1940 3¢ Ralph Waldo Emerson #861
(Famous American series)
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Essayist, lecturer, philosopher and poet
3¢ Bright red violet
Recess Printing - Perf. 10½ x 11
Scott #861 - 1940
53 million printed
Value
Used: $0.01
No postmark with gum (MH): $0.01
Full perfect gum, no postmark, no trace of stamp hinge mark (MNH): $0.02
Small die proof (890-P2)
photo essay (861-E)
A first day cover of #861 dated February 5th 1940
A sheet of 70
Source photograph for the vignette design
Cover signed by the designers of the stamp