14 BULLETIN 105, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



National Bank Note Company : 

 1871 — Continued. 

 Without embossing. 

 3c. Yellow green.* 

 3c. Pale green.* 

 6c. Carmine.* 

 6c. Deep carmine.* 

 6c. Rose red.* 

 7c. Vermilion.* 

 10c. Brown.* 

 10c. Yellow brown.* 

 12c. Dull violet.* 

 15c. Bright orange.* 

 15c. Deep orange.* 

 24c. Purple.* 

 24c. Deep purple. 

 30c. Black.* 

 90c. Dull carmine.* 

 Continental Bank Note Company: 

 1873: 



Distinguishing marks of the Continental Bank Note Company printings: 

 Ic. There is a small dash in the pearl at the left of the numeral 1. 

 2c. There is a small diagonal line under the scroll at the left of U. S. 

 3c. The lower part of the tail of the left ribbon is heavily shaded. 

 6c. The first four vertical lines of shading in the lower part of the left 



ribbon have been strengthened. 

 7c. Two small semicircles have been drawn around the ends of the lines 



which outline the ball in the lower right corner. 

 10c. There is a small semicircle in the ball of the scroll at the right end of 



the upper label. 

 12c. The balls of the figure 2 have been cut to crescent shape. 

 15c. Two lines have been made heavier in the lower part of the triangle in 



the upper left corner, forming a Y. 

 24c. This stamp was discontinued two years after the Continental Bank 

 Note Company took over the printing and the best authorities 

 are now agreed that there are only National Bank Note Company 

 printings. 

 30c and 90c. No new plates were made for these denominations and they 

 are to be distinguished from the National Bank Note Company 

 printings only by the shade. 

 Ic. Dark ultramarine.* 

 Ic. Ultramarine.* 

 Ic. Gray blue.* 

 Ic. Bright blue.* 

 Ic. Blue.* 

 Ic. Deep blue.* 

 2c. Brown.* 

 2c. Dark brown.* 

 3c. Green.* 



3c. Dark green.* ♦ 



3c. Yellow green.* 

 3c. Blue green.* 

 6c. Dull pink.* 

 6c. Dull red.* 



