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50c Documentary Second Issue revenue stamp invert strip of five
Smithsonian National Postal Museum — Revenue Stamps · US · English · 1871
Catalog record
| Line | US |
|---|---|
| Set / series | Smithsonian National Postal Museum — Revenue Stamps |
| Language | English |
| Year | 1871 |
| Date | 1871-1872 |
| Kind | stamp |
| Year | 1871 |
| Place | New Hampshire |
| Scott | USA R115b |
| Medium | paper; ink (blue, black) / engraved |
| Region | us |
| Npm Record | npm_1996.2079.2 |
| Description | In 1871, the government issued a new series of documentary revenue stamps to replace the 1862 "first issue" revenue stamps. Concerns over counterfeiting as well as reuse after chemically removing the cancellation prompted the decision. With these concerns in mind, Joseph R. Carpenter, the security printer who held the contract for printing revenue stamps, prepared the second revenue issue, including a number of anti-counterfeiting modifications. The company produced the stamps using a more complex two-color process. In addition, it used "chameleon" paper with colored security threads, which reacted with chemicals used to remove cancellations. |
| Image Source | Smithsonian Open Access |
| Image License | CC0 |
| Oracle ID | 36597471 |
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