File:Stamp US 1847 5c-Benjamin Franklin.jpg

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English: 1847 United States postage stamp of Benjamin Franklin denominated 5 cents
Date Stamp issued in 1847 8 August 2003 (according to Exif data)
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English: Scan of US 5c stamp of 1847, made by User:Stan Shebs for the en.wikipedia. Upload on wikicommons by User:Sebjarod from the fr.wikipedia.
Français : Image scannée du timbre américain de 5 cents Benjamin Franklin de 1847, réalisée par User:Stan Shebs du wikipedia anglophone. Chargée sur wikicommons par User:Sebjarod du wikipedia francophone.
Author United States Post Office Department
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(Reusing this file)		 This stamp was a work for hire for the U.S. government and is over 150 years old, meaning that even though it was never copyrighted, the copyright would have expired long ago. Because the scan of this document is not a creative work, it cannot be copyrighted. This is public domain.

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This work is in the public domain in the United States because it is a work prepared by an officer or employee of the United States Government as part of that person’s official duties under the terms of Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105 of the US Code. Note: This only applies to original works of the Federal Government and not to the work of any individual U.S. state, territory, commonwealth, county, municipality, or any other subdivision. This template also does not apply to postage stamp designs published by the United States Postal Service since 1978. (See § 313.6(C)(1) of Compendium of U.S. Copyright Office Practices). It also does not apply to certain US coins; see The US Mint Terms of Use.
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