1890 Series


1c - Dull blue
2,200,000,000 - Scott #219 - 1890

 
NY Auction Houses
 
MNH
MH
MNH
Graded
MH
Graded
Spring 2004
$9-$12
$2-$8
-
-
-
-
Fall 2004
$10-$15
$2-$10
-
-
-
-
Spring 2005
$9-$12
$4-$8
$270
-
-
-
Fall 2005
$9-$36
$5-$10
-
-
-
-
Spring 2006
$8-$60
$2-$10
$300
90
-
-
-
-
$1,200
95
-
-
Fall 2006
$85
$7-$11
$280
90
$200
95
Spring 2007
$13
$5-$7
$95
-
-
-
Fall 2007
$27-$40
$6
$190
90
-
-
Spring 2008
$20-$40
$3-$10
85
-
-
 
-
-
85J
-
-
 
-
-
$1,100
95
-
-
Fall 2008
-
-
-
-
-
-
Spring 2009
-
-
-
-
-
-


1c - Dull blue
Imperf - Scott #219pc - 1890


2c - Lake
100,000,000 - Scott #219D - 1890

 
NY Auction Houses
 
MNH
MH
Used
MNH
Graded
Spring 2003
-
-
-
-
-
Fall 2003
-
-
-
$325-$950
-
Spring 2004
-
$30-$60
< $1
-
-
Fall 2004
-
$20-$100
< $1
-
-
Spring 2005
-
$60
< $1
$600
-
Fall 2005
-
$45-$100
< $1
$1,100
-
Spring 2006
$220
$30-$80
< $1
$6,000
95
-
-
-
$2,000
90
Fall 2006
-
$100
< $1
$725
85
-
-
-
$6,500
95
Spring 2007
-
$45-$50
$1
$325-$725
-
Fall 2007
-
$45
< $1
-
-
Spring 2008
-
$20-$30
< $1
-
-
Fall 2008
-
-
-
-
-
Spring 2009
-
-
-
-
-


2c - Dark carmine
6,200,000,000 - Scott #220 - 1890

 
NY Auction Houses
 
MNH
MH
MNH
Graded
Spring 2003
-
-
$175-$225
-
Fall 2003
-
-
-
-
Spring 2004
-
$9-$15
-
-
Fall 2004
-
$8-$14
-
-
Spring 2005
-
$8-$12
$300
-
Fall 2005
-
$8-$12
$160-$250
-
Spring 2006
$80
$8-$14
$160
85
-
-
$550
90
Fall 2006
-
$5-$7
-
-
Spring 2007
$22
$5-$10
-
-
Fall 2007
$15
$5-$8
-
-
Spring 2008
$20
$3-$9
-
-
Fall 2008
-
-
-
-
Spring 2009
-
-
-
-

2c - Carmine, dark carmine (shown) or carmine rose
Cap on left "2"
Scott #220a - 1890

 
NY Auction Houses
 
MNH
MH
Used
MNH
Graded
Spring 2003
-
-
-
$175-$225
-
Fall 2003
-
-
-
-
-
Spring 2004
-
$35-$45
$2-$4
-
-
Fall 2004
$250-$300
-
$2-$3
-
-
Spring 2005
-
$120
$1-$4
-
-
Fall 2005
-
-
-
-
-
Spring 2006
-
$50-$120
$1-$3
$4,000
95
Fall 2006
-
-
$1
$850
90
-
-
-
$3,500
95
Spring 2007
-
-
$1-$5
-
-
Fall 2007
-
-
$1-$3
$1,100
90
Spring 2008
$155
$50
$1
-
-
Fall 2008
-
-
-
-
-
Spring 2009
-
-
-
-
-


2c - Carmine, dark carmine or carmine rose
Cap on both "2's"
Scott #220c - 1890

 
NY Auction Houses
 
MNH
MH
Used
MNH
Graded
Spring 2003
-
-
-
-
-
Fall 2003
-
-
-
-
-
Spring 2004
-
-
$1-$4
-
-
Fall 2004
-
-
$3-$4
-
-
Spring 2005
-
-
$3-$6
-
-
Fall 2005
-
-
$3-$10
$725
-
Spring 2006
$900
$65
$4-$14
$2,950
85
Fall 2006
-
-
$5-$13
$850
-
Spring 2007
-
-
$3-$7
$1,800
85
Fall 2007
-
-
$4-$9
-
-
Spring 2008
-
-
$2-$20
-
-
Fall 2008
-
-
-
-
-
Spring 2009
-
-
-
-
-


3c - Purple
47,000,000 - Scott #221 - 1890

 
NY Auction Houses
 
MNH
MH
Used
MNH
Graded
MH
Graded
Spring 2003
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Fall 2003
-
-
-
$250-$375
-
-
-
Spring 2004
-
$15-$20
< $1
-
-
-
-
Fall 2004
-
$10-$15
< $1
-
-
-
-
Spring 2005
-
$15-$18
< $1
-
-
-
-
Fall 2005
-
$20-$35
$1-$2
$500-$725
-
-
-
Spring 2006
-
$10-$40
$1
$3,000
95
-
-
Fall 2006
$60
$10-$18
$1-$4
$1,350
95
$410
95J
Spring 2007
$50-$100
$9-$35
< $1
-
-
-
-
Fall 2007
-
$10-$16
$1
-
-
-
-
Spring 2008
$100
$15-$19
$1-$2
-
-
-
-
Fall 2008
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Spring 2009
-
-
-
-
-
-
-


