1940 5¢ Walt Whitman #867
(Famous American series)
Walt Whitman
Poet, essayist, and journalist
5¢ Ultramarine
Recess Printing - Perf. 10½ x 11
Scott #867 - 1940
22 million printed
Value
Used: $0.01
No postmark with gum (MH): $0.02
Full perfect gum, no postmark, no trace of stamp hinge mark (MNH): $0.02
Small die proof on wove paper (867P2)
A first day cover of #867 dated February 20th 1940
A sheet of 70
Source photograph for the vignette design
In the 'Leaves of Grass' essay Whitman attempts to imagine an inclusive America
that embraces all people and affords them equality and freedom
