Abraham Lincoln, 2c Carmine

United States · 1909 · 2c

This definitive stamp features a profile portrait of Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States. The design is based on a statue by Augustus Saint-Gaudens and is part of the Washington-Franklin series, although it features Lincoln. The stamp is printed in a distinctive carmine color.

Issued in 1909 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birth, this stamp was widely used for first-class domestic postage.