#46 - 1875 30ยข reprint
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Basic Info
30¢
Yellow Orange
Printing Method: Engraved
Printer: Continental Bank Note Co
Subject: Benjamin Franklin
Plate #: 7
Number sold: 480
Perforations: 12 (no gum)
Scott #: 46
Issued: 1876
Value
Used
$5,750 (2008)
No postmark with no gum as issued with hinge mark
$2,700 - $3,500
No postmark with no gum as issued with
no trace of stamp hinge mark
No sales recorded
Identifying #46
The paper is harder and much more white and highly finished in appearance. The stamps were frequently separated with scissors. The reprints have no grill. #46 was a perf 12 stamp while #38 is perf 15½.
Inspiration for the Design
The vignette was based on Giuseppe Ceracchi's 1791 bust of Benjamin Franklin
Essays and Proofs
37-E1
Die Essay on India
37-E1
37-E2
Progressive Die Essay on India
37-E2
37-E2
Die Essay on India
37-E2
70-E1a
Die II essay on proof paper in green
70-E1a
70-E1a
Die II essay on proof paper in blue
70-E1a
70-E1a
Die II essay on proof paper in yellow brown
70-E1a
70-E1b
Die II essay on green bond in violet
70-E1b
70-E1c
Die II essay on colored card in brown-orange
70-E1ce
70-E2
Die II essay on proof paper in ultramarine
70-E2
70-E2
Die II essay on proof paper in yellow-brown
70-E2
70-E2
Die II essay on proof paper in black
70-E2
70-E2b
Die I essay on old proof paper
70-E2b
70-E2c
Die I essay on colored card
70-E2c
70-E3a
70-E3a
Die on proof paper in orange
70-E3a
70-E3a
Die on proof paper in red-violet
70-E3a
70-E4a
Die on old proof paper, cut to shape in red-violet
70-E4a
70-E4a
Die on old proof paper, cut to shape in lilac
70-E4a
70-E4b
Die on india, cut to shape
70-E4b
70-E4e
Die essay on old ivory paper
70-E4e
70-E4f
Die essay on proof paper printed through a mat in black
70-E4f
70-E4f
Die essay on proof paper printed through a mat in violet-brown
70-E4f
70-E4g
Die essay on blue pelure paper in black
70-E4g
70-E4h
Die essay on bond in violet (unlisted color)
70-E4h
70-E4i
Die essay on green bond in green
70-E4i
70-E4k
Die essay on bond, double scallop watermark in orange
70-E4k
70-E4k
Die essay on bond, double scallop watermark in light blue
70-E4k
69-E3b
Large die essay on old proof paper
69-E3b
The 1875 Reprints of the 1857 Issue
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