#46 - 1875 30ยข reprint
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Basic Info
30¢
Yellow Orange
Printing Method: Engraved
Printer: Continental Bank Note Co
Subject: Benjamin Franklin
Plate #: 7
Number sold: 480
Perforations: 12 (no gum)
Scott #: 46
Issued: 1876
Value
Used
$5,750 (2008)
No postmark with no gum as issued with hinge mark
$2,700 - $3,500
No postmark with no gum as issued with
no trace of stamp hinge mark
No sales recorded
Identifying #46
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. #46 was a perf 12 stamp while #38 is perf 15½.
Inspiration for the Design
The vignette was based on Giuseppe Ceracchi's 1791 bust of Benjamin Franklin
Essays and Proofs
46-P1
Large die proof on India, die mounted on card
46-P2
Roosevelt small die proof
46-P3
Plate proof on India
46-P4
Plate proof on card
46-TC4
Trial color proof
46-TC4
Trial color proof
The envelope that the 1851 proofs came supplied in
The 1875 Reprints of the 1857 Issue
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