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23¢ Chromed USA Flag - Presorted First Class (BEP)
Water-Activated Coils of 500 and 3,000
Scott# 2607 Plate # 1111 (Untagged) (Either Low-Gloss or Shiny Gum)
Scott# 2607a Plate # 1111 (Tagged Error) (Shiny Gum)
Scott# 2607c Plate # 1111 (Imperf)
Series American Flag
Issue Date & City October 9, 1992, Kansas City, Missouri
Nationwide Sale October 10, 1992
Designer Lon Busch, St. Louis, Missouri
Art Director Richard Sheaff
Typographer Richard Sheaff
To Press / Quantity About Spring 1992 / Initial Order 1,320,000,000
Coil Size 500, 3000
Printer Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Washington, DC.
Press Andreotti (601)
Process Gravure
Where Printed Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Washington, DC.
Where Processed Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Washington, DC.
Plate Size & Interval 432 (18 x 24) stamps per revolution / plate # every 24 stamps
Paper & Gum Water-Activated - Both Lo-Gloss and Shiny Gum
Tagging Untagged and Tagged Error
Perf Gauge 9.8 Vertically
Colors Red, Cyan, Blue, Black
Overall Size (w x h) apx. 0.87 x 0.96 in. / 22.1 x 24.4 mm
Earliest Known Use October 9, 1992
Note: “First-Class” is 9mm long on this stamp, 9.5mm on #2606
“23” is 6.5mm wide on this stamp, 6mm wide on #2606
Note: For a side-by-side comparison of the Chromed USA Flags, click here.