File:Lincoln Plate proof 1890-4c.jpg

From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Original file(694 × 804 pixels, file size: 129 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Captions

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Summary

[edit]
Description Die Proof (trial printing) of U.S. Postage stamp, 1890 issue, Abraham Lincoln, 4c, brown
Date
Source U.S. Post Office / Photo from Smithsonian National Postal Museum:
Image color, tone, sharpness rendered:
New image file by Gwillhickers.
Author U.S. Government, Post Office Department
Engraving of Lincoln on steel die by Alfred Jones of the American Bank Note Company
Engraving modeled after a photograph taken by Mathew Brady, American Civil War photohrapher.
Other versions
Issue of 1890
Issue of 1865
Issue of 1898


Licensing

[edit]
Public domain
This work is in the public domain in the United States because it is a work prepared by an officer or employee of the United States Government as part of that person’s official duties under the terms of Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105 of the US Code. Note: This only applies to original works of the Federal Government and not to the work of any individual U.S. state, territory, commonwealth, county, municipality, or any other subdivision. This template also does not apply to postage stamp designs published by the United States Postal Service since 1978. (See § 313.6(C)(1) of Compendium of U.S. Copyright Office Practices). It also does not apply to certain US coins; see The US Mint Terms of Use.

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current03:29, 12 September 2014Thumbnail for version as of 03:29, 12 September 2014694 × 804 (129 KB)Gwillhickers (talk | contribs)Larger image, better clarity
03:57, 22 August 2010Thumbnail for version as of 03:57, 22 August 2010440 × 512 (62 KB)Gwillhickers (talk | contribs){{Information |Description={{en|1=Die Proof of American Bank Note definitive stamp, 1890 issue, Lincoln, 4c, brown}} |Source=US Post Office |Author=US Post Office |Date=1890 |Permission= |other_versions= }} Category:Stamps of the United States [[Cate

File usage on other wikis

The following other wikis use this file:

Metadata