Stamps That Changed the World

Winning Entries

Treasury Competition

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James Bogardus steel die, 1839

 

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Francis Coffin label essay, August 1839

 

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An unusual, very fragile lacy design attributed to one of the Treasury Competition's winners, Benjamin Cheverton.

 

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Henry Cole essay, executed by Charles Whiting, September 1839

 

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Charles Whiting essay, red and blue

 

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Charles Whiting essay, blue and red

 

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Charles Whiting essay, black and red on paper

 

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One of several designs by Charles Whiting, another Treasury Competition winner. It was printed with the nearly forgery-proof Congreve process, for which he controlled the patents.