12c Henry Clay Justice Department card plate proof
Object Details
- Description
- Regular stamps distributed as samples or gifts were valid for postage. To end this option for gift recipients, the Post Office Department began in 1879 to have sample stamps printed on card stock, which dignitaries received in small envelopes. The samples were so popular that the POD ordered five reprints, the last being in 1894.
- Data Source
- National Postal Museum
- Date
- 1893
- Object number
- 1998.2005.13.7
- Type
- Postage Stamps
- Medium
- paper; ink (purple)
- Dimensions
- Height x Width: 1 1/8 x 7/8 in. (2.86 x 2.22 cm)
- Place
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Postal Museum Collection
- On View
- Currently on exhibit at the National Postal Museum
- Title
- Scott Catalogue USA O30P4
- Topic
- The Gilded Age (1877-1920)
- National Stamp Collection
- U.S. Stamps
- Record ID
- npm_1998.2005.13.7
