Sc. #2130


Sc. #2130a


Sc. #2130a

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10.1¢ Oil Wagon (BEP)
Water-Activated Coils of 500, 3000 and 10,000
Scott# 2130 Plate # 1 (Block Tagging)
PNC ID 1985-7
Scott# 2130a Plate # 1, 2 (Untagged - Overprinted in Black, using Flexographic plates, with Precancel Bars and Bulk Rate)
Scott# 2130a Plate # 2, 3 (Untagged - Overprinted in Red, using Flexographic plates, with Bulk Rate Carrier Route Sort
PNC ID 1985-8
Scott# 2130b Plate # 1 (Imperf with Black Precancel)
Scott# 2130b Plate # 2, 3 (Imperf with Red Precancel)
PNC ID 1985-8.20
Series Transportation
Issue Date & City #2130 - April 18, 1985, Oil Center, New Mexico / #2130a (Red) - June 27, 1988, Washington, DC.
Nationwide Sale April 19, 1985
To Press / Initial Quantity #2130 - April 1985 / #2130 - 25,000,000, #2130a (Black) - 309,048,000
#2130a (Red) - June 1988 / 619,435,440
Coil Sizes (#2130) 500, (#2130a-black) 500, 3000, (#2130a-red) 500, 3000, 10,000
Printer Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Washington, DC.
Press B Press (701)
Process Intaglio
Plate Size & Interval B Press - 936 stamps per revolution of 18 x 52 / plate # every 52 stamps
Paper & Gum Type I, II, III
Tagging Type Block and Untagged
Perf Gauge 9.8 Vertically
Color Slate Blue
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
Year on Stamp None
USPS Order Numbers 0790 tagged rolls of 500, P792 precancelled rolls of 500, 791 coils of 3000
Suggested collecting format PS 5 (Originally PS 3)
Postal Bulletin Listing 21504 03/07/85
Earliest Known Use April 18, 1985
Note: Precancel plates (mats) are 26 stamps wide and gaps appear as a horizontal misalignment of the precancel text.
Black Precancel - Gaps are known at positions 1L, 3L, 5L, 12L, 13L, NG, 1R, 2R, 3R, 4R, 5R, 10R, 11R, 12R,
13R, and could exist at all positions.
Red Precancel - Gaps are known at positions 1L, 3L, 6L, 10L, 12L, NG, 1R, 2R, 3R, 4R, 5R, 6R, 7R, 8R, 10R,
12R, and could exist at all positions.
Varieties: Several constant plate varieties exist on this issue, all of which are probably plate gouges.