Founding Fathers, with inscription "U.S. POSTAGE" 

Founding Fathers, with inscription "U.S. POSTAGE"
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Founding Fathers, with inscription "U.S. POSTAGE"

Catalogue information

LastDodo number
1115381
Area
Stamps
Title
Founding Fathers, with inscription "U.S. POSTAGE"
Face value
Country / area
United States of America (USA)
Year
1851
Month
07
Day
01
Issue group
1851 Founding Fathers, inscribed "U.S. POSTAGE"
Order Number in Issue
Basic colour
Usage
Postage
Type
Set
Theme / topic
Heads of State, Painters, Politicians, Presidents, Scientists (Researchers), Sculpture
Geographical theme
Persons theme
Caffieri, Jean-Jacques (1725-1792), Franklin, Benjamin (1706-1790), Houdon, Jean-Antoine (1741-1828), Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826), Stuart, Gilbert Charles (1755-1828), Washington, George (1732-1799)
Item subject
Michel number
3#7
Yvert number
3#4+6#8
Scott number
5+10+12+14+17
Stanley Gibbons number
3#7
Designer/Engraver
Earle, Henry Sr. [1827-1914], Pease, Joseph Ives (1809-1883), Purcell, Edward, Smillie, James (1807-1885)
Printing office
Toppan, Carpenter, Casilear & Co. [Philadelphia, 1851]
Perforation
Imperforate
Watermark
Without watermark
Luminescence
None
Printing technique
Steel engraving
Paper
Gum
Print run
Dimensions / diameter
Details