Sujet

30c Alexander Hamilton special printing single, 1875. Creator: Continental Bank Note Company.

Légende

30c Alexander Hamilton special printing single, 1875. Unused; special printing of the 1873 Issue; produced by Continental Bank Note Company in 1875;Probably no more than 40 examples of this stamp still exist.;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_159

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

58,1Mo (2,5Mo) / 34,7cm x 42,0cm / 4095 x 4960 (300dpi)

Mots clés

portrait SIDE VIEW close up smiling people black male job man men communication communications education politics country money finance law green guy occupation color profile rare political location century profession ink bankers banker lawyer lawyers concept exhibition stamp printing close-up one person cent collecting lettering post office politician engraved engraving exposition philately United States of America Colour Smithsonian Institution postal service postage stamp capital letter 19th century stamp collecting economist politicians Educational Institution nineteenth century postage stamps statesman American America USA scientific institution Alexander Hamilton Alexander perforated engraving ink portrait united states Hamilton green colour black colour Centennial Exposition Centennial International Exhibition Heritage Art 19th-century Postage Stamps National Postal Museum 30 cents hard white wove paper re-issue reprint Continental Bank Note Company Continental Banknote Company ink (greenish black) engraving