Postage Stamps of the United States - 1910

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President
William Howard Taft

Postmaster General:
Frank H. Hitchcock

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1910 "Down by The Old mill Stream"

Postage Rates

Domestic Letter Rate: 2¢ per oz.

Postcard Rate: 1¢

Registry Fee: 10¢

Foreign Rate: 5¢


Stamps

The following postage stamp varieties were first issued by the U.S. in 1910:
Ordinary issue:
Designer: Claire Aubrey Huston, based on the profile from Houdon's busts of Washington and Franklin
Engravers: Marcus W. Baldwin, Edward M. Hall and Robert Ponickau
Number 350 - 4¢ Washington flat plate coil perf 12 horiz. D/L Wmk - EDU: 8/22/12
Number 374 - 1¢ Franklin perf 12 S/L Wmk - EDU: 2/7/11
Number 374a - 1¢ Franklin perf 12 S/L Wmk Booklet (pane) - EDU: 2/28/11
Number 375 - 2¢ Washington perf 12 S/L Wmk - EDU: 12/19/10
Number 375a - 2¢ Washington perf 12 S/L Wmk Booklet (pane) - EDU: 5/10/11
Number 383 - 1¢ Franklin imperf S/L Wmk - EKU: 2/21/11
Number 383V Vertical Coil - 1¢ Franklin imperf. from a vertical strip S/L Wmk. - EDU: 4/22/11
Number 383H Horizontal Coil - 1¢ Franklin imperf. from a horizontal strip single-line watermarked
Number 384 - 2¢ Washington imperf S/L Wmk - EDU: 12/8/10
Number 384V Vertical Coil - 2¢ Washington imperf. from a vertical strip S/L Wmk - EDU: 10/21/10
Number 384H Horizontal Coil - 2¢ Washington imperf. from a horiz. strip S/L Wmk - EDU: 3/9/12
Number 385 - 1¢ Franklin flat plate coil perf 12 horizontally S/L Wmk - EKU: 1/23/11
Number 386 - 2¢ Washington FP coil perf 12 horiz. S/L Wmk - EDU: 12/9/10
Number 387 - 1¢ Franklin flat plate coil perf 12 vertically S/L Wmk - EDU: 11/5/10
Number 388 - 2¢ Washington flat plate coil perf 12 vertically S/L Wmk - EKU: 1/4/11
Number 390 - 1¢ Franklin FP coil perf 8½ horizontally S/L Wmk - EDU: 10/5/11
Number 391 - 2¢ Washington flat plate coil perf 8½ horiz. S/L Wmk - EDU: 5/3/11
Number 392 - 1¢ Franklin flat plate coil perf 8½ vertically S/L Wmk - EDU: 12/16/10
Number 393 - 2¢ Washington flat plate coil perf 8½ vert. S/L Wmk - EDU: 12/27/10

Postage Dues: For designs of this series see: the Postage Dues Designs of 1894
Number J45 - 1¢ Postage Due perf 12 S/L Wmk
Number J46 - 2¢ Postage Due perf 12 S/L Wmk
Number J47 - 3¢ Postage Due perf 12 S/L Wmk
Number J48 - 5¢ Postage Due perf 12 S/L Wmk
Number J49 - 10¢ Postage Due perf 12 S/L Wmk