6¢
Ultramarine, pale ultramarine
G GRILL
Subject:George Washington
Number issued: 4,882,750
Perforations: P12
Printer: National Bank Note Co.
Scott #: 115
Earliest known use: March 26th, 1869
Used
$30 - $50
No postmark with gum (MH)
$350 - $600
Full perfect gum, no postmark
no trace of stamp hinge mark (MNH)
No sales recorded
The 1869 pictorial stamps were grilled on the reverse with the G grill. An illustration of this grill is shown above
115b
Bisect
Used value $45,000
The stamp paid the double-weight, first-class domestic postage rate.
#115 was issued with the following plate #'s
Imprint and plate number
13-14
The earliest known date of use, April 26th, 1869
The vignette design was modelled after Gilbert Stuart's painting of George Washington.
Be careful about the paper. If the stamp is on India paper, versus white wove paper, then you have a proof which has had gum, fake perforations and a grill added. This has been done to make the relatively inexpensive proof appear to be the expensive genuine #115
115-E1
115-E1
115-E1b
115-E1c
115-E1d
115-E1e
115-E1f
115-E1h
115-E1k
115-E1L
115-E1m
115-E2a
115-E2b
115-E2c
115-E2d
115-E3
115-E3a
115-E4a
115-E5a
115-E6a
115-E7a
115-E7a
115-E9a
115-E10a
115-E12a
115-E12c
115-E13a
115-E14a
115-E15a
115-E16a
115-E18a
115-E19a
115-E20a
115-E23a
115-P1
115-P2
115-P3
115-P4
115-TC1