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 Postage Stamps of the United States First Issued in 1880


President
: Rutherford B. Hayes 
Postmasters General: Jan. 1 - June 1:  David M. Key   ·   June 2 - Dec. 31 : Horace Maynard
Domestic Letter Rate: 3¢ / half ounce  ·  Card Rate: 1¢  ·  Registry Fee: 10¢  ·  Foreign Rate:


The following postage stamp varieties were first issued by the U.S. in 1880:

Ordinary issue: 

No new varieties of Definitive stamps were issued in 1880

American Bank Note Company Special Printing - Design of 1869 1¢ Pictorial

Soft Porous Paper
Scott 133 - One Cent Buff Franklin - est. less than 10,000 sold

American Bank Note Company Special Printings - Designs of 1879
(census information is from: Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc.)

Soft Porous Paper
Scott 192 - One Cent Dark Ultramarine Franklin - only 30 known  - 1c
Scott 193 - Two Cent Black Brown Jackson - only 55 known - 2c
Scott 194 - Three Cent Blue Green Washington - only 20 known - 3c
Scott 195 - Six Cent Dull Rose Lincoln - only 30 known - 6c
Scott 196 - Seven Cent Scarlet Vermilion Stanton - only 100 known - 7c
Scott 197 - Ten Cent Deep Brown Jefferson - only 30 known - 10c
Scott 198 - Twelve Cent Blackish Purple Clay - only 75 known - 12c
Scott 199 - Fifteen Cent Orange Webster - only 30 known - 15c
Scott 200 - Twenty-Four Cent Dark Violet Scott - only 75 known - 24c
Scott 201 - Thirty Cent Greenish Black Hamilton - only 40 known - 30c
Scott 202 - Ninety Cent Dull Carmine Perry - only 20 known - 90c
Scott 203 - Two Cent Scarlet Vermilion Jackson - only 20 known - 2c
Scott 204 - Five Cent Deep Blue Taylor - only 18 known - 5c

Commemoratives:

The First Commemorative stamps were not issued until 1893

Special Delivery:

The First Special Delivery stamps were not issued until 1885

Postage Dues:

No new varieties of the Postage Due stamps were issued in 1880

                 
 

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