This stamp is still easy to find.
You should be able to buy a mint or a nice used copy for
20 cents.
There is no such animal. The Franklin stamp of that era was a one cent stamp.
The very first US stamp pictures Washington. It was a 5 cent black stamp. Benjamin Franklin was pictured on the 10 cent stamp.
5 cents. It has been cut from the Cipex sheet.
The first US stamps were issued in 1847. The 5 cent stamp with Benjamin Franklin can be purchased used for $715. Unused the stamp can be purchased for $4,500.
1948-1963
George Washington was pictured on the first ten cent stamp. Benjamin Franklin was on the five cent.
The first US stamp was issued in 1847. It was a 5 cent stamp that pictured Benjamin Franklin.
Benjamin Franklin - 5c Brown - Scott #1George Washington - 10c Black - Scott #2
George Washington and Benjamin Franklin were the first two individuals. Washington was honored as the first President. Franklin was honored for being the first Postmaster of the United States.
{| |- | US Scott Number 1 and 2 were the first two. The first was a 5 cent stamp that depicted Benjamin Franklin the first Postmaster General. The 10 cent stamp showed George Washington as the first president. |}
The half cent stamp available in 1942 would have been the orange Benjamin Franklin. Scott number is 803. It has a minimum value of 20 cents used or mint, so it probably wouldn't be worth trying to sell.
The value of the Alaska 3 cent stamp is $0.03.