1940 2¢ John Greenleaf Whittier #865
(Famous American series)
John Greenleaf Whittier
Quaker poet and advocate of the abolition of slavery
2¢ Pink carmine
Recess Printing - Perf. 10½ x 11
Scott #865 - 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
Small die proof (865-P2)
A first day cover of #865 dated February 16th 1940
A sheet of 70
Source painting for the vignette design
John Greenleaf Whittier at aged 29