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
1115399
Area
Stamps
Title
Founding Fathers, with inscription "U.S. POSTAGE"
Face value
Country / area
United States of America (USA)
Year
1857
Month
Day
Issue group
1857 Founding Fathers, inscribed "U.S. POSTAGE"
Order Number in Issue
Basic colour
Usage
Postage
Type
Set
Theme / topic
Heads of State, Painters, Poetry, 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), Trumbull, John (1756-1843), Washington, George (1732-1799)
Item subject
Michel number
8#15
Yvert number
9#17
Scott number
22#39
Stanley Gibbons number
26#43
Designer/Engraver
Durand, Cyrus [1787-1868], Earle, Henry Sr. [1827-1914], Pease, Joseph Ives (1809-1883), Purcell, Edward
Printing office
Toppan, Carpenter, Casilear & Co. [Philadelphia, 1851]
Perforation
Line perforation 15½
Watermark
Without watermark
Luminescence
None
Printing technique
Steel engraving
Paper
Gum
Yellow gum
Print run
Dimensions / diameter
Details