Postage Stamps of the United States First Issued in 1891
President: Benjamin Harrison · Postmaster General: John WanamakerDomestic Letter Rate: 2¢/oz. · Card Rate: 1¢ · Registry Fee: 10¢ · Foreign Rate: 5¢
The Postage Dues Issued in 1891 - Bright Claret Shade (from the designs of 1879)
Unwatermarked - Perforated 12 - Flat Plate - 200 Subject Plates
The following postage stamp varieties were first issued by the U.S. in 1891:
Ordinary issue:
No new varieties of Regular Issue stamps were issued in 1891 Commemoratives:
The First Commemorative stamps were not issued until 1893 Special Delivery:
No new varieties of the Special Delivery stamps were issued in 1891 Postage Dues:
Note: The red brown and bright claret are shades of the 1879 stamp and were not issued separately. The distinction is made by philatelists only and therefore earliest documented usages of these stamps are not applicable.
Scott J22 - One Cent Bright Claret Shade of the Postage Due design of 1879
Scott J23 - Two Cent Bright Claret Shade of the Postage Due design of 1879
Scott J24 - Three Cent Bright Claret Shade of the Postage Due design of 1879
Scott J25 - Five Cent Bright Claret Shade of the Postage Due design of 1879
Scott J26 - Ten Cent Bright Claret Shade of the Postage Due design of 1879
Scott J27 - Thirty Cent Bright Claret Shade of the Postage Due design of 1879
Scott J28 - Fifty Cent Bright Claret Shade of the Postage Due design of 1879
