1c Franklin Type II single
National Postal Museum

1c Franklin Type II single

Benjamin Franklin, American, 1706 - 1790 · July 1, 1851

paper; ink (blue) / engraving
National Postal Museum
CC0 — Public Domain
National Postal Museum

Used; believed to be from Plate 2, thus one of the 'common' Type II plates. It is not 4R1L, and does not look like a Plate 1 early stamp. It is possible (but not likely) it is from the rare Plate 3. It is not from Plate 4.

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