The listing, US MINT NH SCOTT# 893 Alexander Graham Bell Date Issued: 1940-10-28 Postage Value: 10 cents has ended.
US MINT NH SCOTT# 893
Alexander Graham Bell
Date Issued: 1940-10-28
Postage Value: 10 cents
Commemorative issue
Famous Americans-Inventors
Alexander Graham Bell
Alexander Graham Bell's invention of the telephone was but one of the major projects of a most productive life. The Scottish native, who emigrated to the United States from Canada, came upon the principal that made the telephone possible in 1875. The basic patent was granted March 7, 1876, was later challenged many times, and Bell always prevailed.
Three days after the granting of the patent, Bell transmitted his famous first message to his assistant: "Mr. Watson, come here, I want you." Among his other
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