15c Webster Sample overprint single
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1880
Issuing entity
United States15c Webster Sample overprint single — postage stamp in the Smithsonian National Postal Museum collection (object 1980.2493.1063), catalogued by the museum as Scott USA 199SK. Dated by the museum: 1880. Depicts: Daniel Webster, American, 1782 - 1852. Medium: soft porous paper; ink (orange, blue) / engraving.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 1
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Historical context
unused; perf 12
Physical characteristics
- Medium
- soft porous paper; ink (orange, blue) / engraving
Design
- Depicts
- Daniel Webster, American, 1782 - 1852
- Printer
- American Bank Note Company
Identification
- Place
- United States of America
- Topic
- U.S. Stamps
- Date recorded
- 1880
- Museum object number
- 1980.2493.1063
- Museum classification
- Postage Stamps
Catalogue references
- ScottUSA 199SK
Research required
- Research required: this record describes a single museum example; confirm perforation, watermark, printing and variety details against philatelic references.