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23¢ Chromed USA Flag
(Stamp Venturers)
Water-Activated Coil of 10,000
Scott# 2608 Plate # S111
Scott# 2608c Plate # S111 (Imperf)
Series American Flag
Issue Date & City May 14, 1993, Denver, Colorado
Nationwide Sale May 15, 1993
Designer Lon Busch, St. Louis, Missouri
Art Director Richard Sheaff
Typographer Richard Sheaff
To Press / Quantity Probably Winter 1992 / 250,000,000
Coil Size 10,000
Printer Stamp Venturers
Press Champlain, Model 1
Process Gravure
Where Printed Stamp Venturers, Richmond, VA
Where Processed KCS Industries, Milwaukee, WI
Plate Size & Interval 429 (13 x 33) stamps per revolution / plate # every 33 stamps
Paper & Gum Water-Activated
Tagging Type Untagged
Perf Gauge 9.8 Vertically
Colors Violet Blue, Red, Black
Overall Size (w x h) apx. 0.87 x 0.96 in. / 22.09 x 24.38 mm
Earliest Known Use May 5, 1993
Note: Background is Purple (Violet Blue)
“First-Class” is 8.5mm long, ”23” is 6.5mm wide.
Note: For a side-by-side comparison of the Chromed USA Flags, click here.