Excerpt from The Postage Stamps of the United States Issued During the Years 1847 to 1869: A Complete Reference List of All Varieties All die differences are shown by enlarged line drawings and very explicit. There is also a series of line drawn Portraits of Statesman appearing on these issues. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.