Image of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington" class="extiw" title="en:George Washington"><big><b>George Washington</b></big></a> stamp, 2c, issue of 1903<br>Engraving was modeled after a painting by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_Stuart" class="extiw" title="en:Gilbert Stuart"><b>Gilbert Stuart</b></a>. R. Ostrander Smith designed the stamp. The vignette, set between two American flags, is sometimes referred to as the <i>Washington 'Flag' stamp</i> by collectors. The die for the stamp was engraved by George F. C. Smillie (portrait), Robert F. Ponickau (frame), and Lyman F. Ellis (lettering and numerals).
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bureau_of_Engraving_and_Printing" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Bureau of Engraving and Printing">U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing</a>; Imaging and touch up work by <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Gwillhickers" title="User:Gwillhickers"><i>Gwillhickers</i></a>
Issued: January 17, 1903
U.S. Post Office; Smithsonian National Postal Museum