TWO CENTS. Very large head of Andrew Jackson, on an oval disk with rectangularly hatched ground, bordered by a fine colorless line with an exterior colored line; on a band above, similarly bordered, and with parallel lined ground, "_U. S. Postage_" in colorless capitals outlined and shaded; on short bands, similarly constructed, below on the left "_Two_," on the right "_Cents_." Foliated ornaments in the four corners, forming small solid circles, bearing the numeral "2" in the upper, and colorless ovals bearing "_U._" on the left, and "_S._" on the right, in irregular shaped colored letters. Plate impression, 20 by 25 mm., in color, on white paper, perforated 12. 2 cents, black. The Postmaster General having fixed the registration fee at 15 cents, a stamp of that denomination was issued. ISSUE OF APRIL 1ST, 1866. FIFTEEN CENTS. Bust of Abraham Lincoln, on an oval disk 13½ by 18 mm. with rectangularly hatched ground, bordered by a broad colorless line, between two fine colored lines, and ornamented by short horizontal colored lines. On the sides, Roman fasces, without the ax, on each side. Above on a scroll, bordered by a colorless line between two fine colored lines, curved up and back to form small ovals, and ending at the top in foliations and inscribed on the band "_U. S. Postage_" in colorless capitals, in the ovals "15" in colorless numerals; below, a curved band following the outline of the oval, similarly bordered, and inscribed in similar letters "_Fifteen Cents_"; foliated ornaments forming colored ovals in the corners, with "_U._" in the left, "_S._" in the right, in colorless capitals. Plate impression, 19½ by 25 mm., in color, on white paper, perforated 12. 15 cents, black. Issued originally for registered letters, this stamp also served the next year, principally to prepay the postage on letters to Belgium, Prussia, Holland, Switzerland and the German Postal Union. The entire series of 1861-63-66 was reprinted in 1874. It may also be noticed, that the act of the XXXIX Congress, Session I, Chapter 281, approved July 27, 1866, authorized the use in all post offices of weights of the denomination of grams, 15 grams to equal one half ounce, and the postal laws to be applied accordingly. Also the Act of the XL Congress, Session I, Chapter 246, Section 10 and 11, approved July 29th, 1868, provided penalties for re-using stamps that had once paid postage, and authorized the sale of stamps at a discount of five per cent to persons to sell again as agents. OBSERVATIONS.