cent ▁and ▁nin ety - cent ▁Washington ▁ess ays . ▁A ▁five - cent ▁stamp ▁had ▁been ▁included ▁in ▁both ▁preceding ▁series , ▁but ▁this ▁den om ination ▁was ▁disc arded ▁late ▁in ▁the ▁production ▁of ▁the ▁p ict orial s ▁in ▁favor ▁of ▁a ▁more ▁useful ▁six - cent ▁value ▁( e as ily ▁created ▁by ▁rev amp ing ▁the ▁five - cent ▁Washington ▁design ). ▁This ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁six - cent ▁stamp ▁ever ▁issued ▁by ▁the ▁U . S . ▁Post ▁Office . ▁The ▁nin ety - cent ▁ess ay ▁uses ▁the ▁same ▁Washington ▁image ▁that ▁had ▁been ▁employed ▁for ▁the ▁ 9 0 - cent ▁Washington ▁stamp ▁from ▁ 1 8 6 1 , ▁and ▁it ▁places ▁this ▁portrait ▁in ▁the ▁same ▁frame ▁that ▁would ▁later ▁enc lose ▁Lincoln ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 8 6 9 ▁issue ' s ▁final ▁version . ▁ ▁The ▁July ▁ess ays ▁assigned ▁Lincoln ▁to ▁the ▁ 1 0 - cent ▁value , ▁while ▁the ▁ 1 5 - ▁and ▁ 2 4 - cent ▁table aux ▁were ▁accompanied ▁by ▁a ▁third ▁historical ▁scene ▁for ▁the ▁ 3 0 - cent ▁den om ination , ▁drawn ▁from ▁John ▁Tr umb ull ' s ▁painting ▁The ▁S urr ender ▁of ▁General ▁Bur go y ne ▁at ▁the ▁Battle ▁of ▁Sar at oga ▁( this ▁design ▁was ▁never ▁produced ▁in ▁two ▁colors , ▁but ▁has ▁been ▁conject ur ally ▁color ized ▁here ▁in ▁the ▁approximate ▁sh ades ▁of ▁the ▁ 3 0 - cent ▁stamp ▁that