FREE: US STAMP MINT NH SCOTT'S # 1073 Franklin taking electricity from the sky

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US STAMP MINT NH SCOTT'S # 1073
Franklin taking electricity from the sky
Date Issued: 1956-01-17
Postage Value: 3 cents

Commemorative issue
Benjamin Franklin 250th birth anniversary
Franklin taking electricity from the sky
Design of this stamp is based on the painting Franklin Taking Electricity from the Sky by Benjamin West.

The first postmaster general of the United States appeared on the first stamp issued by the country. Benjamin Franklin's career, however, was much more than overseeing the movement of mail in the fledgling nation. At the age of 17, he moved to Philadelphia, where he utilized his experience as a printer's apprentice and found work as a printer. A year later, he went to England, where he became a master printer.

Back in Philadelphia in 1726, at age 20, he owned his own newspaper and later began to print Poor Richard's Almanack. His business prospered to the point where he was able to retire at age 42. In 1727 he organized a group of tradesmen as the Junto. The group then founded a library, a fire company, a college (which became the University of Pennsylvania), an insurance company, and a hospital. In 1740 Franklin invented the Pennsylvania fireplace, which later became known as the Franklin stove.
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