8.4¢ Wheel Chair (BEP)
Water-Activated Coils of 500 and 3000
Scott# 2256 Plate # 1, 2, 3
Scott# 2256a Plate # 1, 2 (Imperf)
Series Transportation
Issue Date & City August 12, 1988, Tucson, Arizona
Nationwide Sale August 13, 1988
Designer Chris Calle, Ridgefield, Connecticut
Art Director Jack Williams (USPS)
Typographer Bradbury Thompson (CSAC)
Engravers Gary M. Chaconas, vignette, Gary J. Slaught, lettering (Both BEP)
To Press / Initial Quantity July 1988 /  521,500,000
Coil Size 500, 3000
Printer Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Washington, DC
Press Plate 1, 3 - B Press (701), Plate 2 - 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 B Press - 936 (18 x 52) stamps per revolution / plate # every 52 stamps
C Press - 864 (18 x 48) stamps per revolution / plate # every 48 stamps
Paper & Gum Water-Activated Type III
Tagging Type Untagged
Perf Gauge 9.75 Vertically
Color Maroon, Red (Nonprofit Precancel)
Overall Size apx. 0.87 x 0.96 in. / 22.1 x 24.4 mm
Earliest Known Use August 12, 1988
Note: Plate #2 first appeared October 6, 1988 and Plate #3 sometime in the fall of 1989.

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