1¢
Buff, brown orange, dark brown orange
G GRILL

Subject:Benjamin Franklin
Number issued: 16,605,150
Perforations: P12
Printer: National Bank Note Co.
Scott #: 112
Earliest known use: March 27th, 1869

Used
$16 - $45
No postmark with gum (MH)
$50 - $120
Full perfect gum, no postmark
no trace of stamp hinge mark (MNH)
$900 - $1,500

Woman in Snood
A Waterbury cancel
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The 1869 pictorial stamps were grilled on the reverse with the G grill. An illustration of this grill is shown above

A block of 30, there was a block of 48 but I cannot find a record of sale since the 80's