Sujet

12c Henry Clay special printing single, 1875. Creator: Continental Bank Note Company.

Légende

12c Henry Clay special printing single, 1875. Unused; special printing of 1873 issue;In 1875, Post Office Department officials decided to exhibit samples of all previously issued stamps at the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia the following year. Since this required a special printing, the department ordered extra copies for sale to stamp collectors.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM21A89_156

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

60,2Mo (2,1Mo) / 35,9cm x 42,0cm / 4245 x 4960 (300dpi)

Mots clés

portrait SIDE VIEW close up people male man men communication communications education politics country money finance guy profile political location century ink concept exhibition stamp printing close-up B&W one person cent collecting lettering post office politician engraved engraving exposition philately United States of America Smithsonian Institution postal service postage stamp capital letter 19th century stamp collecting black & white black and white B W politicians Educational Institution nineteenth century postage stamps statesman American America USA scientific institution Henry Clay perforated engraving ink portrait united states Henry Clay Centennial Exposition Centennial International Exhibition Heritage Art 19th-century Postage Stamps National Postal Museum hard white wove paper re-issue reprint Continental Bank Note Company Continental Banknote Company ink (dark violet) engraving 12 cents