HEAD OF WASHINGTON; SIX RAYED STARS FOR SIDE ORNAMENTS.
OVAL 20 × 24 MM.
Envelopes bearing the ten cent die were issued from October, 1860, to August 15, 1861. As has already been stated the head is the same as that of the preceding die, but the envelope is different. It is the common knife 2, or "Full Letter," measuring 139 × 83 mm. The paper is white or buff. Of the two, the former is the rarer.
Before taking up the next issue it may be well to remind the collector that the three cents, six cents and ten cents have been reprinted, not on entire envelopes, but on pieces of paper vertically laid, while the originals are on diagonally laid paper.
A Reference List of Entire Envelopes and Wrappers of the Series of 1860.
Envelopes.
ONE CENT, BLUE.
| No. | Paper. | Knife. | Size. | Dimensions. | Gum. | Remarks. |
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| Var. 1. |
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| 157 | B | 2 | 3 | 139 × 83 | U | |
| 158 | B | 2 | 3 | " " | G | |
| Var. 2. |
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| 159 | B | 2 | 3 | 139 × 83 | U | |
| 160 | B | 2 | 3 | " " | G |
| Var. 3. |
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| 161 | B | 2 | 3 | 139 × 83 | U | |
| 162 | B | 2 | 3 | " " | G | |
| 163 | B | 5 | 3 | " " | G | |
| Var. 4. |
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| 164 | B | 2 | 3 | 139 × 83 | U | |
| 165 | B | 5 | 3 | " " | U | |
| 166 | B | 5 | 3 | " " | G | |
| Var. 5. |
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| 167 | B | 2 | 3 | 139 × 83 | U | |
| 168 | B | 2 | 3 | " " | G | |
| 169 | B | 5 | 3 | " " | G | |
| Var. 6. |
|---|
| 170 | B | 2 | 3 | 139 × 83 | U | |
| 171 | B | 2 | 3 | " " | G | |
| 172 | B | 5 | 3 | " " | U | |
| 173 | B | 5 | 3 | " " | G | |
| 174 | B | 9 | 3 | " " | U | |
| 175 | B | 9 | 3 | " " | G | |
| Var. 7. |
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| 175a | B | 2 | 3 | 139 × 83 | U | |
| 176 | B | 5 | 3 | " " | U | |
| 177 | B | 5 | 3 | " " | G | |
| Var. 8. |
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| 178 | B | 2 | 3 | 139 × 83 | U | |
| Var. 9. |
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| 179 | B | 2 | 3 | 139 × 83 | U | |
| 180 | B | 5 | 3 | " " | U | |
| 181 | Y.B. | 5 | 3 | " " | U | |
| 182 | Or | 2 | 3 | " " | U | Wove paper, no wmk. |
| 183 | L.Or | 5 | 3 | " " | U | " " " |
| Var. 10. |
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| 184 | Or | 11 | 3 | 139 × 83 | G | |
| Var. 11. |
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| 185 | B | 11 | 3 | 139 × 83 | G | |
| Var. 12. |
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| 186 | B | 11 | 3 | 139 × 83 | G | |
THREE CENTS, RED.
| No. | Paper. | Knife. | Size. | Dimensions. | Gum. | Remarks. |
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| Var. 1. |
|---|
| 187 | W | 7 | 2 | 137 × 77 | G | |
| 188 | W | 8 | 2 | " " | G | |
| 189 | B | 8 | 2 | " " | G | |
| 190 | W | 2 | 3 | 139 × 83 | G | |
| 191 | B | 2 | 3 | " " | G | |
| Var. 2. |
|---|
| 192 | W | 7 | 2 | 137 × 77 | G | |
| 193 | B | 7 | 2 | " " | G | |
| 194 | W | 8 | 2 | " " | G | |
| 195 | B | 8 | 2 | " " | G | |
| 196 | W | 2 | 3 | 139 × 83 | G | |
| 197 | B | 2 | 3 | " " | G | |
| Var. 3. |
|---|
| 198 | W | 6 | 1 | 118 × 65 | G | |
| 199 | W | 1 | 1 | 120 × 73 | G | |
| 200 | W | 2 | 3 | 139 × 83 | G | |
| 201 | B | 2 | 3 | " " | G | |
| Var. 4. |
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| 202 | B | 7 | 2 | 137 × 77 | G | |
| 203 | W | 8 | 2 | " " | G | |
| 204 | B | 8 | 2 | " " | G | |
| 205 | W | 2 | 3 | 139 × 83 | G | |
| 206 | B | 2 | 3 | " " | G | |
| Var. 5. |
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| 207 | W | 2 | 3 | 139 × 83 | G | |
| 208 | B | 2 | 3 | " " | G | |
| Var. 6. |
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| 209 | W | 2 | 3 | 139 × 83 | G | |
| 210 | B | 2 | 3 | " " | G | |
| Var. 7. |
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| 211 | W | 6 | 1 | 118 × 65 | G | |
| 212 | W | 1 | 1 | 120 × 73 | G | |
| 213 | W | 7 | 2 | 137 × 77 | G | |
| 214 | B | 7 | 2 | " " | G | |
| 215 | W | 2 | 3 | 139 × 83 | G | |
| 216 | B | 2 | 3 | " " | G | |
| Var. 8. |
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| 217 | W | 7 | 2 | 137 × 77 | G | |
| 218 | B | 7 | 2 | " " | G | |
| 219 | W | 8 | 2 | " " | G | |
| 220 | B | 8 | 2 | " " | G | |
| 221 | W | 2 | 3 | 139 × 83 | G | |
| 222 | B | 2 | 3 | " " | G | |
| Var. 9. |
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| 223 | W | 7 | 2 | 137 × 77 | G | |
| 224 | B | 7 | 2 | " " | G | |
| 225 | W | 8 | 2 | " " | G | |
| 226 | B | 8 | 2 | " " | G | |
| 227 | W | 2 | 3 | 139 × 83 | G | |
| 228 | B | 2 | 3 | " " | G | |
FOUR CENTS, RED AND BLUE.