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#44 - 1875 12ยข reprint

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Basic Info

12¢
Greenish Black

Printing Method: Engraved
Printer: Continental Bank Note Co
Subject: George Washington
Plate #: 60
Number sold:
489
Perforations: 12 (no gum)
Scott #:
44
Issued:
1876

Value

Used
$850 (2014)
No postmark with no gum as issued with hinge mark
$950 - $2,400
No postmark with no gum as issued with
no trace of stamp hinge mark

No sales recorded

Used

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The only record of a used #44. The cancel is probably from a later date.

Identifying #44

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This issue differs from the original in the shade of black, being a greenish black color. The paper is harder and much more white and highly finished in appearance. The stamps were frequently separated with scissors. The reprints have no grill. #44 was a perf 12 stamp while #36 is perf 15½.

Inspiration for the Design

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George Washington
Gilbert Stuart, 1803
Source image for the design of the vignette

Fakes

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A stamp paper proof (#44-P5) altered to look like a #44

Essays and Proofs

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44-P1
Large die proof on India, die mounted on card

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44-P2
Roosevelt small die proof

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44-P3
Plate proof on India

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44-P4
Plate proof on card

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44-P5
Plate proof on stamp paper

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44-TC4
Trial color proof

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44-TC4
Trial color proof

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44-TC4
Trial color proof

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44-TC5
Trial color proof

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The envelope that the 1851 proofs came supplied in

The 1875 Reprints of the 1857 Issue

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