CATALOGUE UNITED STATES POSTAGE STAMPS. 23 



BUBEAU OF EnGKAVING AND PRINTING: 



Hand-stamped specimen in small type. Magenta or black. 

 1895 — Continued. 



10c. Deep blue green.* 

 15c. Indigo.* 

 50c. Orange.* 

 $1. Black, Type I.* 

 $1. Black, Type II. 

 $2. Bright blue. 

 $2. Dark blue.* 

 15. Dark green.* 

 Imperforate. 

 Ic. Blue. 



2c. Carmine, Triangle III. 

 3c. Deep violet. 

 4c. Dark brown. 

 5c. Chocolate. 

 6c. Claret brown. 

 8c. Brown violet. 

 10c. Deep blue green. 

 15c. Indigo. 

 50c. Orange. 

 $1. Black, Type I. 

 $2. Dark blue. 

 $5. Dark green. 

 A complete sheet of each denomination was sold for face value to Gilbert E. 

 Jones, of New York City, as a special favor in consideration of valuable 

 serAdces rendered in connection with establishing the presses at the 

 bureau. The stamps are worthy of as much, if not more, consideration 

 as the imperforate stamps of preceding issues. 



Printed on revenue paper, watermarked double-lined U. S. I. R. 

 Perforated 12. 

 6c. Claret brown.* 

 8c. Violet brown.* 



Overprinted Universal Postal Congress in indigo blue. 

 Ic. Blue. 



2c. Carmine, Triangle III. 

 3c. Violet. 

 4c. Dark brown. 

 5c. Chocolate. 

 6c. Claret brown. 

 8c. Brown violet. 

 10c. Green. 

 15c. Indigo. 

 50c. Orange. 

 $1. Black, Type I. 

 $1. Black, Type II. 

 $2. Dark blue. 

 $5. Dark green. 

 The overprint is type set in three lines. Seven varieties of alignment of 



the words are known. 

 The sets were given as souvenirs to the delegates to the Universal Postal 

 Congress held in Washington, D. C, May 5 to June 15, 1897. 

 53550— 19— Bull. 105 3 



