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 Postage Stamps of the United States First Issued in 1890


President: Benjamin Harrison ·  Postmaster General: John Wanamaker
Admitted to the Union: Idaho (July 3) and Wyoming (July 10)
Domestic Letter Rate: 2¢/oz. ·  Card Rate: 1¢ ·  Registry Fee: 10¢ ·  Foreign Rate: 5¢


Ordinary Postage Stamps First Issued in 1890 - No Triangles
  Unwatermarked - Perforated 12 - Flat Plate - Printed By the American Bank Note Company
   Soft Porous Paper - 200 Subject Plates (The 1¢ and 2¢ stamps were printed on 400 subject plates)

1c Franklin - 2c Washington - 3c Jackson 
Scott 219 - One Cent Blue Franklin Scott 219D - Two Cent Lake Washington Scott 220 - Two Cent Carmine Washington Scott 221 - Three Cent Purple Jackson
One Cent Blue Franklin Two Cent Lake Washington  Two Cent Carmine Washington Three Cent Purple Jackson
4c Lincoln - 5c Grant - 6c Garfield - 8c Sherman
Scott 222 - Four Cent Dark Brown Lincoln Scott 223 - Five Cent Chocolate Grant Scott 224 - Six Cent Brown Red Garfield The Eight Cent Stamp 
was issued in 1893
Four Cent Dark Brown Lincoln Five Cent Chocolate Grant Six Cent Brown Red Garfield

Scott 226 - Ten Cent Green Webster Scott 227 - Fifteen Cent Indigo Clay Scott 228 - Thirty Cent Black Jefferson Scott 229 - Ninety Cent Orange Perry
Ten Cent Green Webster Fifteen Cent Indigo Clay Thirty Cent Black Jefferson Ninety Cent Orange Perry


The following postage stamp varieties were first issued by the U.S. in 1890:

Ordinary issue:
These stamps were issued on Feb. 22, with the exception of the four and five cent stamps which were not issued until June 2. The eight cent stamp was not issued until March 21, 1893.

Scott 219   - 1¢ Franklin - Blue - EDU: Feb. 27, 1890 - over 2 billion issued
Scott 219D - 2¢ Washington Lake - EDU: Feb. 22, 1890 (FDC) - about 100 million issued
Scott 220   - 2¢ Washington Carmine - EDU: March 11, 1890 - over 6 billion issued
Scott 220a - 2¢ Washington Carmine - Cap on left "2" - EDU: Sept. 9, 1892
Scott 220c - 2¢ Washington Carmine - Cap on both "2's" - EDU: July 7, 1892
Scott 221   - 3¢ Jackson - Purple - EDU: Feb. 28, 1890 - 46,877,250 issued
Scott 222   - 4¢ Lincoln - Dark Brown - EDU: July 16, 1890 - 66,759,475 issued
Scott 223   - 5¢ Grant - Light Brown to Chocolate Brown - EDU: June 14, 1890 - 152,236,530 issued
Scott 224   - 6¢ Garfield - Brown Red - EDU: May 8, 1890 - 9,253,400 issued
note: the 8c Sherman stamp was not issued until March 21, 1893. It was issued to meet the new registry rate that went into effect on Jan.1, 1893
Scott 226   - 10¢ Webster - Green to Dark Green - EDU: Mar. 5, 1890 - 70,591,710 issued
Scott 227   - 15¢ Clay - Indigo - EDU: May 16, 1890 - 5,548,710 issued
Scott 228   - 50¢ Jefferson - Black - EDU: April 14, 1890 - 1,504,408 issued
Scott 229   - 90¢ Commodore Perry - Orange - EDU: ?/1890 (2/7/1892 on cover) - 219,721 issued

Commemoratives:

The First Commemorative stamps were not issued until 1893

Special Delivery:

No new varieties of the Special Delivery stamps were issued in 1890

Postage Dues:

No new varieties of the Postage Due stamps were issued in 1890

 

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