CATALOGUE UNITED STATES POSTAGE STAMPS. 9 



ToppAN, Carpenter, Casilear & Company: 

 1857-60— Continued . 

 Types of 5c.: 

 Type I. The design is complete with projections in center of all four 



sides. 

 Type II. The projections at top and bottom are partially cut away. 

 Type III. The projections at top and bottom are entirely cut away. 

 Types of 10c. : 

 Type I. The ornaments at the ends of the bottom panels show three 

 pearls at the outer edge. The curved lines at top and bottom 

 center are usually broken. 

 Type II. The side ornaments are slightly cut away and show but one 

 pearl at the outer edge. The curved lines at top and bottom 

 center are usually complete. 

 Recut varieties. Type I with the broken lines recut at top, or recut at 

 bottom, or recut at both top and bottom. 

 1860: 

 Imperforate. 

 24c. Gray lilac* 

 30c. Orange. 

 90c. Blue. 

 Reprints. 

 1876: 

 Perforated 12. • ' 



Ic. Bright blue, Type I.* 

 3c. Scarlet, Type I.* 

 5c. Orange brown, Type II.* 

 5c. Orange brown, Type III.* 

 10c. Blue green, Type I.* 

 12c. Greenish black.* 

 24c. Black violet.* 

 30c. Yellow orange.* 

 90c. Deep blue.* 



Made for the Centennial Exposition of 1876, on very white paper. 

 National Bank Note Company: 

 Perforated 12. 

 1861 (August): 

 Ic. Indigo. 



Ic. Bright ultramarine.* 

 3c. Brown red.* 

 3c. Bright rose.* 

 5c. Brown. 

 10c. Dark green.* 

 12c. Black. 

 24c. Violet.* 

 30c. Red orange. 

 90c. Dull blue. 

 Imperforate. 



3c. Brown red. 

 90c. Dull blue.* 



The paper of this issue is very thin and tough and somewhat silky. 

 1861 (September): 

 Ic. Blue.* 

 Ic. Deep blue.* 

 Ic. Bright blue.* 



