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Ordinary Postage Stamps First Issued in 1898
Double-line watermarked USPS · Perf 12 ·
200 Subject Plates
(The 1¢ stamp was printed on 400 subject
plates and the 10¢ stamp on both 200 and 400 subject plates)
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| One Cent Green
Franklin |
Four Cent Rose Brown
Lincoln |
Five Cent Dark Blue
Grant |
Six Cent Purple Lake
Garfield |
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Cent Brown Webster - Type I |
Ten
Cent Orange Brown Webster - Type II |
Fifteen
Cent Olive Green Clay |
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In 1898 the colors of many of the regularly issued
stamps, the designs of 1894, were changed to conform
with the colors assigned by the Universal Postal
Union. The one cent stamp was changed to green in
January, the five cent to blue in March and later the
ten cents to brown and the fifteen cents to olive green
to avoid confusion with the lower denominations. The
four cent stamp was altered slightly to a more rose hue.
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The following postage stamp varieties were
first issued by the U.S. in 1898:
Ordinary issue:
Scott 279 - 1¢ Franklin -
Green - EDU: 1/31/98 - over 5 billion issued
For the two cent stamp, Scott 279B, see: 1897
Scott 280 - 4¢ Lincoln - Rose Brown -
EDU: 11/13/98 - about 153 million issued
Scott 280a - 4¢ Lincoln - Lilac Brown
Scott 280b - 4¢ Lincoln - Orange Brown
Scott 281 - 5¢ Grant - Dark Blue - EDU:
3/19/98 - about 280 million issued
Scott 282 - 6¢ Garfield - Lake, Claret -
Issued in Dec. 1898 - EDU: 3/13/99 -
about 46 million issued
Scott 282a - 6¢ Garfield - Purple Lake
see also: Distinguish Scott
282C - Type I from the 283 - Type II
Scott 282C - 10¢ Webster - Brown Type I -
Issued in Nov. 1898 - EDU: 12/10/98 - about 42 million issued
Scott 283 - 10¢ Webster - Orange Brown Type
II - EDU: 3/13/99 - about 65 million issued
Scott 284 - 15¢ Clay - Olive Green -
Issued in Nov. 1898 - EDU: 3/22/99 - about 16 million issued |
Commemoratives:
See:
Trans-Mississippis
of 1898
Scott 285 - 1¢ Trans-Mississippi - Marquette
on the Mississippi - EDU 6/17/98 (FDC)
Scott 286 - 2¢ Trans-Mississippi - Farming in the West
- EDU 6/17/98 (FDC)
Scott 287 - 4¢ Trans-Mississippi - Indian Hunting
Buffalo - EDU 6/17/98 (FDC)
Scott 288 - 5¢ Trans-Mississippi - Fremont on Rocky
Mountains - EDU 6/17/98 (FDC)
Scott 289 - 8¢ Trans-Mississippi - Troops Guarding Train
- EDU 6/17/98 (FDC)
Scott 290 - 10¢ Trans-Mississippi - Hardships of
Emigration - EDU 6/17/98 (FDC)
Scott 291 - 50¢ Trans-Mississippi - Western Mining Prospector
- EDU 6/17/98 (FDC)
Scott 292 - $1 Trans-Mississippi - Western Cattle in Storm
- EDU 6/17/98 (FDC)
Scott 293 - $2 Trans-Mississippi - Mississippi River
Bridge - EDU 6/24/98 |
Special Delivery:
| No new varieties of the Special Delivery stamps
were issued in 1898 |
Postage Dues:
| No new varieties of the Postage Due stamps
were issued in 1898 |
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