Stamp

1¢ Ultramarine Franklin

2¢ Green Washington

3¢ Vermilion Washington

New Designs and Colors
President: Grover Cleveland Postmaster General:William F. Vilas
Domestic Letter Rate: 2¢ per oz. Card Rate: 1¢ Registry Fee: 10¢ Foreign Rate: 5¢

American Bank Note Company - Soft Porous Paper - Perf 12 - 200 Subject Plates
Number 212 - One Cent Ultramarine Franklin - EDU: July 5, 1887 - 1,578,043,800 issued
Number 213 - Two Cent Green Washington - EDU: Sept. 20, 1887 (9/21/87 on cover) - 4,542,239,300 issued
Number 214 - Three Cent Vermilion Washington - EDU: Sept.23, 1887 - 20,167,800 issued

Commemoratives: The first Commemorative stamps were not issued until 1893
Special Delivery: No new Special Delivery stamps were issued in 1887

see also: Designs of the 1870-1888 Regular Issues