File:Lincoln 1866 Issue-15c.jpg

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Description US Postage stamp: Abraham Lincoln, Memorial Issue of 1866, 15c, black.
The first Lincoln postage stamp.
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Source U.S. Post Office; Photo obtained / rendered by Gwillhickers
Author U.S. Government, Post Office Department
National Bank Note Company
Engraving of Lincoln by Joseph Ourdan, modeled after a photograph by C.S.German

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current06:33, 8 April 2014Thumbnail for version as of 06:33, 8 April 2014559 × 685 (132 KB)Gwillhickers (talk | contribs)Better tone, less glaring and contrast
00:09, 25 July 2010Thumbnail for version as of 00:09, 25 July 2010580 × 700 (532 KB)Gwillhickers (talk | contribs){{Information |Description={{en|1=US Postage stamp: Abraham Lincoln, Issue of 1866, 15c, black. The first Lincoln postage stamp.}} |Source=US Post Office |Author=US Post Office |Date=1866-04-15 |Permission= |other_versions= }} [[Category:Stamps of the Un

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