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Scott# 1891 | Plate # 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
Scott# 1891a | Plate # 2, 3, 4, 5 (Imperf) |
Scott# 1891b | Pair, Imperf Between |
Scott# 1891c | Plate # 2, 5 Tagging Omitted (Error) |
Purple Machine Cancel | Plate # 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
Series | American Flag |
Issue Date & City | April 24, 1981, Portland, Maine |
Nationwide Sale | April 25, 1981 |
Designer | Peter Cocci (BEP) |
Art Director | Leonard E. Buckley |
Typographer | Bradbury Thompson (CSAC) |
Engravers | Vignette - Thomas R. Hipschen, Lettering - Ken C. Wiram, Denomination - Robert G. Culin, Sr. |
Modeler | Peter Cocci (BEP) |
To Press / Quantity | Probably Spring of 1981 / apx. 9 Billion |
Coil Size | 100, 500, 3000 |
Printer | Bureau Of Engraving and Printing (BEP), Washington, DC. |
Press | B, 701 |
Process | Intaglio |
Where Printed | BEP, Washington, DC. |
Where Processed | BEP, Washington, DC. |
Plate Size & Interval | 936 (18 x 52) stamps per revolution / plate # every 52 stamps |
Paper & Gum | Water-Activated |
Tagging | Block, Untagged (Error) |
Perf Gauge | 9.8 Vertically |
Colors | Red, Blue, Brown |
Overall Size (w x h) | apx 0.87 x 0.96 in. / 22.1 x 24.4 mm |
Earliest Known Use | April 24, 1981 |
Varieties | Imperforate (Vertical pairs and blocks also exist from printers waste) |