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STATISTICS
Issued: The 6¢ was officially issued on January, 1st 1893, a Sunday, and at Post Offices the following day. There are no examples of this value being used on the 1st January, 1893.
Plate Size: Sheets of 100 subjects (2 panes of 50).
Printer: The American Bank Note Company.
Watermark: None.
Quantity Issued: 4,707,550.
Color: Purple or dull purple and red violet.
Common use: The stamp was most commonly used for paying three times the standard first class rate.
The violet shade fades quickly in sunlight and the color washes easily in soaking, examples can be seen below.
THE INSPIRATION FOR THE DESIGN
The design was taken from one of the panels of the Bronze doors designed by Randolph Rogers. These are located in the Capitol building in Washington DC.
VARIETIES
There are no known varieties.
ESSAYS AND PROOFS
Despite the popularity of the Columbian series there are very few essays and proofs on the market, the 6¢ being the rarest.
- Brookman, Lester G., U.S. Postage Stamps of the 19th Century, Lindquist 1966
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