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The American Toleware definitive stamp features a painted detail of a black toleware coffeepot. Toleware is japanned (varnished) or painted tinware fashioned into a variety of objects, including teapots, coffeepots, cups, and candlesticks, and often decorated with designs such as fruits, flowers, and leaves. Typically, these designs in colors such as deep red, green, and pumpkin yellow are either hand painted or stenciled into a black background of asphaltum mixed with varnish, giving the items a velvety finish. The coffeepot featured on the stamp is now in the collection of the Winterthur Museum in Delaware. It is believed that this piece was manufactured in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, between 1850 and 1875. The American Toleware stamp is the first stamp in the new American Design series. The stamps in this series will vary in denomination from 1 through 10 cents.These are 5 cent ones.