What Can You Tell Me About This Stamp?

I think this may be a Ben Franklin face on this stamp, but unable to clearly make it out--it also has a lot of tiny perforations on the stamp itself which adds to the difficulty. What can you tell me about this stamp-history and possibly what the tiny perforations were for. I know I read somewhere here on the forum before about them, but cannot recall.

Thanks!

Gussyboy1

Yes, it's Franklin--regarding the holes: A perfin (a contraction of 'PERForated INitials'), also called SPIFS (a contraction of 'Stamps Perforated by Initials of Firms and Societies'), is a pattern of tiny holes punched through a postage stamp. Organizations used perforating machines to make perforations forming letters or designs in postage stamps they purchased, often in bulk, with the purpose of discouraging pilferage. The size and number of perfin holes, and sometimes the design permitted, is usually regulated by law or postal regulation in the relevant country.

If it is perf 11, then it is Scott #510.
If it is perf 12, then it is Scott #416.
If it is perf 10 with no watermark, then it is Scott #472.
If it is perf 10 with a single line watermark, then it is Scott #433.

Thanks guys! I learn something new with every post!

Gussyboy

What year was this stamp???

Thanks!
Gussyboy1