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| General Description : | Silversmiths Began in Boston, Massachusetts Around 1635. The silversmith is represented in the fourth stamp. The only one of the four crafts to originate outside of Virginia, American silversmithing traces its origins to Boston between 1635 and 1640. The stamp design illustrates a type of teapot created by Paul Revere about 1780 with the silversmith tapping the pot against a “beak horn” anvil to smooth the inside. Artist Leonard Everett Fisher was born in New York in 1924. He was educated at Yale University School of Art after serving his country in World War II. Some of his works were incorporated into a mural in the Washington Monument in Washington, D.C. His illustrations of Colonial Craftsmen for the United States Postal Service are timeless examples of his talent. |
| Face value | 8 Cents |
| Catalog code (Michel) | US 1070 |
| Catalog code (Scott) | US 1457 |
| Catalog code | Stanley Gibbons Catalogue No: 1461 |
| Series | Bicentennial |
| Stamp colour | dark brown |
| Stamp use | Commemorative stamp |
| Print run | 135,000,000 |
| Issue date | 04/07/1972 |
| Designer | Leonard Everett Fisher |
| Print technique | recess |
| Printed by | Cottrell press |
| Perforation | line 11 x 10½ |
| Height | 24.00 mm |
| Width | 40.00 mm |
| Catalog prices | No catalog prices set yet |
