Stamps

Printed by the National Bank Note Co. without Secret Marks on hard white paper, perforated 12 on 200 subject plates, with or without grills. Note that other than by grill, Number 134-144 are indistinguishable from Number 145-155. The 7¢ stamp was not issued until 1871.

The following postage stamp varieties were first issued by the U.S. in 1870:
Printed by the National Bank Note Co. - Hard White Paper - Without Secret Marks

With Grill
Number 134 - One Cent Ultramarine Franklin - EDU: April 9, 1870 - about 23 million issued
Number 135 - Two Cent Red Brown Jackson - EDU: July 14, 1870 - about 40 million issued
Number 136 - Three Cent Green Washington - EDU: March 24, 1870 - about 172 million issued
Number 137 - Six Cent Carmine Lincoln - EDU: April 11, 1870 - about 1.5 million issued
Number 139 - Ten Cent Brown Jefferson - EDU: May 6, 1870 - about 479,000 issued
Number 140 - Twelve Cent Dull Violet Clay -EDU: June 17, 1870 - about 66,000 issued
Number 141 - Fifteen Cent Orange Webster - EDU: June 2, 1870 - about 558,000 issued
Number 142 - Twenty-Four Cent Purple Number - EDU: July 11, 1872 - about 8,500 issued
Number 143 - Thirty Cent Black Hamilton - EDU: Aug. 18, 1870 - about 77,000 issued
Number 144 - Ninety Cent Carmine Perry - Issued: April 12, 1870 (no covers known) - about 53,300 issued

Without Grill
Number 145 - One Cent Ultramarine Franklin - EDU: May 7, 1870 - about 120 million issued
Number 146 - Two Cent Red Brown Jackson - EDU: May 7, 1870 - about 212 millionissued
Number 147 - Three Cent Green Washington - EDU: March 1, 1870 - about 1 billion issued
Number 148 - Six Cent Carmine to Deep Carmine Lincoln - EDU: March 28, 1870 - about 26 million
Number 150 - Ten Cent Brown Jefferson - EDU: May 14, 1870 (on piece) - about 10 million issued
Number 151 - Twelve Cent Dull Violet Clay -EDU: July 9, 1870 - about 3.3 million issued
Number 152 - Fifteen Cent Bright Orange Webster - EDU: June 24, 1870 - about 5 million issued
Number 153 - Twenty-Four Cent Purple Number - EDU: Nov. 18, 1870 - about 1,144,000 issued
Number 154 - Thirty Cent Black Hamilton - EDU: July 13, 1870 - about 786,000 issued
Number 155 - Ninety Cent Carmine Oliver Perry - EDU: Sept. 1, 1872 - about 160,000 issued
Note: the 7¢ stamps were first issued in 1871

Commemoratives: The first Commemorative stamps were not issued until 1893
Special Delivery: The first Special Delivery stamps were not issued until 1885
Postage Dues: The first Postage Due Stamps were not issued until 1879

see also: Designs of the 1870-1888 Regular Issues