Scott# 2132 | Plate # 1, 2 (Overall Tagging) |
Scott# 2132a | Plate # 1, 2 (Type I) (Untagged - Overprinted with Precancel Bars and PRESORTED FIRST-CLASS SORT) |
Scott# 2132b | Plate # 1 (Type II) (Untagged - Overprinted with Precancel Bars and PRESORTED FIRST-CLASS SORT) |
Scott# 2132c | Plate # 1, 2 (Type I) (Tagging Omitted) (Not Bureau Precanceled) |
Series | Transportation |
Issue Date & City | Cottrell - April 2, 1985, Kingfield, Maine / B Press - September 3, 1987, Washington, DC |
Nationwide Sale | April 3, 1985 |
Designer | Ken Dallison, Indian River, Ontario, Canada |
Art Director | Howard Paine (CSAC) |
Typographer | Bradbury Thompson (CSAC) |
Modeler | Esther Porter (BEP) |
Engravers | Gary Chaconas, vignette, Gary J. Slaght, lettering (Both BEP) |
To Press / Initial Quantity | Cottrell - February 1985 / #2132 - 29,625,000, #2132a - 85,904,000 |
B Press - May 1987 / 54,000,000 | |
Coil Size | (#2132) 500, (#2132a) 500, 3000, (#2132b) 3000 |
Printer | Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Washington, DC |
Press | #2132 & 2132a - Cottrell (801, 803), #2132b - B Press (701) |
Process | Intaglio |
Where Printed | Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Washington, DC |
Where Processed | Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Washington, DC |
Plate Size & Interval | Cottrell - 864 stamps per revolution with two plates of 18 x 24 / plate # every 24 stamps |
B Press - 936 stamps per revolution of 18 x 52 / plate # every 52 stamps | |
Paper & Gum | Water-Activated Type I |
Tagging Type | Overall and Untagged |
Perf Gauge | 9.8 Vertically |
Color | Blue |
Overall Size | apx. 0.87 x 0.96 in. / 22.1 x 24.4 mm |
Earliest Known Use | April 3, 1985 |
Note: | #2132 - There are joint lines on the right side of the plate number stamp on this printing. |
#2132b - There are no joint lines on this printing from the B Press. | |
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 5L, 4L, 3L, 1L and LG. |
Note: | Type I - Wording "Stanley Steamer 1909" is 18mm. |
Type II - Wording "Stanley Steamer 1909" is 17.5mm. | |
Varieties: | A 'rain crack' spans two rows of some stamps from plate 1. This constant plate variety consists of many small vertical cracks at position 2R. |
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