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