Postage Stamps of the United States First Issued in 1895
President: Grover Cleveland · Postmasters General: Jan. 1 - Feb. 28: Wilson Bissell · March 1 - Dec. 31: William L. Wilson Domestic Letter Rate: 2¢/oz. · Card Rate: 1¢ · Registry Fee: 8¢ · Foreign Rate: 5¢
Ordinary Postage Stamps First Issued in 1895 - Designs of 1890 with Triangles
Double-line Watermarked USPS · Perf 12 · 200 Subject Plates - Same Designs as the 1894 Issues
(The 1¢, 2¢, and 10¢ stamps were printed on 400 subject plates)
One Cent Dark Blue Franklin Two Cent Carmine Washington Three Cent Purple Jackson Four Cent Dark Brown Lincoln
Five Cent Light Brown Grant Six Cent Light Maroon Garfield Eight Cent Violet Brown Sherman Ten Cent Milori Green Webster
Fifteen Cent Dark Blue Clay Fifty Cent Orange Jefferson One Dollar Black Perry
Two Dollar Sapphire Blue Madison Five Dollar Dark Green Marshall
The Special Delivery Stamp of 1895
Watermarked Double-line USPS - Flat Plate - Perf 12 - 100 Subject Plates
Scott E5 - 10¢ Running Messenger Watermarked
Earliest Known Usage on Cover: Oct. 3, 1895
The following postage stamp varieties were first issued by the U.S. in 1895:
Ordinary issue:
Unwatermarked
The unwatermarked two cent stamps listed here are varieties of the regularly issued 1894 stamp.
Scott 250b - 2¢ Washington - Scarlet - Type I - EDU: 1/17/95
Scott 251 - 2¢ Washington - Carmine - Type II - EDU: 2/12/95 (2/16/95 on cover) - about 97 million issued
Scott 251a - 2¢ Washington - Scarlet - Type II - EDU: 2/19/95
Scott 252 - 2¢ Washington - Carmine - Type III - EDU: 4/2/95 (4/5/95 on cover) - about 83 million issued
Scott 252a - 2¢ Washington - Scarlet - Type III - EDU: 4/17/95
Scott 257 - 8¢ Sherman - Violet Brown - 2,426,100 issued - EDU: 5/8/95
Watermarked Double-line USPS
Scott 264 - 1¢ Franklin - Blue - EDU: 5/16/95 - nearly 2 billion issued
Scott 265 - 2¢ Washington - Type I - EDU: 5/2/95 - about 300 million issued
Scott 266 - 2¢ Washington - Type II - EDU: 5/27/95 - about 125 million issued
Scott 267 - 2¢ Washington - Type III - EDU: 5/31/95 - about 7.5 billion issued
Scott 267a - 2¢ Washington - Type III - Pink - - EDU: 12/8/97
Scott 267b - 2¢ Washington - Type III - Vermilion
Scott 267c - 2¢ Washington - Type III - Rose Carmine
see also: Distinguish the Types of the Two Cent Triangles
Scott 268 - 3¢ Jackson - Purple - EDU: 1/31/96 - about 203 million issued
Scott 269 - 4¢ Lincoln - Dark Brown - EDU: 7/22/95 - about 78 million issued
Scott 270 - 5¢ Grant - Light Brown to Chocolate Brown - EDU: 9/12/95 - about 124 million issued
Scott 271 - 6¢ Garfield - Dull Brown to Light Maroon - EDU: 9/14/95 - about 21 million issued
Scott 271a - 6¢ Garfield - Dull Brown to Light Maroon - with USIR watermark
Scott 272 - 8¢ Sherman - Violet Brown to Lilac - EDU: 9/11/95 - about 96 million issued
Scott 272a - 8¢ Sherman - Violet Brown to Lilac - with USIR watermark
Scott 273 - 10¢ Webster - Milori Green to Dark Green - EDU: 7/25/95 - about 60 million issued
Scott 274 - 15¢ Clay - Dark Blue - EDU: 5/5/96 - about 7 million issued
Scott 275 - 50¢ Jefferson - Orange - EDU: 2/27/97 - about 1 million issued
Scott 275a - 50¢ Jefferson - Red Orange
Scott 276 - $1 Commodore Perry - Black - Type I - EDU: 3/1/98 - 192,449 issued
Scott 276A - $1 Commodore Perry - Type II - EDU: 4/6/96 - 63,803 issued
see also: Distinguish the Types of the One Dollar Perry Triangle
Scott 277 - $2 Madison - Sapphire Blue - EDU: 7/18/95 - 31,720 issued
Scott 277a - $2 Madison - Dark Blue
Scott 278 - $5 Marshall - Dark Green - EDU: 11/3/96 - 26,965 issuedCommemoratives:
No new varieties of Commemorative stamps were issued in 1895 Special Delivery:
Watermarked Double-line USPS
Scott E5 - 10¢ Running Messenger of 1894 Design - Issue date: August 16, 1895Postage Dues: See Postage Dues of 1917 for Designs of 1894
Unwatermarked
Scott J33 - 3¢ Deep Claret - Design of 1894 - Issue date: April 27, 1895
Scott J34 - 5¢ Deep Claret - Design of 1894 - Issue date: April 27, 1895
Scott J36 - 30¢ Deep Claret - Design of 1894 - Issue date: April 27, 1895
Scott J36a - 30¢ Carmine - Design of 1894
Scott J36b - 30¢ Pale Rose - Design of 1894
Scott J37 - 50¢ Deep Claret - Design of 1894 - Issue date: April 27, 1895
Scott J37a - 50¢ Pale Rose - Design of 1894
Watermarked Double-line USPS
Scott J38 - 1¢ Deep Claret - Design of 1894 - Issue date: August 29, 1895
Scott J39 - 2¢ Deep Claret - Design of 1894 - Issue date: September 14, 1895
Scott J40 - 3¢ Deep Claret - Design of 1894 - Issue date: October 30, 1895
Scott J41 - 5¢ Deep Claret - Design of 1894 - Issue date: October 15, 1895
Scott J42 - 10¢ Deep Claret - Design of 1894 - Issue date: September 14, 1895
