Sc. #1904


Sc. #1904a

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10.9¢ Hansom Cab (BEP)
Water-Activated Coils of 500 and 3,000
Scott# 1904 Plate # 1, 2 (Overall Tagging)
Cottrell Plate Pairings
and Roll Sizes Found
1/2 (500)
Purple Machine Cancel Plate # 2
Scott# 1904a Plate # 1, 2, 3, 4 (Untagged - Precanceled with two black lines)
Cottrell Plate Pairings
and Roll Sizes Found
1/2 (500, 3K); 3/4 (500, 3K)
Scott# 1904b Plate # 1, 2 (Imperf - Untagged - Precanceled)
Series Transportation
Issue Date & City March 26, 1982, Chattanooga, Tennessee
Nationwide Sale March 27, 1982
Designer David K. Stone, Port Washington, NY
Modeler Clarence Holbert (BEP)
Typographer Bradbury Thompson (CSAC)
Engravers Edward P. Archer, vignette, Thomas J. Bakos, lettering (Both BEP)
To Press / Initial Quantity February 1982 /  93,312,000
Coil Size 500, 3000
Printer Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Washington, DC.
Press Cottrell
Process Intaglio
Where Printed Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Washington, DC.
Where Processed Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Washington, DC.
Plate Size & Interval 864 stamps per revolution with two plates of 18 x 24 / plate # every 24 stamps
Paper & Gum USPS Type I, Water-Activated
Tagging Type Overall, Untagged
Perf Gauge 9.8 Vertically
Color Purple
Overall Size (w x h) apx. 0.87 x 0.96 in. / 22.1 x 24.4 mm
Earliest Known Use March 26, 1982
Note: There are joint lines on the right side of the plate number stamp on this printing.
Note: Precancel Gaps exist at positions 1/2L, 1L, 3L, 4L, LG, 1R, 2R, 3R, 4R
Varieties: A color variety, caused by red ink contamination, can be found on some examples from precanceled plates 1 and 2.
Examples of 'chill roller set-off' can be found on many positions of tagged plates 1 and 2.
A ‘Dropped Transfer’ variety can be found at position 2L on one row from plate 2.