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(10¢) Auto Bulk Rate
(Stamp Venturers)
Self-Adhesive Coil of 10,000
Scott# 2906 Plate # S111
Series American Transportation
Issue Date & City June 15, 1996, San Antonio, TX
Nationwide Sale June 16, 1996
Designer Robert Brangwynne, Boston, VA
Art Director Richard Sheaff
Typographer Richard Sheaff
Modeler Richard Sennett, Sennett Enterprise
To Press / Initial Run Probably Early 1996 / 450,000,000
Coil Size 10,000
Printer Stamp Venturers
Press Champlain, Model 1
Process Gravure
Where Printed J.W. Fergusson and Sons, Richmond, VA
Where Processed Stamp Venturers, Fredericksburg, VA
Plate Size & Interval 252 (12 x 21) stamps per revolution / plate # every 21 stamps
Paper & Gum Self-Adhesive, supplied by Nichimen/Kanzaki
Tagging Type Untagged
Die Cut Gauge 11.5 Vertically
Colors Light Brown, Black, Dark Brow
Overall Size (w x h) 0.87 x 0.96 in. / 22.1 x 24.4 mm
Back Numbers 5 digit Pink and Black dot-matrix numbers every 10 stamps, Top, Middle and Bottom
Earliest Known Use June 15, 1996
Note: 1996 Date is in Black