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10¢ Pears
(Banknote Corporation of America)
Self-Adhesive Coil of 10,000
Scott # 5039 Plate # S111111, B111111
Series N/A
Issue Date & City January 17, 2016, Washington, DC 20066
Nationwide Sale January 17, 2016
Designer Derry Noyes, Washington, DC
Art Director Derry Noyes, Washington, DC
Typographer Derry Noyes, Washington, DC
Existing Art John Burgoyne, West Barnstable, MA
Modeler Michelle Finn/Sandra Lane
To Press / Initial Quantity Winter 2015 / 200,000,000 stamps
Coil Size 10,000
Printer Banknote Corporation of America
Press Alprinta 74
Process Offset, Microprint
Where Printed Browns Summit, NC
Where Processed Banknote Corporation of America, Browns Summit, NC
Plate Size & Interval 540 stamps per revolution / plate numbers every 27th stamp below stamp image
Paper Type Nonphosphored Type III
Adhesive Type Self-Adhesive
Tagging Type Nonphosphored
Die Cut Gauge 10 3/4 vertical
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