United States Postage Stamps
A History
Regular, Commementive, Memorial Issues
Introduction
~ Series of 1847
Series of 1851
Series of 1861
Series of 1869
Issues of 1870
Issues of 1890&3
Columbian Series of 1893
Isues of 1894
Trans-Mississippi Exposition Stamps of
1898
Pan-American Stamps of 1901
Series of 1902-3
Lousiana Purchase Commemorative Stamps of
1904
Jamestown Commemorative Stamps of
1907
Issues of 1908-9
Issues of 1909
Issues of 1912
Panama-Pacific
Commemorative Stamps of 1913
Issues of 1914-5
Issues of 1918
Issues of 1919
Pilgram Tercentenary Commemorative Stamps
of 1920
Issues of 1922-23
Issue of 1923
Huguenot-Walloon Tercentenary Stamps of
1924
Issues of 1925
Issues of 1926
Issues of 1927
Issues of 1928
Issues of 1929
Issues of 1930
Isues of 1931
Washington Bicentennal Commemorative Stamps
of 1932 & other Issues
Issues of 1933
Issues of 1934
Issues of 1935
Special
Souvenior sheets of 1935
Issues of 1936
Issues of 1937
Issues of 1938
Issues of 1939
Famous Americans Commem's of 1940 &
Others
Vnmont Statehood of 1941
Issues of 1942
Overrun Countries commem's of 1943-44 &
Others
Issues of 1944
Roosevelt and Armed Forces Series of 1945
& Others
Issues of 1946
Issues of 1947
Air Mail Stamps
Issues
of 1918-1947
Carriers' Stamps
Issues of 1851
Newspaper & Periodical Stamps
Issues
of 1865
Issues of 1875
Issues of 1895
Offical Postage Stamps
Issues
of 1873-1884
Parcel Post Stamps
Issues of 1912-1913
Postage Due Stamps
Issues of 1879-1930
Parcel Post Postage Due Stamps
Issues of 1912
Postal Savings Offical Stamps
Issues of 1910-1911
Postal Savings Stamps
Issue
of 1911
Registry Stamp
Issue of 1911
Special Delivery Air Mail Stamp
Issue of 1934-1936
Special Delivery Stamps
Issues
of 1885-1925
Special Handling Stamp
Issue of 1925
United States Postage Stamps
1847 through 1947 ~ The first 100 years
Trans-Mississippi "OMAHA" Exposition Stamps of 1898
The issue of these stamps began June 10 and ceased December 31, 1898.
The engraved surface of these stamps is 7/8 by 11/32 inches, with the longest side horizontal. The denominations are in Arabie numerals, repeated upon shields in the upper corners. The 1-cent figure is exceptional in having a double border line, and the 10- and 50-cent are shown in more condensed numerals than those on the other stamps, and are of the Gothic type. Both numerals and letters are in white, and the dollar mark is included on those stamps with the numerals upon the elliptical tablet of the shield. The illustrations are within an enclosure resembling that of the letter "C" slightly condensed and recumbent, with the open side up and the opening filled by a curved panel upon which are the words "United States of America." On the lower border of this enclosure are the words, in very small letters, describing the picture above, and at the bottom of the stamp, in a straight line, are the words of denomination. All but the descriptions of the illustrations, which are in Gothic, are in Roman letters. Maize and wheat designs fill the lower corners and upper interstices. All the lettering is in capitals.
The designs for these stamps, which were executed by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, were as follows:
One-cent. -"Marquette", a painting, by Lamprecht.
Two-cent. -"Farming in the West", a photograph.
(This is the first stamp produced by the Post Office Department depicting images of then living people.)
Four.cent. -"Indian hunting buffalo", an engraving in Schoolcraft's history of the Indian tribes.
Five-cent. -"Fremont on the Rocky Mountains", an old engraving.
Eight-cent. -"Troops guarding train", a drawing, by Frederic Remington.
Ten-cent. -"Hardships of emigration", painting, by A. G. Heaton.
Fifty-cent. -"Mining prospector", a drawing, by Frederic Remington.
One-dollar. -"Cattle in a storm", J. MacWhirter.
Two-dollar. -"Mississippi River Bridge at St. Louis", photograph.
These stamps were first placed on sale June 10, 1898, at Omaha, Nebr.