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5c Franklin reproduction card plate proof sheet of fifty, 1891. Creator: Bureau of Engraving and Printing.

5c Franklin reproduction card plate proof sheet of fifty, 1891. Creator: Bureau of Engraving and Printing.

2-840-157 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

5c Franklin reproduction card plate proof sheet of fifty, 1891. Item has been handstamped multiple times with bue oval "Bureau Eng. & Pri'g, Jan. 22, 1891, Specimen" .;Regular stamps distributed as samples or gifts were valid for postage. To end this option for gift recipients, the Post Office Department began in 1879 to have sample stamps printed on card stock, which dignitaries received in small envelopes. The samples were so popular that the POD ordered five reprints, the last being in 1894.

Image Details

People Information

Creator
  1. Bureau of Engraving and Printing, attributed to: American: Maker
Subject
  1. Benjamin Franklin: American: Scientist, politician, publisher
Medium
  1. Engraving
  2. Ink
  3. Ink (red brown) / engraved
  4. Paper (card)
Picture Type
  1. Object
  2. Postage stamps
Category Hierarchy

Trade & Industry Communications

Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 4960x3272
File Size : 47,547kb

Aliases

  1. 0.309126.1.1-50
  1. NPM-309126_1_1-50
  1. 0.309126.1.1-50
  1. 0990010821
  1. 2-840-157
  1. 2840157
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