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(25¢) "E" Rate Change (BEP)
Water-Activated Coils of 100, 500 and 3000
Scott # 2279 Plate # 1111, 1211, 1222, 2222
Scott # 2279a Plate # 1111, 1211, 2222 (Imperf)
Scott # 2279b Plate # 1111 (Untagged)
Series Contingency
Issue Date & City March 22, 1988, Washington, DC.
Nationwide Sale March 23, 1988
Designer Robert McCall, Paradise Valley, Arizona
Art Director Bradbury Thompson (CSAC)
Typographer Bradbury Thompson (CSAC)
Modeler Esther Porter (BEP)
To Press / Quantity Early 1986 / Initial Order 288,000,000
Coil Size 100, 500, 3,000
Printer Bureau Of Engraving and Printing (BEP), Washington, DC.
Presses Andreotti (601)
Process Gravure
Where Printed BEP, Washington, DC.
Where Processed BEP, Washington, DC.
Plate Size & Interval 432 (18 x 24) with a plate number every 24 stamps.
Paper and Gum Water-Activated
Tagging Block
Perf Gauge 9.75 Vertically
Colors Red, Blue, Yellow, Black
Overall Size (w x h) apx 0.87 x 0.96 in. / 22.1 x 24.4 mm
Earliest Known Use March 22, 1988