ISSUE 181 - January 2, 2026 - Stamp News Online Magazine
Yesterday in Mekeel’s:
The U.S. Postage Stamp, 1870-1900, Part 3
by Lowell S. Newman & Peter T. Rohrbach
These stamps of the Issue of 1870 were the first of what has become known as the “Bank Note Issues”–the stamps of 1870- 1890, which were produced by three different printing companies. The 1870 designs were, with minor modifications, all printed by more than one of these companies, and many were printed by all three. However, there are some distinctive features of the 1870 National Banknote Company printings.
A supplemental issue: Despite dissatisfaction with the Issue of 1869, the Post Office in Washington sent a notice to all postmasters in April of 1870 that the new issue was not to be considered a . . .
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