Liner Printing Type A

Liner Printing Type B

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29¢ Blue Eagle
(3M)
Self-Adhesive Coil of 5004
Scott# 2598b Plate # 111
Series  
Issue Date & City February 4, 1994, Sarasota, FL
Nationwide Sale February 5, 1994
Designer Richard Sheaff, Needham, VA
Art Director Joe Brockert (USPS)
Typographer Richard Sheaff, Needham, VA
Modeler William Frank (National Label Co.)
To Press / Quantity Late 1993 / 2,000,000
Coil Size 5004
Printer National Label Company. Lafayette Hill, PA for 3M Company, St. Paul, MN
Press Chesnut
Process Gravure
Where Printed National Label Company. Lafayette Hill, VA
Where Processed National Label Company. Lafayette Hill, VA
Plate Size & Interval 126 (7 x 18) stamps per revolution / plate # every 18 stamps
Paper & Gum Prephosphored, Self-Adhesive
Tagging Type Prephosphored, Solid Tagging
Die Cut Gauge Die Cut in Rectangle Shape
Colors (PMS) Red (PMS 485), Putty (PMS 453), Blue (PMS 286)
Overall Size (w x h) 0.87 x 0.982 in. / 22.1 x 24.9 mm
Earliest Known Use January 28, 1994
Note: Sold in full coils of 5004 or strips of 18
Back Numbers Black Ink-jet counting numbers at 18 stamp intervals, but only once across the web of seven coils.
Note: Liner Marking - "SELF-ADHESIVE (M) DO NOT WET-" in a repeat pattern, both Type A and Type B, with Type B being the scarcer.