Ben Franklin, America’s Postage Stamp Star — on the Wane?
This paper is an assessment of Ben Franklin’s evolving figure in U.S. postage stamps, focusing especially on the contrast between the 2006 tercentennial Franklin 4-stamp panel, a rather high-brow representation of Franklin as an intellectual, and his traditional image as a homely, common face. The s...
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Main Author: | François Brunet |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Association Française d'Etudes Américaines
2010-01-01
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Series: | Transatlantica |
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Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/transatlantica/4402 |
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