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#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

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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

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The vignette was based on Giuseppe Ceracchi's 1791 bust of Benjamin Franklin

Essays and Proofs

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

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46-P2
Roosevelt small die proof

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46-P3
Plate proof on India

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46-P4
Plate proof on card

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46-TC4
Trial color proof

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46-TC4
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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