1940 3¢ Luther Burbank #876
(Famous American series)
Luther Burbank
Botanist, horticulturist and pioneer in agricultural science
3¢ Bright red violet
Recess Printing - Perf. 10½ x 11
Scott #876 - 1940
58 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 (876-P2)
A first day cover of #876 dated April 17th 1940
A sheet of 70
Source photograph for the vignette design
Thomas Edison, Luther Burbank and Henry Ford at Burbank's Santa Rosa home in 1915.
The plant wizard at Burbank Seeds