|
 |
|
Die Cut 10 x 10 (PV/VP) |
Die Cut 9 x 10 (VV/PP) |
|
|
||||||
|
||||||
|
||||||
Click on the image for a larger view.
| Scott# 2904B | Plate # 1111 |
| Series | None (USPS) - American Scenes (PNC3) |
| Issue Date & City | January 24, 1997, Tucson, AZ |
| Nationwide Sale | January 25, 1997 |
| Designer | Tom Engeman, Carbondale, CO |
| Art Director | Phil Jordan |
| Typographer | Phil Jordan |
| Modeler | Peter Cocci (BEP) |
| To Press / Initial Run | Late 1996 / 700,000,000 |
| Coil Size | 3,000 |
| Printer | Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Washington, DC. |
| Press | Andreotti, 601 |
| Process | Gravure |
| Where Printed | Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Washington, DC. |
| Where Processed | Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Washington, DC. |
| Plate Size & Interval | 378 (18 x 21) stamps per revolution / plate # every 21 stamps |
| Paper & Gum | Self-Adhesive, supplied by Paper Corporation / Brown Bridge |
| Tagging Type | Untagged |
| Die Cut Gauge | 9.8 Vertically |
| Configuration | 10 x 10 (Peak/Valley) and 9 x 10 (PP/VV) |
| Colors (PMS) | Magenta, Light Blue (PMS305c), Yellow, Purple (PMS 2725c) |
| Overall Size (w x h) | 0.87 x 0.96 in. / 22.08 x 24.37 mm |
| Back Numbers | 4 digit Blue dot-matrix number every 20th stamp, Top or Bottom |
| Earliest Known Use | January 24, 1997 |
| Variety | A 9 x 10 Valley-Valley/Peak-Peak die cut was found late in 2002. |
| Note: | 1997 Date is in Purple |
