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Scott# 1901 | Plate # 3, 4 (Overall Tagging) |
Cottrell Plate Pairings and Roll Sizes Found |
3/4 (500) |
Purple Machine Cancel | Plate # 4 |
Scott# 1901a | Plate # 3, 4, 5, 6 (Untagged - Precanceled with two black lines) |
Cottrell Plate Pairings and Roll Sizes Found |
3/4 (500, 3K); 5/6 (500, 3K) |
Scott# 1901b | Plate # 3, 4 (Imperf - Untagged - Precanceled) |
Series | Transportation |
Issue Date & City | February 17, 1982, Wheeling, West Virginia |
Nationwide Sale | February 18, 1982 |
Designer | David K. Stone, Port Washington, NY |
Modeler | Clarence Holbert (BEP) |
Typographer | Bradbury Thompson (CSAC) |
Engravers | Gary M. Chaconas, vignette, Thomas J. Bakos, lettering (Both BEP) |
To Press / Initial Quantity | February 1982 / 503,236,000 |
Coil Size | 500, 3000 |
Printer | Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Washington, DC.? |
Press | Cottrell |
Process | Intaglio |
Where Printed | Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Washington, DC.? |
Where Processed | Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Washington, DC.? |
Plate Size & Interval | 864 stamps per revolution with two plates of 18 x 24 / plate # every 24 stamps |
Paper & Gum | Water-Activated Type I |
Tagging Type | Overall, Untagged |
Perf. Gauge | 9.8 Vertically |
Color | Blue |
Overall Size (w x h) | apx. 0.87 x 0.96 in. / 22.1 x 24.4 mm |
Earliest Known Use | February 17, 1982 |
Note: | There are joint lines on the right side of the plate number stamp on this printing. |
Note: | Precancel Gaps exist at positions 1L, 4L, 5L, 6L, LG, 1R, 5R, 6R |
Note: | Precancel forgeries with the gap at 1R of plates 3 and 4 exist. The forgery is crudely created with a felt tip marker on tagged stamps. |