Plate impression 19½ by 25 mm., in color, on white paper, perforated 12. 1 cent cochineal red, 3,301,230 issued. 2 cents " 1,867,160 " 3 " " 5,393,137 " 6 " " 3,584,813 " 7 " " 55,728 " 10 " " 342,152 " 12 " " 792,070 " 15 " " 284,960 " 24 " " 201,025 " 30 " " 336,641 " 90 " " 48,172 " The shades of these stamps vary somewhat in intensity, some being much lighter and some darker than ordinary. NAVY DEPARTMENT. The ovals containing the busts, the labels or scrolls and large numerals are placed on a ground of vertical parallel lines. A large, six-pointed star in each upper corner, and a smaller one on each side. A cable runs round the sides and top. The words "_Navy_" on the left and "_Dept._" on the right in the usual capitals across the upper corners and a losenge with "_U._" on the left and "_S._" on the right shaded in the lower corners and placed diagonally above the scrolls or below the labels. Plate impression 19½ by 25 mm., in color, on white paper, perforated 12. 1 cent, ultramarine-blue, 106,800 issued. 2 cents " 201,300 " 3 " " 580,700 " 6 " " 234,800 " 7 " " 16,000 " 10 " " 55,210 " 12 " " 61,300 " 15 " " 37,500 " 24 " " 26,000 " 30 " " 29,600 " 90 " " 11,270 " POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT. The oval as before stated contains a large numeral of value instead of the head with the word "_Official_" above and "_Stamp_" below, on a plain colorless ground. Same labels or scrolls and numerals rather smaller below as in the stamps of other departments, with small circular disks bearing "_U._" and "_S._" on the left and right above the scrolls or under the labels. In the 1, 6, 10, 30 and 90 cents these small disks are shaded by vertical lines, in the other values by diagonal lines, and the letters are filled with horizontal lines. Around the top of the oval a solid colored label bordered by colorless lines and inscribed "_Post Office Department_." There is a small circle with four horizontal lines, and shaded outside in each upper corner, all on a ground of parallel vertical lines. Plate impression 19½ by 25 mm., in color, on white paper, perforated 12.