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Medium:
cardboard; ink (blue)/ engraving
Dimensions:
Height x Width: 1 1/8 x 7/8 in. (2.86 x 2.22 cm)
Type:
Postage Stamps
Place:
United States of America
Date:
1881
Description:
Trial color proof prepared for the 1881 International Cotton Exposition in Atlanta.
In 1881, the American Bank Note Company printed card proofs of all previously issued stamps in five colors—black, scarlet, brown, green, and blue—for the Post Office Department to show at the International Atlanta Cotton Exposition.
Topic:
Harry L. Jefferys Collection  Search this
National Stamp Collection  Search this
U.S. Stamps  Search this
Object number:
2008.2006.39
See more items in:
National Postal Museum Collection
On View:
Currently on exhibit at the National Postal Museum
Data Source:
National Postal Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm8eb9cba4a-df3b-49a7-a3f9-8beadc07b265
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npm_2008.2006.39