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½c Benjamin Franklin
Rotary; Perf 11 x 10½
(1706 January 17 - 1790 April 17)
Technical Notes
Issue: | Benjamin Franklin (1706.01.17 - 1790 April 17) Postal Bulletin 17426 — 1938 April 26 |
Denomination: | ½c |
Type of Issue: | Definitive |
Format: | Pane |
Series | Series 1938 - Prexies |
Date of Issue: | 1938 May 19 |
City of Issue: | Philadelphia PA |
Designer: | Schrage William K. |
Engraver(s): | Eissler John (Vignette) Vail James T. (Lettering) |
Manufacturing Process: | Engraved |
Printer: | Bureau of Engraving and Printing |
Printed at: | (BEP) Washington DC |
Press Type: | Rotary |
Plate Size: | Plate of 400 / 4 Panes of 100 |
Quantity Issued: | 2028847800 |
Processed at: | (BEP) Washington DC |
Color: | Deep-orange |
Orientation: | Vertical |
Perf: | 11 x 10½ |
Plate Numbers: (16) | 21885; 21887; 21888; 21889; 21899; 21900; 22406; 22407; 22470; 22471 22898; 22899; 23408; 23409; 23445; 23446 |