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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.