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Scott# 2123 | Plate # 1, 2 (Overall Tagging) |
Scott# 2123a | Plate # 1, 2 (Untagged - Overprinted with Precancel Bars and Nonprofit Org. CAR-RT SORT) |
Series | Transportation |
Issue Date & City | June 8, 1985, Arlington, Virginia |
Nationwide Sale | June 9, 1985 |
Designer | Lou Nolan, McLean, Virginia |
Art Director | Derry Noyes (CSAC) |
Typographer | Bradbury Thompson (CSAC) |
Modeler | Ronald C. Sharpe (BEP) |
Engravers | Kenneth R. Kipperman, vignette, Gary J. Slaght, lettering (Both BEP) |
To Press / Initial Quantity | April 1985 / 115,000,000 |
Coil Sizes | (#2123) 500, (#2123a) 500, 3000 |
Printer | Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Washington, DC. |
Press | Cottrell (801, 803) |
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, Water-Activated |
Tagging Type | Overall and Untagged |
Perf Gauge | 9.8 Vertically |
Color | Green |
Overall Size (w x h) | apx. 0.87 x 0.96 in. / 22.1 x 24.4 mm |
Earliest Known Use | May 25, 1985 |
Note: | There are joint lines on the right side of the plate number stamp on this printing. |
Note: | Plates 1 and 2 were paired together on the same press run. A strip with two plate numbers will show 2 different numbers as above. |
Note: | Precancel line gaps exist at 1R, 2R, 3R and LG. |
Varieties: | Chill-roller doubling on some rolls of tagged stamps. |