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5c Abraham Lincoln plate proof
Smithsonian National Postal Museum — Bureau Plate Proofs · US · English · 1903
Catalog record
| Line | US |
|---|---|
| Set / series | Smithsonian National Postal Museum — Bureau Plate Proofs |
| Language | English |
| Year | 1903 |
| Date | January 20, 1903 |
| Kind | stamp |
| Place | United States of America |
| Scott | USA 304 |
| Medium | paper; ink (blue) / engraving |
| Region | us |
| Npm record | npm_0.242263.2985 |
| Description | With the 1902 definitive stamps, Lincoln was "promoted" from 4¢ to 5¢, the denomination for international first-class letters that weighed less than one ounce. General Ulysses S. Grant had been on the 5¢ stamp of the 1894 series, but Lincoln was substituted because he was more recognizable overseas and projected a better image of American greatness abroad. Blue was the color specified by the Universal Postal Union for stamps that paid the foreign letter rate. The stamp was later reissued in imperforate and coil formats, the latter being a great rarity of twentieth-century U.S. philately. |
| Oracle ID | 36593564 |
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