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1-cent Franklin
1c Franklin strip of three on cover
Scott Catalogue USA: 7
Description:
plate 1; early state; The cover was mailed from Charleston, South Carolina, on July 5, 1851, four days after the stamps were first issued.
Date:
1851
Medium:
paper; ink (blue)
Museum ID:
2005.6603.3.3.3
Collection:
Collection:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Credits:
The Benjamin K. Miller Stamp Collection, The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations
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