Description
United States Franklin and Washington 1881
Issued August 1881 and 16th July 1881 respectively.
Printed in Recess by the American Bank Note Company. Perforation 12. Re-engraved dies.
Stanley Gibbons Stamp Catalogue Part 22, United States, 8th Edition, 2015.
Catalogue numbers 1c grey-blue SG 207, and 3c blue-green SG 28. (Not sure as to the exact colours). There is a penciled number on the back of both stamps – 206 and 207 respectively.
These stamps are also from a collection started by my Grandfather in circa 1901.
United States Franklin and Washington 1881
INFORMATION SOURCES:
First of all, Royal Mail will handle your order. Therefore please see our Shop menu for postal options: Postage We only charge postage for the first item in most cases. Thus any further items purchased would not increase the final postal charges. Furthermore we do not charge you for envelopes and packaging.
Recorded Delivery or Registered Post is also available if required. Loss or damage compensation can be claimed, therefore, if this option is taken.
We mention the Stanley Gibbons Stamp Catalogue Part 22: United States. These SG numbers are from the Eighth Edition printed in 2015.
All of these stamps are used (with varying degrees of postal marks), and at some stage have been mounted.
Some of these American stamps have hinges or parts of hinges. Others may just have adhesive marks left over from the hinges, and some are clear on the back.
Also several of these stamps have a penciled number on the reverse. These coincide, within three or four numbers, of the Gibbons catalogue numbers.
In conclusion, all of our stamps are unmounted mint and in an excellent condition. We will mention any variation to this statement.
Please let us know if we have made a mistake with this description.We are not experts on stamps from the United States. Consequently please accept that our descriptions are not set in stone!!
We are members of the “Great Britain Philatelic Society” (GBPS): http://www.gbps.org.uk
United States Franklin and Washington 1881
