Medium:

cardboard; ink (orange)/ engraving

Dimensions:

Height x Width: 1 x 13/16 in. (2.54 x 2.06 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:

2008.2006.59

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/hm8f6286684-5a74-435f-8352-027be4fef8b6

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npm_2008.2006.59