Sujet

24c General Winfield Scott special printing single, 1875. Creator: Continental Bank Note Company.

Légende

24c General Winfield Scott special printing single, 1875. Unused; special printing of the 1873 issue; produced by Continental Bank Note Company in 1875;Probably no more then 90 examples of this stamp still exisit.;In 1875, Post Office Department officials decided to exhibit samples of all previously issued stamps at the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia the following year. Since this required a special printing, the department ordered extra copies for sale to stamp collectors.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM21A89_158

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

59,8Mo (2,4Mo) / 35,7cm x 42,0cm / 4216 x 4960 (300dpi)

Mots clés

portrait SIDE VIEW close up people male man men communication communications education country money finance guy color profile rare military war location century ink general soldiers soldier concept exhibition stamp printing close-up one person cent collecting lettering post office engraved engraving exposition philately United States of America Colour Smithsonian Institution postal service postage stamp capital letter 19th century stamp collecting Educational Institution nineteenth century postage stamps American America USA scientific institution Winfield Scott purple perforated engraving ink portrait united states Scott Winfield Centennial Exposition Centennial International Exhibition Heritage Art 19th-century Postage Stamps National Postal Museum hard white wove paper re-issue reprint Continental Bank Note Company Continental Banknote Company ink (dull purple) engraving 24 cents General Winfield Scott