4c - Blackish brown
67,000,000 - Scott #222 - 1890

 
NY Auction Houses
 
MNH
MH
Used
MNH
Graded
Spring 2003
-
-
-
$400-$500
-
Fall 2003
-
-
-
-
-
Spring 2004
-
$8-$20
< $1
-
-
Fall 2004
-
$15-$30
$1-$4
-
-
Spring 2005
-
$20-$30
$1-$2
$750
-
Fall 2005
-
$30-$40
$1-$2
$950
-
Spring 2006
$90
$17-$25
$1-$6
$900
90
Fall 2006
$55-$95
$10-$20
< $1
$2,600
95
Spring 2007
$60
$10-$25
$1-$3
-
-
Fall 2007
-
$13-$30
$1-$3
$10,500
98J
Spring 2008
$55-$70
$12
< $1
85J
Fall 2008
-
-
-
-
-
Spring 2009
-
-
-
-
-


5c - Chocolate brown
150,000,000 - Scott #223 - 1890

 
NY Auction Houses
 
MNH
MH
Used
MNH
Graded
MH
Graded
Spring 2003
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Fall 2003
-
-
-
$400-$500
-
-
-
Spring 2004
-
$5-$9
< $1
-
-
-
-
Fall 2004
$35-$50
$12-$20
$1-$2
-
-
-
-
Spring 2005
$75-$90
$15-$25
< $1
$900
-
-
-
Fall 2005
-
$10-$20
< $1
$750-$1,000
-
-
-
Spring 2006
$70-$590
$12-$19
$1
$2,300
95
-
-
Fall 2006
$45
$8-$30
< $1
-
-
$350-$475
95
Spring 2007
$45
$13-$20
< $1
-
-
-
-
Fall 2007
-
$16-$55
$1
$9,500
98J
-
-
Spring 2008
-
$9-$22
$1
$10,250
98J
-
-
Fall 2008
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Spring 2009
-
-
-
-
-
-
-


6c - Brown red
9,000,000 - Scott #224 - 1890

 
NY Auction Houses
 
MNH
MH
Used
MNH
Graded
MH
Graded
Spring 2003
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Fall 2003
-
-
-
$175-$225
-
-
-
Spring 2004
-
$22-$30
$2-$5
-
-
-
-
Fall 2004
-
$35-$50
$3-$7
-
-
-
-
Spring 2005
$175-$225
$15-$30
$1-$2
$525
-
-
-
Fall 2005
$55
$10-$20
$3-$5
$550-$625
-
-
-
Spring 2006
$45
$12-$15
$2-$3
$700
90
-
-
Fall 2006
$85-$170
$20-$40
$1-$8
$260
90
-
-
-
-
-
$2,700
95
-
-
Spring 2007
-
$10-$40
$1-$3
-
-
-
-
Fall 2007
-
$15-$20
$1-$5
$7,000
95J
$350
95J
Spring 2008
$50-$70
$14-$30
$1-$5
$2,500
95
-
-
Fall 2008
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Spring 2009
-
-
-
-
-
-
-


8c - Magenta Grayish Lilac or Lilac
12,000,000 - Scott #225 - 1893

 
NY Auction Houses
 
MNH
Graded
MH
Used
MNH
Graded
MH
Graded
Spring 2003
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Fall 2003
-
-
-
-
$200-$275
-
-
-
Spring 2004
-
-
$15-$22
$1-$2
-
-
-
-
Fall 2004
-
-
$20-$25
$1-$2
-
-
-
-
Spring 2005
-
-
$20
$1-$3
$260
-
-
-
Fall 2005
-
-
$20-$35
$1-$3
$110-$375
-
-
-
Spring 2006
$40-$45
-
$10-$15
$1
$550
90
-
-
Fall 2006
$35-$50
-
$12-$22
$1-$2
$3,000*
95J
$325
95J
Spring 2007
$365
85
-
-
-
-
$85
85
Fall 2007
-
-
$12-$18
$1-$3
$550
90
-
-
Spring 2008
-
-
$15-$25
$1-$4
$375
85J
-
-
Fall 2008
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Spring 2009
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-


8c - Lilac
Scott #225a - imperf- 1893

 
NY Auction Houses
 
MNH
MH
Spring 2008
-
$2,300
Fall 2008
-
-
Spring 2009
-
-
Fall 2009
-
-
Spring 2010
-
-


10c - Dark green, green or bluish green
70,000,000 - Scott #226 - 1890

 
NY Auction Houses
 
MNH
MH
Used
MNH
Graded
Spring 2003
-
-
-
-
-
Fall 2003
-
-
-
$270-$300
-
Spring 2004
-
$40-$60
< $1
-
-
Fall 2004
-
$40-$70
$1-$3
-
-
Spring 2005
-
$20-$40