90c Perry single
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
June 25, 1875
Issuing entity
United States90c Perry single — postage stamp in the Smithsonian National Postal Museum collection (object 1980.2493.796), catalogued by the museum as Scott USA 166. Dated by the museum: June 25, 1875. Depicts: Oliver H. Perry, American, 1785 - 1819. Medium: white wove paper; ink (rose carmine) / engraving.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 1
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Physical characteristics
- Medium
- white wove paper; ink (rose carmine) / engraving
- Condition recorded
- unused
Design
- Depicts
- Oliver H. Perry, American, 1785 - 1819
- Printer
- Continental Bank Note Company
Identification
- Place
- United States of America
- Topic
- Military & Policing Forces
- Date recorded
- June 25, 1875
- Museum object number
- 1980.2493.796
- Museum classification
- Postage Stamps
Catalogue references
- ScottUSA 166
Research required
- Research required: this record describes a single museum example; confirm perforation, watermark, printing and variety details against philatelic references.