Benjamin Franklin

This Benjamin Franklin stamp celebrates the 200th anniversary of Bejamin Franklin’s birth. Franklin was born in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1706. As a young man, he worked as a printer’s apprentice, eventually owning the Pennsylvania Gazette and publishing Poor Richard’s Almanack. On July 26, 1775, the Second Continental Congress established the United States Post Office and named Benjamin Franklin as the first United States Postmaster General. He was also an influential figure during the American Revolutionary War period. The stamp features the painting Franklin Taking Electricity from the Sky by Benjamin West.