NEW YORK.
Issue of August, 1842.
Portrait of President Washington turned ¾ to the right on plain oval, enclosed by plain oval band bounded within and without by two colored lines and inscribed: United States City Despatch Post *Three Cents*, the lower legend separated from the upper by a star on each side; rectangular frame of two colored lines, corners filled with rayed ornaments between frame and oval.
Plate impression 18 × 22 mm., in black on colored paper.
| 3 | cents, | black | on | violet. |
| 3 | " | " | " | brown. |
| 3 | " | " | " | green. |
| 3 | " | " | " | blue glazed. |