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 Postage Stamps of the United States First Issued in 1884


President:
Chester A. Arthur 
Postmasters General: 1/1-10/13: Walter Q. Gresham  ·  10/14-12/31: Frank Hatton
Domestic Letter Rate: 2¢ per 1/2 oz. ·  Card Rate: ·  Registry Fee: 10¢ ·  Foreign Rate:


The following postage stamp varieties were first issued by the U.S. in 1884:

Ordinary issue:
No new varieties of Regular Issue stamps were issued in 1884

Commemoratives:

The First Commemorative stamps were not issued until 1893

Special Delivery:

The First Special Delivery stamps were not issued until 1885

Postage Dues:

See also: Postage Due Stamps of 1891 for images of this stamp design (in the bright claret shade of 1891)
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 J15 - One Cent Red Brown Postage Due Design of 1879
Scott J16 - Two Cent Red Brown Postage Due Design of 1879
Scott J17 - Three Cent Red Brown Postage Due Design of 1879
Scott J18 - Five Cent Red Brown Postage Due Design of 1879
Scott J19 - Ten Cent Red Brown Postage Due Design of 1879
Scott J20 - Thirty Cent Red Brown Postage Due Design of 1879
Scott J21 - Fifty Cent Red Brown Postage Due Design of 1879
                 
 

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