Benjamin Franklin 

Benjamin Franklin
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Benjamin Franklin

Catalogue information

LastDodo number
1115817
Area
Stamps
Title
Benjamin Franklin
Face value
50
Country / area
United States of America (USA)
Year
1912
Month
02
Day
12
Issue group
1912 Benjamin Franklin [watermark from 1895]
Order Number in Issue
1
Basic colour
Purple
Exact colour
Usage
Postage
Type
Stamp
Theme / topic
Authors, Inventors, Poetry, Politicians, Scientists (Researchers), Sculpture
Geographical theme
Persons theme
Franklin, Benjamin (1706-1790), Houdon, Jean-Antoine (1741-1828)
Item subject
Michel number
201
Yvert number
193 (A)
Scott number
422
Stanley Gibbons number
404
Designer/Engraver
Baldwin, Marcus Wickliffe [1853-1925], Hall, Edward McClellan [1862-1939], Huston, Clair Aubrey [1857-1938], Schofield, Louis Sartain [1868-1936]
Printing office
Bureau of Engraving and Printing [Washington, 1862-2005]
Perforation
Line perforation 12
Watermark
USPS (double lines)
Luminescence
None
Printing technique
Steel engraving
Paper
Gum
Print run
660.656
Dimensions / diameter
Details