File:Franklin SC1 1847.jpg

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Description	English: The first U.S. postage stamp: Ben Franklin (Red Brown) 5 Cents (Scott #1) U.S. Post Office, 1847
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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. See Copyright. 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 206.02(b) of Compendium II: Copyright Office Practices). It also does not apply to certain US coins; see The US Mint Terms of Use.
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File change date and time	00:48, 6 March 2010
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Image width	512 px
Copyright status	Public domain
Date and time of digitizing	19:39, 5 March 2010
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