United States 2-dollar Franklin, Orange Red & Black, Perf 11

United States · 1918 · $2

This definitive stamp features a portrait of Benjamin Franklin, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. The design is notable for its bi-color printing, with the central vignette in black and the surrounding frame in orange-red. This was one of the first bi-color stamps produced by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing.

Issued in 1918, this high-value stamp was part of the Washington-Franklin series and was primarily used for heavy domestic mail or international parcel post during the World War I era.