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- OBJECT TYPE
- Grenada/official/10 cent/block-24
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2003.0138.001
- MANUFACTURER
- HOUSE OF QUESTA
- MODEL
- BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
- LOCATION
- England
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- PAPER/ ADHESIVE
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 28.0 cm
- Width
- 24.2 cm
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Aviation
- Category
- Commemorative
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- QUESTA
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Grenada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
SPECIMEN FROM CANADIAN COLLECTION OF INTERNATIONAL KITES. - Function
-
ORIGINAL FUNCTION WAS TO INDICATE THAT REQUIRED CHARGE HAD BEEN PAID FOR DELIVERY OF LETTER. THESE STAMPS ALSO COMMEMORATE ACHIEVEMENTS OF AMERICAN STATESMAN & INVENTOR BENJAMIN FRANKLIN. - Technical
-
ILLUSTRATES EFFORTS OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN TO GENERATE ELECTRICITY USING KITE & LIGHTNING. HOUSE OF QUESTA IS BRITISH PRINTER OF STAMPS. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- BLACK LETTERING ON STAMPS READS "GRENADA 10 [CENTS]", "BEN EXPERIMENTS WITH/ ELECTRICITY" & "Ben and Me"/ BLACK LETTERING ON SHEET READS "The House of Questa" WITH MULTICOLOURED "IC"
- Missing
- COMPLETE
- Finish
- WHITE SHEET/ MULTICOLOURED STAMPS
- Decoration
- MULTICOLOURED CARTOON DRAWING OF PRONE FRANKLIN, KITE & EQUIPMENT
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