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They were quite successful ( a great contrast to the pictorials of 1869 ), with lines spilling out of the nation's post offices to buy the stamps.

They are prized by collectors today with the $ 5 denomination, for example, selling for between $ 1, 500 to $ 12, 500 or more, depending upon the condition of the stamp being sold.