U.S. #1694

1976 13¢ Hancock and Thomson

Declaration of Independence

Issue Date: July 4, 1976

City: Philadelphia, PA

Quantity: 52,008,750

Printed By: Bureau of Engraving and Printing

Printing Method: Photogravure

Perforations: 11

Color: Blue and multicolored

John Hancock's signing of the Declaration of Independence at Independence Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Hancock was the president and only member of the Continental Congress to sign the document on that date. The design reproduces a painting by John Trumbull (1756-1843).