Fort Edward

Sept. 1, 1856 Raised from $1, G2a. Values

• Sept. 1, 1856 $1 Overprint: large red lazy 1. (Fr. NY865G2a)
• Unknown $1 As above, except for imprint and possibly date. (Fr. NY865G2b)
• ? $1 Same as G2b, except for imprint & possibly date. (Fr. NY865G2c)
• Sept. 1, 1856 $2 C: farmer eating lunch, boy & dog at left, girl & horses at rt. L: 2/state die/2. R: 2/TWO. BS: tomb of Jane McCrea. Overprint: red. (Fr. NY865G4a)
• Unknown $2 As above, except for imprint and possibly date. (Fr. NY865G4b)
• ? $2 Same as G4b, except for imprint & possibly date. (Fr. NY865G4c)
• Sept. 1, 1856 $3 C: woman reclining on sheaf, farm in rt. bkgd. L: state die/3. R: 3/dog & strongbox. Overprint: red. (Fr. NY865G6a)
• Unknown $3 As above, except for imprint and possibly date. (Fr. NY865G6b)
• ? $3 Same as G6b, except for imprint & possibly date. (Fr. NY865G6c)
• Sept. 1, 1856 $5 C: woman with sickle std. on sheaf, cattle, hay-loading, etc. in bkgd. L: 5/oval portrait of boy. R: 5/square state die/FIVE. Overprint: red. (Fr. NY865G8a)
• Sept. 1, 1856 $5 Raised from $1, G2a. (Fr. NY865R5)
• Sept. 1, 1856 $10 C: woman & child on hay-wagon drawn by two horses, man on one horse, boy with rake & girl with flowers, blacksmith with sledge, men at work inside blacksmith's shop. L: X/Justcie std., TEN on shield. R: 10/five-story building, pedestrians, etc. in oval/octgaonal state die. Overprint: red. (Fr. NY865G10a)
• Sept. 1, 1856 $20 C: Ceres at left & Liberty at rt., both std., flanking shield/state die. L: 20/XX/20. R: 20/man with musket, in oval. Overprint: red. (Fr. NY865G12a)
• Sept. 1, 1856 $50 C: state die. L: 50/woman std. under palm tree, resting head in hand, R: 50/boy carrying corn stalks. Overprint: red. (Fr. NY865G14a)
• _18_ $1 No overprint. (Fr. NY870G2)
• _18_ $1 As above, except for large red 1 overprint. (Fr. NY870G2a)
• _18_ $1 Same as G2a, except for imprint. (Fr. NY870G2c)
• _18_ $2 C: Liberty std., shield at left, flags, cannon & drum at far left. L: 2/state die/TWO. R: 2/oval portrait of Taylor. No overprint. (Fr. NY870G4)
• _18_ $2 As above, except for large red 2 overprint. (Fr. NY870G4a)
• _18_ $2 Same as G4a, except for imprint. (Fr. NY870G4c)
• _18_ $3 R: Taylor. No overprint. (Fr. NY870G6)
• _18_ $3 As above, except for large red 3 overprint. (Fr. NY870G6a)
• _18_ $3 Same as G6a, except for imprint. (Fr. NY870G6c)
• _18_ $5 R: Franklin. No overprint. (Fr. NY870G8)
• _18_ $5 As above, except for large red 5 overprint. Beware of spurious note, S5a, resembling the genuine. (Fr. NY870G8a)