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#547 - 1920 $2 Franklin

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Basic Info

$2 Carmine and black, red and black

Subject: Benjamin Franklin
Printing Method: Flat plate
Perforations: 11
Watermark: None
Scott #: 547
Quantity Issued: 743,680
Issued: December 6th, 1920

Value

Used
$7 - $20
No postmark with gum (MH)
$50 - $75
Full perfect gum, no postmark
no trace of stamp hinge mark (MNH)
$100 - $200

Plate Numbers

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#547 was issued with the following plate #'s

Numbers only
Frame: 8177
Vignette:
8179

Precancels

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Amazingly a value as high as this was precancelled, in this case by Columbia, Mo.

#547a

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LAKE and black
#447a
The values are the same as #447

The Design Inspiration

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The source for the design was this bust by Jean-Antoine Houdon

1919-20 Isues

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