Postage Stamps of the United States - 1872
Politics
President
Ulysses S. Grant
Postmaster General:
John A. J. Creswell
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1872 "Far From Home"
Postage Rate
Domestic Letter Rate: 3¢ per ½ oz
Registry Fee: 15¢
Foreign Rate: 5¢
Stamps
No new varieties of Regular Issue stamps were issued in 1872
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
