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POSTAGE
US-1875-15c-0001
15¢
15c Landing of Columbus re-issue single — used; perf 12; re-issue of 1869; without grill — In 1875, Post Office Department officials decided to exhibit samples of all previously issued stamps at the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia the following year. Since this required a special printing, the department ordered extra copies for sale to stamp collectors.
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Catalog entry
Structured metadata
Identification
- OSID
- US-1875-15c-0001
- Country
- US
- Year of issue
- 1875
- Denomination
- 15¢
- Class
- POSTAGE
- Issuing authority
- FEDERAL
Notes
Platform Import — Smithsonian National Postal Museum, Open Access (CC0). Source ID: npm_1980.2493.1007. https://postalmuseum.si.edu/object/npm_1980.2493.1007
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