Benjamin Franklin 

Benjamin Franklin - Image 1
Benjamin Franklin - Image 2
Benjamin Franklin - Image 3
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Catalogue information

LastDodo number
1690779
Area
Stamps
Title
Benjamin Franklin
Face value
1
Country / area
United States of America (USA)
Year
1873
Month
07
Day
01
Issue group
1873 Presidents and Politicians [with secret mark]
Order Number in Issue
1
Basic colour
Blue
Exact colour
Ultramarine
Usage
Postage
Type
Stamp
Theme / topic
Inventors, Politicians, Scientists (Researchers), Sculpture
Geographical theme
Persons theme
Franklin, Benjamin (1706-1790), Houdon, Jean-Antoine (1741-1828)
Item subject
Michel number
36 II
Yvert number
50
Scott number
156
Stanley Gibbons number
158
Designer/Engraver
Cunningham, Anthony W., Packard, Butler, Pease, Joseph Ives (1809-1883)
Printing office
Continental Bank Note Company
Perforation
Line perforation 12
Watermark
Without watermark
Luminescence
None
Printing technique
Steel engraving
Paper
Gum
Print run
448.000.000
Dimensions / diameter
Details
Without grill. With "secret mark": first pearl left of value '1' contains crescent (cfr. image 2)