#225 - 1893 8ยข
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Basic Info
8¢
Lilac, grayish lilac, magenta
Printing Method: Engraved
Subject: William Tecumseh Sherman
Number issued: 12,087,800
Perforations: P12
Watermark: Unwatermarked
Scott #: 225
Issued: March 21st, 1893
#225 Value
Used
$1 - $2
No postmark with gum (MH)
$12.50 - $25
Full perfect gum, no postmark
no trace of stamp hinge mark (MNH)
$70 - $90
Earliest Date of Use
The earliest recorded date of use, May 4th, 1893
An Insult
After having lived a couple of decades in GA and SC I can testify that Sherman is still a dirty word. How the folks of the south thought of Shermans portrait on a stamp only thirty years after his trail of destruction, can only be imagined.
No triangles in the corner
On the left is shown the detail of a stamp from the 1890 series, note the absence of a triangle in the top corners of the design. All the Bureau (after 1894) issues had a triangle cut into the design as shown on the right
Plate #'s
#225 was issued with the following plate #'s
200 subject plates
ZZ 265 - 269
Inspiration for the design
The source 1888 photograph of General William Tecumseh Sherman
Essays and Proofs
225-P1
Large die proof on India die sunk
225-P1
225-P2a
Roosevelt small die proof
225-P2a
224-P4
Plate Proof
on card
224-P4
225- P4
Plate proof on card
225- P4
224-TC5
Trial Color Proof
Gummed Wove Paper
224-TC5
The 1890 Bureau Series
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