Sc. #1897A


See also Sc. #2226

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2¢ Locomotive (BEP)
Water-Activated Coils of 500 and 3,000
Scott# 1897A Plate # 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10 (Overall Tagging)
PNC ID 1982-6
Scott# 1897Ac Plate # 3, 4, 8, 10 (Imperf)
PNC ID 192-6.20
Scott# 1897Ad Plate # 8 (Tagging Omitted)
PNC ID 1987-6.12
Cottrell Plate Pairings
and Roll Sizes Found
1/2 (shredded); 2/6 (500); 3/5 (shredded); 3/4 (500, 3K); 7/9 (cancelled); 8/10 (500, 3K)
Purple Machine Cancel Plate # 2, 3, 4
Series Transportation
Issue Date & City May 20, 1982, Chicago, Illinois
Nationwide Sale May 21, 1982
To Press / Initial Quantity April 1982 / 79,503,000
Coil Size 500, 3000
Printer Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Washington, DC.
Press Cottrell
Process Intaglio
Plate Size & Interval 864 stamps per revolution with two plates of 18 x 24 / plate # every 24 stamps
Paper Type I, II
Tagging Type Overall, Untagged
Perf Gauge 9.8 Vertically
Color Black
Image size (w x h) apx .71 x .82 in.
Overall Size (w x h) apx. 0.87 x 0.96 in. / 22.1 x 24.4 mm
Earliest Known Use May 20, 1982
Year on Stamp None
USPS Order Numbers 0729 rolls of 500, 0730 rolls of 3000
Suggested collecting format PS 5 (Originally PS 3)
Postal Bulletin Listing 21347 04/15/82
Note: There are joint lines on the right side of the plate number stamp on this printing.
Note: Tagging Gaps exist at positions 2L, 3L, 4L, 5L, 6L
Varieties: Chill-roller doubling on many positions from some rolls of plates 3 and 4.