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(32¢) Black G
(Avery Dennison)
Self-Adhesive Coil of 5,004
Scott# 2886b Plate # V11111
Series Contingency / American Flag
Issue Date & City December 13, 1994, Washington, DC.
Nationwide Sale December 14, 1994
Designer Ronald Sharpe (BEP)
Art Director Jack Williams (USPS)
Typographer John Boyd (Anagraphics, Inc, New York, NY)
To Press / Quantity May 1993 / 2,001,600
Coil Size 5,004
Printer Avery Dennison Security Printing Division, Clinton, SC
Press Dia Nippon Kiko 8 color gravure
Process Gravure
Where Printed Avery Dennison Security Printing Division, Clinton, SC
Where Processed Avery Dennison Security Printing Division, Clinton, SC
Plate Size & Interval 396 (11 x 36) stamps per revolution / plate # every 36 stamps
Paper & Gum Prephosphored, Self-Adhesive
Tagging Type Prephosphored, Mottled Tagging
Die Cut Gauge Die Cut in rectangle shape
Colors Red, Dark Blue, Light Blue, Gray, Black
Overall Size (w x h) 0.87 x 0.99 in. / 22.1 x 25.1 mm
Earliest Known Use December 13, 1994
Note: Sold in full coils of 5004 or strips of 18 with a plate number.
Note: Liner Marking - “-SELF-ADHESIVE (A) DO NOT WET-” in a repeat pattern
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