This classic 1¢ Benjamin Franklin definitive from the Washington-Franklin series features a bold “DETROIT / MICH.” precancel applied in black ink. The Detroit Bureau precancel style is a popular collecting field, especially when struck clearly across the portrait as on this example. Printed in the familiar bright green, this issue served in widespread everyday postal use during the 1910s–1920s. Precancel specialists value such bureau types for city identification, typography, and strike clarity. A solid representative for any U.S. precancel, Franklin portrait, or Washington–Franklin exhibit.