Postage Stamps of the United States - 1874

Politics



President
Ulysses S. Grant

Postmaster General:
1/1-7/2:
John Creswell
7/3-8/23:
James W. Marshall
8/24-12/31:
Marshall Jewel

Music



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1874 "Oh Dat Watermelon"

Postage Rate


Domestic Letter Rate: 3¢ per ½ oz

Card Rate:1¢

Registry Fee: 8¢

Foreign Rate: 5¢

Stamps

No new regular issue stamps were issued in 1874


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

Designs of the 1870-1888 Regular Issues