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#47
1875 90c Washington, Deep Blue, Perf. 12
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Scott #47 is the 1875 reprint of the 90¢ Washington (Scott #39). The original 1857-61 series had been demonetized during the Civil War so it couldn't be used by the Confederacy. But in 1875, the Post Office Department needed a complete set of every U.S. stamp for the Centennial International Exposition — the country's first world's fair, held in Philadelphia in 1876. So they reprinted the series, including the 90¢, straight from the original plate. Postal authorities also wanted to be able to fulfill collectors’ and others’ requests for the demonetized issues.
Only 454 were sold. All unsold quantities were destroyed at the end of the expo, leaving that number as the entire surviving population from the original sale.
About the printing: The design was engraved on a die – a small, flat piece of steel. The design was copied to a transfer roll – a blank roll of steel. Several impressions or “reliefs” were made on the roll. The reliefs were transferred to the plate – a large, flat piece of steel from which the stamps were printed.
About the design: The image of George Washington in his dress uniform is based on a painting by John Trumbull, a well-known artist of the time. Trumbull created 16 paintings of Washington before he became president.
About the 1875 Reprints: The stamps in this series are reprints of the series of 1857-61. They were not valid as postage because the stamps had been demonetized during the Civil War to keep the South from using them.
Some of the reprints in the series were printed from the original plates (5c, 24c 30c, 90c). Others (1c, 3c, 10c, 12c) whose plates couldn’t be found, had new plates made from the original transfer rolls. Stamps with new plates were printed in single sheets of 100; the others were printed in sheets of 200 divided into two panes of 100.
The 1875 reprints can be easily distinguished from the 1857-61 stamps by their brighter colors and their perforation gauge of 12. The originals were perforated 15½.
On rare occasions, a used reprint surfaces, despite the fact it was never valid for postage.
Due to its amazingly low issue quantity, the 90c Washington reprint is so scarce it’s not offered in Mystic’s U.S. Stamp Catalog.
Scott #47 is the 1875 reprint of the 90¢ Washington (Scott #39). The original 1857-61 series had been demonetized during the Civil War so it couldn't be used by the Confederacy. But in 1875, the Post Office Department needed a complete set of every U.S. stamp for the Centennial International Exposition — the country's first world's fair, held in Philadelphia in 1876. So they reprinted the series, including the 90¢, straight from the original plate. Postal authorities also wanted to be able to fulfill collectors’ and others’ requests for the demonetized issues.
Only 454 were sold. All unsold quantities were destroyed at the end of the expo, leaving that number as the entire surviving population from the original sale.
About the printing: The design was engraved on a die – a small, flat piece of steel. The design was copied to a transfer roll – a blank roll of steel. Several impressions or “reliefs” were made on the roll. The reliefs were transferred to the plate – a large, flat piece of steel from which the stamps were printed.
About the design: The image of George Washington in his dress uniform is based on a painting by John Trumbull, a well-known artist of the time. Trumbull created 16 paintings of Washington before he became president.
About the 1875 Reprints: The stamps in this series are reprints of the series of 1857-61. They were not valid as postage because the stamps had been demonetized during the Civil War to keep the South from using them.
Some of the reprints in the series were printed from the original plates (5c, 24c 30c, 90c). Others (1c, 3c, 10c, 12c) whose plates couldn’t be found, had new plates made from the original transfer rolls. Stamps with new plates were printed in single sheets of 100; the others were printed in sheets of 200 divided into two panes of 100.
The 1875 reprints can be easily distinguished from the 1857-61 stamps by their brighter colors and their perforation gauge of 12. The originals were perforated 15½.
On rare occasions, a used reprint surfaces, despite the fact it was never valid for postage.
Due to its amazingly low issue quantity, the 90c Washington reprint is so scarce it’s not offered in Mystic’s U.S. Stamp Catalog.
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