Benjamin Franklin 

Benjamin Franklin
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Benjamin Franklin

Catalogue information

LastDodo number
11346923
Area
Stamps
Title
Benjamin Franklin
Face value
50
Country / area
United States of America - Precancels [with place name] (USA)
Year
1917
Month
Day
Issue group
1911 Illinois, Chicago
Order Number in Issue group
421
Usage
Precancel
Type
Stamp
Basic colour
Black, Purple
Exact colour
Black, Light violet
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
239 C V
Yvert number
215 (A)
Scott number
517
Stanley Gibbons number
524
PSS style number
L-7 HS Inverted
Designer/Engraver
Baldwin, Marcus Wickliffe [1853-1925], Hall, Edward McClellan [1862-1939], Huston, Clair Aubrey [1857-1938], Schofield, Louis Sartain [1868-1936]
Printing office
Perforation type
Line perforation
Number of teeth per 20 mm
11
Watermark
Without watermark
Luminescence
None
Printing technique
Steel engraving, Typography
Paper
Gum
Water-activated gum (Lick & Stick, Wet adhesive)
Print run
Dimensions / diameter
Details

Not serrated at the bottom

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