CATALOGUE UNITED STATES POSTAGE STAMPS. 21 



Bureau of Engraving and Printing: 

 1894 — Continued. 



$1. Black, type I* 

 $1. Black, type II. 

 $2. Bright blue. 

 $2. Sapphire blue.* 

 $5. Deep yellow green.* 

 Types of 2c: 

 Triangle I. The horizontal lines of background cross the triangle and 



are the same thickness vsdthin it as without. 

 Triangle II. The horizontal lines of background cross the triangle, 



but are thinner within it than without. 

 Triangle III. The horizontal lines of background do not cross the triangle 

 but stop at the inner frame and are thinner within than 

 without the triangle. There is a white space between 

 the inner and outer frames of the triangle. 

 Types of $1: 

 Type I. The circles inclosing $1 are concave where they meet the curved 



line beneath One Dollar. 

 Type II. The circles inclosing $1 are complete. 

 Both types of the $1 are on the same plate and exist in unsevered hori- 

 zontal pairs. The collection contains a plate proof of a complete sheet 

 of 200. The 2c, 3c, 6c, 10c, and 15c are known on a very thin, almost 

 pelure, white paper. 

 Imperforate horizontally. 

 2c. Carmine, Triangle I. 

 5c. Chocolate. 

 6c. Claret brown. 

 The 50c does not exist part perforate. It is, however, known without the 

 last row of perforations at the bottom of the sheet. 

 Imperforate vertically. 



2. Carmine, Triangle III. 

 Imperforate. 

 3c. Purple. 

 4c. Dark brown. 

 5c. Chocolate. 

 10c. Deep green. 



Counterfeits made to defraud the Government. 



2c. Carmine, Triangle I (Chicago).* 

 2c. Carmine, Triangle III (Canadian). 



Watermarked double lined U. S, P. S. 

 1895: 

 Perforated 12, 

 Ic. Pale ultramarine. 

 Ic. Ultramarine.* 

 Ic. Pale blue. 

 Ic. Blue.* 

 Ic. Deep blue.* 

 Ic. Dark blue.* 

 Ic. Greenish blue. 

 2c. Rose, Triangle I. 

 2c. Pale aniline rose, Triangle I. 



