Prior to the issuance of this stamp Franklin's head was used as the vignette subject. Indeed every 1¢ stamp issued in the US up to this point had Ben Franklin grace its design. The 1¢ was changed to George Washington and all values 8¢ and above were changed to Ben Franklin.

Another change was to change the value from ONE CENT to 1 CENT 1. This was to conform to the Universal Postal Union regulations that stated the value of a stamp has to be displayed numerically.

#405 was issued with the following plate #'s

Imprint, A and plate #
5727-28, 30-39, 81, 87
5801

A and plate #
6806-07, 22, 28, 31, 33-34, 37, 40, 43, 49, 53, 55, 58-59, 62, 64, 67, 70, 73-74, 78, 80-82, 84-85, 86-87, 91-93, 95, 97
5900-01, 03, 05, 10, 13, 15-16, 18

Plate # only
5921-24, 30
6005-09, 11-20, 26-42, 45
6114-15, 17-18, 20-21, 22, 50, 54
6272-73, 82-83
6301-05, 27-28, 42, 44, 54, 73
6437-43, 50, 55, 65, 68, 72-88
6521-28, 32-35, 39, 40-47, 74-78, 88
6600-01, 06-19, 21, 23-24, 28, 31-32, 34, 36, 76, 78, 80-83, 88, 91
6713-27, 75-78, 81-83, 86-89, 92-93, 98

1¢ Green Booklet, two panes of six
BK31
Value for unexploded booklet: $160

1¢ Green Booklet, four panes of six
BK32
Value for unexploded booklet: $900

1¢ Green Booklet,eight panes of six
BK33
Value for unexploded booklet: $1,000

1¢ Green four panes of six
2¢ (406b) Carmine four panes of six
BK34
Value for unexploded booklet: $800

Bust of George Washington
by Jean-Antoine Houdon
1785
The source of the design