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5c Franklin original model
Object Details
- Description
- 1847 ISSUE
- Rawdon, Wright, Hatch & Edson
- 5-cent model: Benjamin Franklin
- Frame on thin card, hand-drawn in pencil and black ink with a light black India wash. Vignette is original currency engraving removed and mounted on thin card.
- Data Source
- National Postal Museum
- Date
- 1847
- Object number
- 2005.2011.1
- Designer
- Rawdon, Wright, Hatch & Edson
- Type
- Postage Stamps
- Medium
- card; ink (black, brown); graphite
- Dimensions
- Height x Width (frame only): 15/16 x 3/4 in. (2.4 x 1.9 cm) Height x Width (vignette only): 7/8 x 13/16 in. (2.3 x 2.1 cm)
- Place
- United States of America
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- National Postal Museum Collection
- On View
- Currently on exhibit at the National Postal Museum
- Title
- Scott Catalogue USA 1-E
- Topic
- American Expansion (1800-1860)
- U.S. Stamps
- U.S. Classics
- Record ID
- npm_2005.2011.1
- Usage
- CC0
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