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STATISTICS
Issued: Introduced on February 22nd, 1890. The earliest recorded example is 16th May, 1890.
Plate Size: Sheets of 200 subjects (2 panes of 100).
Printer: The American Bank Note Company.
Watermark: None.
Quantity Issued: 5,548,710.
Color: Deep indigo or indigo.
Common use: The stamp was primarily used to pay for large domestic rates and in combination with other denominations, to fulfill foreign destination rates.
THE INSPIRATION FOR THE DESIGN
The source for the design Lester Brookman attributed to the famous daguerreotype of Henry Clay. This would be incorrect as there is little, if no, resemblance. It is more likely that it copied from a print which used as its source a later photograph of Henry Clay.
VARIETIES
The only known variety is the imperforate printing shown above.
ESSAYS AND PROOFS
- Brookman, Lester G., U.S. Postage Stamps of the 19th Century, Lindquist 1966
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