1940 1¢ Horace Mann #869
(Famous American series)
Horace Mann
American educational reformer and politician
dedicated to promoting public education
1¢ Bright blue green
Recess Printing - Perf. 10½ x 11
Scott #869 - 1940
52 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): $0.01
Proof on india, die sunk on card (864-P1)
A first day cover of #869 dated March 14th 1940
A sheet of 70
Source drawing for vignette design
1849 daguerreotype of Horace Mann, newly elected to the US congress
1940 Cinderella stamp