context: In the end, Congress envisioned stamp issuance by enacting law on March 3, 1847, and the U.S. Postmaster General immediately provided the contract to Rawdon, Wright, Hatch, and Edson to the New York engraving company. The sale of the first issue of US postage stamps began July 1, 1847 in the city of New York. The next day, stamps arrived in Boston, and then to other cities. The issue consisted of an engraved image of Benjamin Franklin - the first US postmaster, and with the image of George Washington. Like all US brands until 1857, they were toothless.
question: What was depicted on the first US postage stamp?
answers.text: Benjamin Franklin