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21¢ Railway Mail Car (BEP)
Water-Activated Coils of 500 and 3,000
Scott# 2265 Plate # 1, 2
Scott# 2265a Plate # 1 (Imperf)
Series Transportation
Issue Date & City August 16, 1988, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Nationwide Sale August 17, 1988
Designer David Stone, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Art Director Joe Brockert (USPS)
Typographer Bradbury Thompson (CSAC)
Engravers Gary Chaconas, vignette, Dennis Brown, lettering (Both BEP)
To Press / Initial Quantity Plate #1 - B Press - July 1988 /  96,990,000
Plate #2 - C Press - September 1988 /  1,478,000
Coil Size
500, 3000
Printer Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Washington, DC.
Presses B Press (701), C Press (901)
Process Intaglio
Where Printed Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Washington, DC.
Where Processed Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Washington, DC.
Plate Size & Interval Plate #1 - 936 (18 x 52) stamps per revolution / plate # every 52 stamps
Plate #2 - 864 (18 x 48) stamps per revolution / plate # every 48 stamps
Paper & Gum Type III, Water-Activated
Tagging Type Untagged
Perf Gauge 9.75 Vertically
Color (PMS) Green, Red (Presorted First-Class Precancel)
Overall Size (w x h) apx. 0.87 x 0.96 in. / 22.1 x 24.4 mm
Earliest Known Use August 16, 1988