Stamps

1¢ Franklin of 1881

1¢ Franklin of 1881

6¢ Lincoln

U.S. Postage Stamps First Issued in 1882 - 6¢ and 10¢ Re-Engraved and 5¢ New Design
American Bank Note Company - Soft Porous Paper - Perf 12 - 200 Subject Plates

The following postage stamp varieties were first issued by the U.S. in 1882:
Number 205 - Five Cent Brown to Gray Brown Garfield - EDU: Feb. 18, 1882 - 170,894,020 issued
Number 208 - Six Cent Rose to Dull Rose Lincoln - EDU: June 1, 1882 - about 12 million issued
Number 208a - Six Cent Deep Brown Red Lincoln
Number 209 - Ten Cent Red Brown Jefferson - EDU: May 4, 1882 - about 151 million issued
Number 209b - Ten Cent Black Brown Jefferson
Number 205C - Five Cent Gray Brown Garfield - American Bank Note Company Special Printing

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