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10¢ Canal Boat (BEP)
Water-Activated Coils of 100, 500, 3,000 and 10,000
Scott# 2257 Plate # 1, 2 (Large Block Tagging)(1987)
Scott# 2257a Plate # 1 (Overall Tagging - Dull Gum)(1992)
Scott# 2257av Plate # 4 (Overall Tagging - Shiny Gum)(1994)
Scott# 2257b Plate # 1, 2, 3, 4 (Embedded Phosphor Uncoated Paper / Mottled Tagging - Shiny Gum)
Scott# 2257c Plate # 5 (Surface Phosphor Coated Paper / Smooth Tagging - Shiny Gum)
Scott# 2257d Plate # 4 (Tagging Omitted)
Scott# 2257e Plate # 1 (Large Block Tagging) (Imperf)
Series Transportation
Issue Date & City April 11, 1987, Buffalo, New York
Nationwide Sale April 12, 1987
Designer William Bond, Arlington, Virginia
Art Director Howard Paine (USPS)
Typographer Bradbury Thompson (CSAC)
Engravers Edward P. Archer, vignette, Robert G. Culin, Sr., lettering (Both BEP)
To Press / Initial Quantity March 1987 /  391,200,000
Coil Size 100, 500, 3,000, 10,000
Printer Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Washington, DC.?
Presses Plate #1 - B Press (701), Plate #2 - C/D Press (901/902)
Process Intaglio
Where Printed Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Washington, DC.
Where Processed Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Washington, DC.
Plate Size & Interval C/D Press - 864 (18 x 48) stamps per revolution / plate # every 48 stamps
B Press - 936 (18 x 52) stamps per revolution / plate # every 52 stamps
Paper & Gum Water-Activated Type III
Tagging Type B Press - Block, B Press - Overall, B, C/D Press - Embedded Phosphor, ? - Untagged
Tagging Overall tagged stamps have a stationary tagging break every 26 stamps, and a moving break that changes a little over 1mm with each revolution of the printing cylinder.
Perf Gauge 9.75 Vertically
Color Blue
Overall Size (w x h) apx. 0.87 x 0.96 in. / 22.1 x 24.4 mm
Earliest Known Use April 11, 1987
Note Stamps were apparently reprinted in August, 2000 in coils of 10,000 with Overall Tagging.

2257 2257a 2257av

Plate Numbers and Coil Sizes
Plate # 1 100, 3000 Block Tag Interval - 52
Plate # 1 500, 3000 Overall Tag Interval - 52
Plate # 1 3000 Embedded Phosphor Tag Interval - 52
Plate # 2 500, 3000 Block Tag Interval - 48
Plate # 3 3000 Block Tag Interval - 48
Plate # 4 10,000 Overall Tag Interval - 48
Plate # 5 3000 Embedded Phosphor Tag Interval - 48
Plate # 5 10,000 Smooth Tag Interval - 48

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