Sujet
5c Franklin reproduction card plate proof sheet of fifty, 1891. Creator: Bureau of Engraving and Printing.
Légende
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.
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art
Notre référence
HRM21A89_148
Model release
NA
Property release
NA
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
46,4Mo (3,7Mo) / 42,0cm x 27,7cm / 4960 x 3272 (300dpi)