Postage Stamps of the United States - 1881
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Rutherford B. Hayes
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James Garfield
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Chester A. Arthur
Postmaster General
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Horace Maynard
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Thomas L. James
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Timothy O. Howe
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1881 "The Old Brigade"
Postage Rate
Domestic Letter Rate: 3¢ per ½ oz
Card Rate: 1¢
Registry Fee: 10¢
Foreign Rate: 5¢
Stamps
American Bank Note Company - Soft Porous Paper - Perf 12 - 200 Subject Plates
1¢ Franklin of 1881
3¢ Washington of 1881
The following postage stamp varieties were first issued by the U.S. in 1881:
Number 206 - One Cent Gray Blue Franklin - EDU: Nov. 2, 1881 - over 2 billion issued
Number 207 - Three Cent Blue Green Washington - EDU: August 7, 1881 - about 1.5 billion issued
American Bank Note Company Special Printing - Design of 1869 Pictorial:
Number 133a - One Cent Brown Orange Franklin - est. less than 15,000 sold
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
