1940 10¢ Alexander Graham Bell #893
(Famous American series)
Alexander Graham Bell
Inventor of the telephone
5¢ Dark brown
Recess Printing - Perf. 10½ x 11
Scott #893 - 1940
14 million printed
Value
Used: $0.10
No postmark with gum (MH): $0.10-$0.20
Full perfect gum, no postmark, no trace of stamp hinge mark (MNH): $0.20-$0.30
Small die proof on wove paper (893P2)
A first day cover of #893 dated October 28th 1940
A sheet of 70
Source photograph for the vignette design
The invention of the Telephone changed the world
Experimental receiver by Alexander Graham Bell