24¢ Gray Black
Subject: Benjamin Harrison
Perforations: 11 x 10½
Number issued: 91,372,700
Scott #: 828
Issued: December 2nd, 1938
Used
10¢ - 20¢
No postmark with gum (MH)
15¢ - 20¢
Full perfect gum, no postmark
no trace of stamp hinge mark (MNH)
$1.25 - $2.50
Full perfect gum, no postmark
no trace of stamp hinge mark PLATE BLOCK OF FOUR (MNH)
$2.50 - $7
#828 was issued with the following plate #'s
Numbers
22162-63
22827-28
A first day cover, dated December 2nd, 1938
The source of the stamps vignette is a bust of Benjamin Harrison at the Indianapolis Museum of Art. Also shown above is the photograph of the bust used by the stamps designers.
24¢ Presidential , on airmail cover to Canton, China, a rather exotic combination of stamps to pay the 70¢ per ½-ounce airmail rate to China in 1946, the 24¢ pair and 22¢ single (#827) tied by Aug. 18 Scarsdale, NY, duplexes; cover addressed to Dr. James Henry of the UNRRA in Shameen, Canton; light Sept. 5 Chinese roller slogan cancel on reverse
Sold March 2020 - $240
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