1940 10¢ Booker T. Washington #873
(Famous American series)
Booker T. Washington
Educator, reformer and influential
spokesman for black Americans between 1895 and 1915
5¢ Dark brown
Recess Printing - Perf. 10½ x 11
Scott #873 - 1940
14 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 (873P2)
A first day cover of #873 dated April 7th 1940
Source photograph for the vignette design
Booker T. Washington and Theodore Roosevelt met for dinner at the White House