Postage Stamps of the United States - 1890

Politics


President
Benjamin Harrison

Postmaster General
John Wanamaker

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1890 "And The Parrot Said"

Postage Rate


Domestic Letter Rate: 2¢ per oz.

Card Rate: 1¢

Registry Fee: 10¢

Foreign Rate: 5¢




Stamps

1¢ Blue Franklin
2¢ Lake Washington
2¢ Carmine Washington
3¢ Purple Jackson
4¢ Dark Brown Lincoln
5¢ Chocolate Grant
6¢ Brown Red Garfield



The Eight Cent Stamp was issued in 1893
10¢ Green Webster
15¢ Indigo Clay
30¢ Black Jefferson
90¢ Orange Perry

The Baby Banknotes of 1890 - Without Triangles
President: Benjamin Harrison Postmaster General: John Wanamaker
Admitted to the Union: Idaho (July 3) and Wyoming (July 10)
Domestic Letter Rate: 2¢ per oz. Card Rate: 1¢ Registry Fee: 10¢ Foreign Rate: 5¢

U.S. Postage Stamps First Issued in 1890 - No Triangles
Printed By the American Bank Note Company on unwatermarked soft porous paper
Perforated 12 - Flat Plate - 200 Subject Plates (The 1¢ and 2¢ stamps were printed on 400 subject plates)

These stamps were issued on Feb. 22, with the exception of the four and five cent stamps which were not issued until June 2. The eight cent stamp was not issued until March 21, 1893.

Number 219 - 1¢ Franklin - Blue- EDU: Feb. 27, 1890 - over 2 billion issued
Number 219D - 2¢ Washington Lake- EDU: Feb. 22, 1890 (FDC) - about 100 million issued
Number 220 - 2¢ Washington Carmine- EDU: March 11, 1890 - over 6 billion issued
Number 220a - 2¢ Washington Carmine - Cap on left "2" - EDU: Sept. 9, 1892
Number 220c - 2¢ Washington Carmine - Cap on both "2's" - EDU: July 7, 1892
Number 221 - 3¢ Jackson - Purple - EDU: Feb. 28, 1890 - 46,877,250 issued
Number 222 - 4¢ Lincoln - Dark Brown - EDU: July 16, 1890 - 66,759,475 issued
Number 223 - 5¢ Grant - Light Brown to Chocolate Brown - EDU: June 14, 1890 - 152,236,530 issued
Number 224 - 6¢ Garfield - Brown Red - EDU: May 8, 1890 - 9,253,400 issued
note: the 8c Sherman stamp was not issued until March 21, 1893. It was issued to meet the new registry rate that went into effect on Jan.1, 1893
Number 226 - 10¢ Webster - Green to Dark Green - EDU: Mar. 5, 1890 - 70,591,710 issued
Number 227 - 15¢ Clay - Indigo - EDU: May 16, 1890 - 5,548,710 issued
Number 228 - 50¢ Jefferson - Black - EDU: April 14, 1890 - 1,504,408 issued
Number 229 - 90¢ Commodore Perry - Orange - EDU: ?/1890 (2/7/1892 on cover) - 219,721 issued

Commemoratives: The first Commemorative stamps were not issued until 1893

see also: Designs of the 1890 Regular Issues