#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
The only record of a used #44. The cancel is probably from a later date.
Identifying #44
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
George Washington
Gilbert Stuart, 1803
Source image for the design of the vignette
Fakes
A stamp paper proof (#44-P5) altered to look like a #44
Essays and Proofs
44-P1
Large die proof on India, die mounted on card
44-P2
Roosevelt small die proof
44-P3
Plate proof on India
44-P4
Plate proof on card
44-P5
Plate proof on stamp paper
44-TC4
Trial color proof
44-TC4
Trial color proof
44-TC4
Trial color proof
44-TC5
Trial color proof
The envelope that the 1851 proofs came supplied in
The 1875 Reprints of the 1857 Issue
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