Sujet

3c Steam Locomotive re-issue single, 1875. Creator: National Bank Note Company.

Légende

3c Steam Locomotive re-issue single, 1875. Unused; 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.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM21A89_173

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

70,1Mo (2,8Mo) / 42,0cm x 41,8cm / 4960 x 4941 (300dpi)

Mots clés

transport transportation blue communication communications railways train education country money finance railway color location century old fashioned ink concept exhibition stamp printing postage cent collecting post office engraved engraving exposition philately United States of America Colour Smithsonian Institution postal service postage stamp 19th century stamp collecting Educational Institution nineteenth century postage stamps steam locomotive American America USA scientific institution perforated united states Centennial Exposition Centennial International Exhibition Heritage Art 19th-century ink (ultramarine) engraving Postage Stamps National Postal Museum 3 cents re-issue reprint National Bank Note Company National Banknote Company National Bank-Note Company hard white paper