The beauty of a stamp
Dec 10, 2021
2 minutes
Now hear this correctly, because it doesn’t mean this stamp is ugly, but it isn’t exactly eye candy, is it? Many American philatelists put a premium on aesthetically pleasing items and some even refuse to buy a stamp if it doesn’t meet the good-looks criteria, yet this is a coveted US item.
Perhaps the appeal is the fact that it depicts Benjamin Franklin (1705-1790), one
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