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Postage Stamps of the United
States First Issued in 1896
President:
Grover Cleveland · Postmaster
General: William L. Wilson
Admitted to the Union: Utah on January 4, 1896 |
| Domestic Letter Rate: 2¢ per oz. ·
Card Rate:
1¢ · Registry Fee: 8¢ · Foreign Rate: 5¢ |
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The following postage stamp varieties were
first issued by the U.S. in 1896:
Ordinary issue:
No new varieties of Regular Issue stamps
were issued in 1896 |
Commemoratives:
| No new varieties of Commemorative stamps
were issued in 1896 |
Special Delivery:
| No new varieties of the Special Delivery stamps
were issued in 1896 |
Postage Dues: See Postage
Dues of 1917 for the 1896 Stamps - Designs of 1894
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Scott J44 - 50¢ Deep Claret Design of 1894 -
Issue date: March
17, 1896 |
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