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Scott# 1897A | Plate # 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10 (Overall Tagging) |
Scott# 1897Ac | Plate # 3, 4, 8, 10 (Imperf) |
Scott# 1897Ad | Plate # 8 (Tagging Omitted) |
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 # 3, 4 |
Series | Transportation |
Issue Date & City | May 20, 1982, Chicago, Illinois |
Nationwide Sale | May 21, 1982 |
Designer | David K. Stone, Port Washington, NY |
Modeler | Clarence Holbert (BEP) |
Typographer | Bradbury Thompson (CSAC) |
Engravers | John S. Wallace, vignette, Robert G. Culin, Sr., lettering (Both BEP) |
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 |
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 | Type I, II, Water-Activated |
Tagging Type | Overall, Untagged |
Perf Gauge | 9.8 Vertically |
Color | Black |
Overall Size (w x h) | apx. 0.87 x 0.96 in. / 22.1 x 24.4 mm |
Earliest Known Use | May 20, 1982 |
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. |