US Stamp #892 - 1940 5¢ Elias Howe, Famous Inventors, EzGrade™ G/VG, MNH, OG

Description: US Stamp #892 - 1940 5¢ Elias Howe, Famous Americans Series: Inventors, EzGrade™ G/VG (Good/Very Good), MNH (Mint Never Hinged) OG (Original Gum) EzGrade™ G/VG (Good/Very Good), New Condition. MNH (Mint Never Hinged). This comes with a Certificate of Measurement & Grading from EzGrade.™ View Photo for details on stamps. I have listed photos of the exact stamps you should receive, both Front and Back Series: Famous Americans Issue - InventorsFace value: 5¢ - United States centIssue Date: October 14, 1940First City: Spencer, MassachusettsPrint run: 20,000,000Printed by: Bureau of Engraving and PrintingPrinting Method: Rotary pressEmission: CommemorativePerforation: 10½ x 11Color: UltramarineEngraving: Charles A. Brooks (Vignette)Engraving: Leo C. Kauffmann (Vignette)Engraving: James T. Vail (Vignette and Lettering) Famous Americans - Elias Howe - Inventors Elias Howe Patents First Lockstitch Sewing Machine After eight years of tinkering, Elias Howe was awarded the first U.S. patent for a practical lockstitch sewing machine on September 10, 1846. Howe didn’t invent the first sewing machine – various forms of mechanized sewing had been used as early as 1790. Over the years, various inventors created and even patented sewing machines, but none produced a durable enough stitch to replace hand-sewing. Walter Hunt came close in the early 1830s. He invented a backstitch sewing machine, but refused to patent it for fear of the jobs it would take away from seamstresses. Meanwhile, in Massachusetts, Elias Howe was working for machinist Ari Davis. Davis once told Howe that whoever invented a practical sewing machine would be rich. And so, Howe set about being that man. He worked on the machine for eight years in his spare time, working out the logistics. Howe’s machine differed from his contemporaries (and laid the groundwork for modern machines) in that he placed the eye near the point of the needle, included a shuttle beneath the cloth to create a durable lock stitch, and had an automatic feed to move the cloth through. When he demonstrated his machine in 1845, it could make 250 stitches per minute, out-sewing five seamstresses. However, at $300 (over $9,600 today) it was a tough sell. Howe patented his design the following year but was a poor businessman and had a string of bad luck – his workshop burned down, and he was swindled out of British royalties.

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