Bidding started at $1 million, and it sold for $1.18 million. A normal 1868 George Washington stamp is only worth a few bucks. But if the stamp has a B-grill mark — meaning the tiny dents point ...

No first day covers were issued. Hardly anybody bothered to use the stamps, though they bore the images of Ben Franklin and George Washington. Up north in Portland, Maine, postmaster N.

The painted stamps also depict the Battle of Trenton, which highlights George Washington and his oarsmen crossing the Delaware River from Pennsylvania into New Jersey. Scenes from the Battles of ...