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23¢ Chromed USA Flag - Presorted First Class (ABNC)
Water-Activated Coils of 10,000
Scott# 2606 Plate # A1111, A2222, A2232, A2233, A3333, A4364, A4443, A4444, A4453
Series American Flag
Issue Date & City July 21, 1992, Kansas City, Missouri
Nationwide Sale July 22, 1992
Designer Lon Busch, St. Louis, Missouri
Art Director Richard Sheaff
Typographer Richard Sheaff
Modeler Acitronics Division of George Schmitt and Company
To Press / Quantity About Winter 1992 / Initial Order 150,000,000
Coil Size 10,000
Printer Guilford Gravure for American Bank Note Company
Press Andreotti
Process Gravure
Where Printed Guilford Gravure
Where Processed Guilford Gravure
Plate Size & Interval 456 (19 x 24) stamps per revolution / plate # every 24 stamps
Paper & Gum Water-Activated
Tagging Untagged
Perf Gauge 9.8 Vertically
Colors Yellow, Magenta, Cyan, Black
Overall Size (w x h) apx. 0.87 x 0.96 in. / 22.1 x 24.4 mm
Earliest Known Use July 21, 1992
Note: “First-Class” is 9.5mm long on this stamp, 9mm on #2607
“23” is 6mm wide on this stamp, 6.5mm on #2607
Note: For a side-by-side comparison of the Chromed USA Flags, click here.