Benjamin Franklin - Ultramarine - New Design

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Stamp Info

Name	Value
Date of Issue	June 11, 1887
Year	1887
Denomination	1¢
Denomination Value	$0.01
Color	Light blue, new design
Postal Administration	United States

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About Stamp

A description by Postmaster General Vilas, given on the 23rd of May, 1887, describes this stamp as "a profile bust of Benjamin Franklin upon a disk with shaded background, the lower portion of the oval disk being bordered with pearls, and the upper portion with a curved panel, containing, in small white letters, the words 'United States postage.' The whole is engraved in line upon a shield-shaped tablet with a truncated pyramidal base, bearing on it the words 'One cent' on either side of the figure 1. * * *"

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