1940 10¢ James Whitcomb Riley #868
(Famous American series)
James Whitcomb Riley
Writer, poet, and best-selling author
5¢ Dark brown
Recess Printing - Perf. 10½ x 11
Scott #868 - 1940
12 million printed
Value
Used: $0.01
No postmark with gum (MH): $0.04
Full perfect gum, no postmark, no trace of stamp hinge mark (MNH): $0.05
Small die proof on wove paper (868P2)
A first day cover of #868 dated February 24th 1940
A sheet of 70
Source photograph for the vignette design
James Whitcomb Riley's boyhhod home,
located at 250 West Main Street in Greenfield, Indiana.
He was born in a cabin on the property
One of James Whitcomb Riley's more familiar poems