Postage Stamps of the United States First Issued in 1888
President: Grover ClevelandPostmasters General: Jan. 1 - Jan. 5: William F. Vilas · Jan. 6 - Dec. 31: Don M. Dickinson Domestic Letter Rate: 2¢/oz. · Card Rate: 1¢ · Registry Fee: 10¢ · Foreign Rate: 5¢
4c Jackson - 5c Garfield - 30c Hamilton - 90c Perry
Ordinary Postage Stamps First Issued in 1888 - New Colors
American Bank Note Company - Soft Porous Paper - Perf 12 - 200 Subject Plates
Four Cent Carmine Jackson Five Cent Indigo Garfield
Thirty Cent Orange Brown Hamilton Ninety Cent Purple Perry
The Special Delivery Stamp of 1888 - American Bank Note Company
Unwatermarked - Flat Plate - Perf 12 - 100 Subject Plates - 10c Special Delivery
10¢ Blue Running Messenger Special Delivery Stamp
The following postage stamp varieties were first issued by the U.S. in 1888:
Ordinary issue:
Scott 215 - Four Cent Carmine Jackson - EDU: Jan. 18, 1889 - about 28 million issued
Scott 216 - Five Cent Indigo Garfield - EDU: March 15, 1889 - about 59 million issued
Scott 217 - Thirty Cent Tan (Orange Brown) Hamilton - EDU: Aug. 18, 1889 (9/7/88 on cover) - 710,720 issued
Scott 218 - Ninety Cent Purple Perry - EDU: Oct. 29, 1889 - 103,130 issuedCommemoratives:
The First Commemorative stamps were not issued until 1893 Special Delivery:
Scott E2 - 10 Cent Blue Running Messenger - Issued Sept. 6, 1888 - EDU: Dec. 18, 1888 Postage Dues:
No new varieties of the Postage Due Stamps were issued in 1888
