per 1/2
oz.: Three Cents - Prepayment compulsory, stamp required |
| Domestic Letter Rate over 3000 mi. per 1/2 oz.: Ten Cents - Prepayment compulsory, stamp required |
| 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 restrictions |
| Rate for Newspapers and Circulars up to 3
oz.: One Cent, with one cent for each additional oz. |
| Carrier Fee (not available in all cities):
One Cent |
| Registry Fee: Five Cents (no return
receipt to sender) - paid in cash, no stamp required |
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The following postage stamp varieties were
first issued by the U.S. in 1857:
Ordinary issue:
See also: Designs of the
1851-1860 Regular Issues
1c Franklin 3c Washington
5c Jefferson 10c Washington 12c
Washington
Imperforate (probably first issued in 1857)
Scott 6
- 1¢ Franklin Type Ia (from the bottom row of Plate 4) - EDU:
April 19, 1857 - est. 110,000 issued
Scott 6b - 1¢ Franklin Type Ic (from Plate 4) - EDU: May 20,
1857
(off-cover) June 6, 1857 (on cover) - about 60,000 issued
also: (Scott 7) 1¢ Blue Franklin Type II from
Plate 4 - April 1857
Perforated 15.5 (first issued in 1857)
Franklin
Scott 19 - 1¢ Franklin Type Ia (from Plate 4) - EDU:
Nov. 2, 1857 - est. 300,000 issued
Scott 19b - 1¢ Franklin Type Ic about
150,000 issued
Scott 20 - 1¢ Franklin Type II (Plate 2 EDU:
7/25/57 and Plate 4 EDU: 7/26/57)
Scott 21 - 1¢ Franklin Type III (Plate 2
Position 99R2 EDU: 10/27/57 and Plate 4 EDU:
9/18/57)
Scott 22 - 1¢ Franklin Type IIIa (Plate 2 Position
100R2 EDU: ? and Plate 4 EDU: 7/26/57)
Scott 23 - 1¢ Franklin Type
IV (from Plate 1L: EDU:
July 25,1857)
Scott 24 - 1¢ Type V (Plate 5 EDU: Dec. 2; Plate 7
EDU: Dec. 31; Plate 8 EDU: Nov. 17)
~50 million issued
Scott 24 - 1¢ Franklin Type VA (Plate 5) - est. 200,000 issued
Scott 25 - 3¢ Dull Red to Claret Washington Type I
- EDU:
Feb. 28
- about 39 million issued
Scott 26 - 3¢ Dull Red to Plum Washington Type II
- EDU:
Sep. 14
- about 550 million issued
Scott 26a - 3¢ Dull Red to Claret Washington Type IIa
- EDU: July 11
- about 33 million issued
Scott 28 - 5¢ Red Brown Type I Jefferson - EDU:
Aug. 23 - about 270,000 issued
Scott 28b - 5¢ Bright Red Brown Type I Jefferson
Scott 31 - 10¢ Green Washington Type I - EDU:
Sep. 21- about 600,000 issued
Scott 32 - 10¢ Green Washington Type II - EDU:
July 27 - about 2.9 million issued
Scott 33 - 10¢ Green Washington Type III - EDU:
10/15/57 - about 2.4 million issued
Scott 34 - 10¢ Green Washington Type IV - EDU:
?/5/57 - about 240,000 issued
Scott 36 - 12¢ Black Washington (Plate 1) - EDU: July 30
- about 3 million issued |
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 |
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