File:Lincoln Plate proof 1890-4c.jpg

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Description Die Proof (trial printing) of U.S. Postage stamp, 1890 issue, Abraham Lincoln, 4c, brown
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Source U.S. Post Office / Photo from Smithsonian National Postal Museum:
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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.
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Issue of 1890
Issue of 1865
Issue of 1898


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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.

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