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1873 1c Franklin, Ultramarine, Plate Proof on India Paper
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Add Rarely Seen US #156 Plate Proof to Your Collection
Proof stamps display the beauty of a stamp’s design as it was intended to be. The engraving on the printing plate has not yet been dulled by use. The resulting image is crisp and displays the fine details of the design. This 1873 1¢ Franklin stamp was produced as a plate proof. Once the design has been approved and the plates have been created, the printer will produce plate proofs to ensure that everything is in order before full-scale printing begins. This plate proof was printed on India paper.
Stamp #156 was printed by the Continental Bank Note Company. When the firm was awarded the contract to print all US postage stamps, it was given the dies and plates previously used by National Bank Note Company. The new printing firm added secret marks to distinguish their plates and stamps from earlier ones. The secret mark is the pearl to the left of the numeral “I” has a small crescent in its bottom half.
Though this stamp was made well over a century ago, it has been well preserved. Won’t you be the next collector to own this rarely seen stamp?
Add Rarely Seen US #156 Plate Proof to Your Collection
Proof stamps display the beauty of a stamp’s design as it was intended to be. The engraving on the printing plate has not yet been dulled by use. The resulting image is crisp and displays the fine details of the design. This 1873 1¢ Franklin stamp was produced as a plate proof. Once the design has been approved and the plates have been created, the printer will produce plate proofs to ensure that everything is in order before full-scale printing begins. This plate proof was printed on India paper.
Stamp #156 was printed by the Continental Bank Note Company. When the firm was awarded the contract to print all US postage stamps, it was given the dies and plates previously used by National Bank Note Company. The new printing firm added secret marks to distinguish their plates and stamps from earlier ones. The secret mark is the pearl to the left of the numeral “I” has a small crescent in its bottom half.
Though this stamp was made well over a century ago, it has been well preserved. Won’t you be the next collector to own this rarely seen stamp?
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