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3c Benjamin Franklin single
Object Details
- Description
- This Benjamin Franklin Issue stamp celebrates the 200th anniversary of Bejamin Franklin’s birth. Franklin was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1706. As a young man, he worked as a printer’s apprentice, eventually owning the Pennsylvania Gazette and publishing “Poor Richard’s Almanack.” On July 26, 1775, the Second Continental Congress established the United States Post Office and named Benjamin Franklin as the first United States Postmaster General. He was also an influential figure during the American Revolutionary War period. The stamp features the painting “Franklin Taking Electricity from the Sky” by Benjamin West.
- United States; Massachusetts; Pennsylvania; Benjamin Franklin; founding father; author; printer; politics; postmaster; scientist; inventor; diplomat; portrait; American Revolutionary War; portrait; Benjamin West; painting; electricity
- Data Source
- National Postal Museum
- Date
- January 17, 1956
- Object number
- 1980.2493.5167
- Depicts
- Benjamin Franklin, American, 1706 - 1790
- Printer
- Bureau of Engraving and Printing
- Type
- Postage Stamps
- Medium
- paper; ink (bright carmine); adhesive / engraving
- Place
- Pennsylvania
- United States of America
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- National Postal Museum Collection
- Title
- Scott Catalogue USA 1073
- Topic
- Science
- Political Figures
- U.S. Stamps
- Record ID
- npm_1980.2493.5167
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- Usage conditions apply
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