U.S.#1030 1958 1/2c -BENJAMIN FRANKLIN -Full Mint Sheet/100- MNH- OG

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U.S.#1030 1958 1/2c -BENJAMIN FRANKLIN -Full Mint Sheet/100- MNH- OG:
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U.S. #1030
1/2¢ Benjamin Franklin
Liberty SeriesIssue Date:May 1958
City:Washington, D.C.
Printed by:Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Printing Method:Rotary Press
Perforations:11 x 10½
Color:Red orangeU.S. #1030 features a portrait of Benjamin Franklin by J.S. Duplessis from the book,The Pictorial Life of Benjamin Franklin, Printer.Benjamin Franklin (1706-90)
Statesman, InventorBenjamin Franklin was an American statesman, writer, scientist, and inventor born in Boston, Massachusetts.He ran away to Philadelphia at age 17, and founded his own printing business there at age 24.Franklin published his famous Poor Richard’s Almanac from 1733 to 1758.Franklin was the only person to sign all four of the key documents in United States history: the Declaration of Independence, the Treaty of Alliance with France, the Treaty of Peace with Great Britain, and the Constitution of the United States.Franklin was also appointed the first U.S. Postmaster General in 1775.Ben Franklin discovered lightning was electricity, and created such terms as armature, condenser, and battery.