Thin - Date 1.3 mm
Bold - Date 1.5 mm

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(34¢) STATUE OF LIBERTY (BEP)
Self-Adhesive Coil of 100
Scott# 3453 Plate 1111, Thin (Small) Date
Scott# 3453a Plate 1111, Die cutting omitted
Scott# 3453b Plate 1111, Bold (Large) Date
Series Nondenominated
Issue Date & City December 15, 2000 / Washington, DC 20066
Nationwide Sale December 15, 2000
Photographer Paul Hardy, New York, NY
Designer Dennis Noyes, Washington, DC.
Art Director Dennis Noyes, Washington, DC.
Typographer Dennis Noyes, Washington, DC.
Modeler Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP), Washington, DC.
To Press / Initial Run Summer/Fall 2000 / 1 billion
Maximum PNCs apx 417,000
Coil Size 100
Printer Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP)
Press Andreotti, Model 601
Process Gravure
Where Printed Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Washington, DC.
Where Processed Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Washington, DC.
Plate Size & Interval 480 (20 x 24) stamps per revolution / plate # every 24 stamps
Paper & Gum Prephosphored, Type II, Surface Coated, Self-Adhesive
Tagging Type Prephosphored, Smooth Tagging
Die Cut Gauge 10.0 Vertically, Peak/Valley 10 x 10
Colors Magenta, Cyan, Yellow, Black
Image Area (w x h) 0.71 x 0.82 in. / 18.0 x 20.8 mm
Overall Size (w x h) 0.87 x 0.96 in. / 22.1 x 24.4 mm
Back Numbers None
Earliest Known Use December 15, 2000
USPS Order Numbers S/A Coil of 100 - $34.00 - 770740
First Day Cover - $.55 - 770761
Availability Stamp Fulfillment Services, Kansas City.
Plate 1111 - (12-19-2000) Tucson, AZ, Providence, RI, Cincinnati, OH, Lexington, KY and most likely almost all post offices in the country.
Varieties Thin and Bold Dates - 1.3mm and 1.5mm wide