Issued: Issued July 18th 1894, Earliest recorded date of use, May 11th, 1895.

Plate Size: Sheets of 400 subjects (4 panes of 100)

Printer: The Bureau of Printing and Engraving, their first contract

Watermark: None

Quantity Issued: 2,426,100. 8c was the registry fee. The number was small and the date of issue one year later than the rest of the 1894 Bureaus as there was an excess stock of the 1893 8c, which had no triangle in the corners.

Expect to see a lot of heavy cancels on this as it was the registered rate and registered cancels are typically heavy. Below left is a typical oval registry cancel (Chicago) and below right the same from New York.

Occasionaly postmarks from states that had tiny amounts of mail in this year can add to the value. This is particularly true of Alaska and the Territories. For a list of the number of stamps issued by each state in the year ending 30th June 1894 click here.

The source photograph of General William Tecumseh Sherman is shown below.

There are no known varieties.

 

257-E1
Die Proof on India

257-P1
Large Die Proof on India
58 x 61mm, die sunk on 152 x 203mm card

225-TC1
Large Die Trial Color Proof on India
46 x 55mm
Note that the triangles are absent,
trial color was used by B.E.P before alterations

257-TC1
Large Die Trial Color Proof on India
Black