Postage Stamps of the United States - 1884
Politics
President
Chester A. Arthur
Postmaster General
1/1-10/13
Walter Q. Gresham
10/14-12/31
Frank Hatton
Music
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1884 "Oh My Darling Clementine"
Postage Rate
Domestic Letter Rate: 2¢ per 1/2 oz.
Card Rate: 1¢
Registry Fee: 10¢
Foreign Rate: 5¢
Stamps
No new varieties of regular issue stamps were issued in 1884
The following postage stamp varieties were first issued by the U.S. in 1884:
Postage Due Stamps of 1884 - Red Brown Shade
Number J15 - One Cent Red Brown Postage Due Design of 1879
Number J16 - Two Cent Red Brown Postage Due Design of1879
Number J17 - Three Cent Red Brown Postage Due Design of 1879
Number J18 - Five Cent Red Brown Postage Due Design of 1879
Number J19 - Ten Cent Red Brown Postage Due Design of 1879
Number J20 - Thirty Cent Red Brown Postage Due Design of 1879
Number J21 - Fifty Cent Red Brown Postage Due Design of 1879
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
