Benjamin Franklin 

Benjamin Franklin
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Benjamin Franklin

Catalogue information

LastDodo number
5665497
Area
Stamps
Title
Benjamin Franklin
Face value
1
Country / area
United States of America (USA)
Year
1870
Month
04
Day
12
Issue group
1870 Presidents and Politicians [without grill]
Order Number in Issue
1
Basic colour
Blue
Exact colour
Ultramarine
Usage
Postage
Type
Variety
Theme / topic
Inventors, Poetry, Politicians, Sculpture
Geographical theme
Persons theme
Franklin, Benjamin (1706-1790), Houdon, Jean-Antoine (1741-1828)
Item subject
Michel number
36
Yvert number
39
Scott number
145
Stanley Gibbons number
207
Designer/Engraver
Cunningham, Anthony W., Packard, Butler, Pease, Joseph Ives (1809-1883)
Printing office
National Bank Note Company [New York]
Perforation
Line perforation 12
Watermark
Without watermark
Luminescence
None
Printing technique
Steel engraving
Paper
Gum
Print run
Dimensions / diameter
Details

First documented use: 1870.05.07 Plain white paper

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