Postage Stamps of the United States - 1879

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Postage Rate

Domestic Letter Rate: 3¢ per ½ oz

Card Rate: 1¢

Registry Fee: 10¢

Foreign Rate: 5¢

1¢ Franklin

2¢ Jackson

3¢ Washington

5¢ Taylor

6¢ Lincoln

10¢ Jefferson

10¢ w/secret mark

15¢ Webster

30¢ Hamilton

90¢ Perry

American Bank Note Stamps

The following postage stamp varieties were first issued by the U.S. in 1879:
Number 182 - One Cent Dark Ultramarine Franklin - EDU: Jan. 3, 1879 - 591,765,900 issued
Number 183 - Two Cent Vermilion Jackson - EDU: Aug. 19, 1878 - 547,073,700 issued
Number 184 - Three Cent Green Washington - EDU: July 2, 1878 - about 1.3 billion issued
Number 185 - Five Cent Dark Blue Taylor - EDU: Jan. 16, 1879 - about 42 million issued
Number 186 - Six Cent Dull Pink Lincoln - EDU: July 1, 1879 - about 21 million issued
Number 187 - Ten Cent Brn.-Yellow Brown Jefferson - w/o secret mark- EDU: Sep. 5, 1879 - about 11 million issued
Number 188 - Ten Cent Brn.-Yellow Brown Jefferson - with secret mark- EDU: Oct. 5, 1878 - about 22 million issued
Number 189 - Fifteen Cent Red Orange Webster- EDU: Jan. 20, 1879 - over 14 million issued
Number 190 - Thirty Cent Greenish Black to Full Black Hamilton- EDU: April 5, 1881 - over 4 million issued
Number 191 - Ninety Cent Carmine Rose Oliver Perry- EDU: June 24, 1882 - about 280,760 issued

Commemoratives: The first Commemorative stamps were not issued until 1893
Special Delivery: The first Special Delivery stamps were not issued until 1885

see also: Designs of the 1870-1888 Regular Issues

1¢ Due

2¢ Due

3¢ Due

5¢ Due

10¢ Due

30¢ Due

50¢ Due

Postage Dues of 1879:
American Bank Note Company - Soft porous paper - 200 subject plates in 2 panes of 100 stamps each
Number J1 - One Cent Brown - EDU: July 5, 1879
Number J2 - Two Cent Brown - EDU: July 27, 1879
Number J3 - Three Cent Brown - EDU: June 18, 1879
Number J4 - Five Cent Brown - EDU: July 7, 1879
Number J5 - Ten Cent Brown - EDU: Oct. 7, 1879
Number J6 - Thirty Cent Deep Brown
Number J7 - Fifty Cent Brown

American Bank Note Co. Special Printings - Postage Due Designs of 1879:
Number J8 - One Cent Deep Brown Postage Due
Number J9 - Two Cent Deep Brown Postage Due
Number J10 - Three Cent Deep Brown Postage Due
Number J11 - Five Cent Deep Brown Postage Due
Number J12 - Ten Cent Deep Brown Postage Due
Number J13 - Thirty Cent Deep Brown Postage Due
Number J14 - Fifty Cent Deep Brown Postage Due